Diesel saving calculation:

Average per day grid power availability at different regions of India is shown
in the figure below:

Figure 1: Average per day Grid Power availability by regions in India

From the figure shown above, we can conclude that on an average, grid power is
available for 16 hours/ day in a rural telecom center in the form of single-phase,
two-phase, and three-phase. Therefore power outage per day is approx. (24-16) = 8
hours in rural areas of India.
In a day, if 100 faults occur in a power system, a three-phase fault(total outage) is
expected to be 5 times, a two-phase fault is expected to be for 25 times and a
single phase fault is expected to be for 70 times. Therefore, in a given day, singlephase input is expected for 25% of the time and two-phase input is expected for
70% of time. Based on these fault patterns a very conservative estimation of diesel
saving is given below:

Grid power is available for 16 hours /day in rural telecom centre in the form
of three-phase, two-phase and single phase
From a 16 hours/day supply, let us assume that that all three phases are
available for 10 hours/day. That means, for the rest 6 hours either singlephase or two-phase power is available. So any saving of diesel will be in
these 6 hours.
Power Supply De-rating: Under two-phase condition the power rating is
(0.8*Full Load) and under single-phase condition the power rating is (0.5*Full
Load).
Present Diesel Requirement for a exchange with three phase power supply:
o DG set requires Z liters/hour for a full load operation of the exchange

(24-10)=14 hours DG set has to work that demands (14*Z) liters of

diesel
New Power supply Technology Diesel Requirement:
o Diesel Requirement with two-phase power
available=(0.736*6*0.2*Z)=(0.884*Z) liters
o Diesel requirement with single-phase power
available=(0.264*6*0.5*Z)=(0.79*Z) liters
o Total Diesel Requirement with the new power
supply=(8*Z+0.884*Z+0.79*Z) =9.674*Z liters
Total % Diesel Saving:
o

Total % Diesel saving =

14Z9.674Z
14Z

*100%=30.9%

Figure 2: Grid availability in a rural plant based on assumption that 16 hours/day power is
available

So, percentage diesel saving is a function of per day power outage, per day threephase, two-phase and single-phase power availability. Following graphs illustrate the
effect of variation of these parameters on diesel saving:

Figure 3: Variation of percentage diesel saving with three-phase power availability at

constant power outage of 8 hours

Figure 4: Variation of Percentage Diesel Saving with Power Outage at constant three-phase
power availability of 10 hours

Effect of Diesel Saving: