Seeing is believing, also for power plant operations
By ENEXSA - Energy Expert Software Applications
Ambient conditions and load level have a significant impact on the fuel efficiency of thermal power plants, and if there are coupled products (e.g. process steam or district heat extractions), several generators or other optional equipment (such as multiple cooling water pumps, ACC/CT bays, evaporative coolers, duct burners etc.) determining the expected fuel consumption becomes too complex a task to be performed from simple look-up tables, not to speak of making a good estimation off the top of one's head.