MarketImpliedHeatRate

Description

Displays the Market Implied Heat Rate of a fuel used to generate electricity.

Formula

MarketImpliedHeatRate(electricity, fuel, generatorHeatRate)=begin

   hRate = Scale((electricity.recent / fuel.recent)*(10^-3 )
    *(generatorHeatRate/400),1000000)

   hRate

end  

Parameters

electricity

fuel

generatorHeatRate

Return Value

The number of British Thermal Units (Btus) of input fuel required to generate one megawatt hour (MWh) of electricity.

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