Wind Power Component¶
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class
aaem.components.wind_power.component.WindPower(community_data, forecast, diag=None, prerequisites={})[source]¶ Bases:
aaem.components.annual_savings.annual_savings.AnnualSavingsWind power component of the Alaska Affordable Energy Model: This module estimates potential reduction in diesel fuel use from the installation of wind power systems. Proposed wind generation is from existing projects or estimated from a proposed capacity. Financial savings result from decrease in diesel used in generation due to wind systems. The cost to build or improve wind infrastructure are also estimated.
Parameters: community_data : CommunityData
CommunityData Object for a community
forecast : Forecast
forecast for a community
diagnostics : diagnostics, optional
diagnostics for tracking error/warning messages
prerequisites : dictionary of components, optional
prerequisite component data this component has no prerequisites leave empty
See also
aaem.community_data- community data module, see information on CommunityData Object
aaem.forecast- forecast module, see information on Forecast Object
aaem.diagnostics- diagnostics module, see information on diagnostics Object
Attributes
diagnostics (diagnostics) for tracking error/warning messages initial value: diag or new diagnostics object forecast (forecast) community forecast for estimating future values initial value: forecast cd (dictionary) general data for a community. Initial value: ‘community’ section of community_data comp_specs (dictionary) component specific data for a community. Initial value: ‘wind power’ section of community_data Methods
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calc_annual_electric_savings()[source]¶ Calculate annual electric savings created by the project.
Attributes
baseline_generation_cost (np.array) current cost of generation ($/year) proposed_generation_cost (np.array) proposed cost of generation ($/year) annual_electric_savings (np.array) electric savings ($/year) are the difference in the base and proposed fuel costs
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calc_annual_heating_savings()[source]¶ Calculate annual heating savings created by the project.
Attributes
annual_heating_savings (np.array) heating savings ($/year)
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calc_average_load()[source]¶ Calculate the Average Diesel load of the current system
Attributes
generation: np.array current diesel generation average_load (float) average diesel load of current system
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calc_capital_costs()[source]¶ Calculate the capital costs.
Attributes
capital_costs (float) total cost of improvements ($), cost_per_kwh: float cost per kW used to determine capital costs ($/kW)
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calc_diesel_equiv_captured()[source]¶ calculate heat energy captured
Attributes
diesel_equiv_captured (float) Gal/year
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calc_electric_diesel_reduction()[source]¶ Calculate the reduction in diesel due to the proposed wind.
Attributes
electric_diesel_reduction (float) reduction in generation diesel (gal/year)
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calc_excess_energy()[source]¶ Calculate the excess energy.
Attributes
excess_energy (float) excess energy(kWh/year)
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calc_generation_wind_proposed()[source]¶ Calculate the proposed generation for wind.
Attributes
load_offset_proposed (float) kW capacity generation_wind_proposed (float) kWh/year
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calc_loss_heat_recovery()[source]¶ Calculate heat recovery lost.
Attributes
loss_heat_recovery (float) Gal/year
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calc_maintenance_cost()[source]¶ Calculate the maintenance costs.
Attributes
maintenance_costs (float) total cost of improvements ($), calculated from transmission and generation costs
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calc_net_generation_wind()[source]¶ Calculate the proposed net generation.
Attributes
net_wind_generation (float) net wind generation (kWh/year)
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calc_reduction_diesel_used()[source]¶ Calculate Diesel generation reduction.
Attributes
reduction_diesel_used (float) Gal/year
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calc_transmission_losses()[source]¶ calculate the line losses on proposed system
Attributes
transmission_losses (float) transmission losses (kWh/year)
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get_total_energy_produced()[source]¶ Get total energy produced.
Returns: float
the total energy produced
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run(scalers={'capital costs': 1.0})[source]¶ Runs the component. The Annual Total Savings,Annual Costs, Annual Net Benefit, NPV Benefits, NPV Costs, NPV Net Benefits, Benefit Cost Ratio, Levelized Cost of Energy, and Internal Rate of Return will all be calculated. There must be a known Heat Recovery project for this component to run.
Parameters: scalers: dictionary of valid scalers, optional
Scalers to adjust normal run variables. See note on accepted scalers
Notes
Accepted scalers: capital costs.
Attributes
run (bool) True in the component runs to completion, False otherwise reason (string) lists reason for failure if run == False
Wind Power Configuration¶
Contains Transmission configuration info for community data yaml file, and other set-up requirements
Wind Power Inputs¶
input functions for Wind Power component
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aaem.components.wind_power.inputs.load_project_details(data_dir)¶ Load details related to exitign projects.
Parameters: data_dir : path
is a directory with ‘project_development_timeframes.csv’, and “project_name_projects.yaml” in it
Returns: dict
has the keys ‘phase’(str), ‘proposed capacity’(float), ‘proposed generation’(float),’distance to resource’(float), ‘generation capital cost’(float), ‘transmission capital cost’(float), ‘operational costs’(float), ‘expected years to operation’(int),
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aaem.components.wind_power.inputs.load_wind_costs_table(data_dir)¶ Loads the wind cost table.
Parameters: data_dir: path
path to data directory for community
Returns: dict
wind cost data
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aaem.components.wind_power.inputs.process_data_import(data_dir)¶ Load data from wind_power_data.csv
Parameters: data_dir: path
path to data directory for community
Returns: dict
wind data
Wind Power Outputs¶
output functions for Wind Power component
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aaem.components.wind_power.outputs.communities_summary(coms, res_dir)[source]¶ Saves the component summary by community
Parameters: coms : dictionary
results from the model, dictionary with each community or project as key
res_dir : path
location to save file
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aaem.components.wind_power.outputs.component_summary(results, res_dir)[source]¶ Creates the regional and communities summary for the component in provided directory
Parameters: results : dictionary
results from the model, dictionary with each community or project as key
res_dir : path
location to save file