This describes a diesel generator.

Input Variables

genID: The integer ID of this generator

genState: The initial generating state of this generator at the beginning of the simulation, where 0 represents offline, 1 represents starting up and 2 represents running.

timeStep: The length of time steps the simulation is run at in seconds.

genDescriptor: The generator descriptor XML file. This should be a string with a path and file name relative to the project folder, e.g., /InputData/Components/gen1Descriptor.xml.

Methods

genDescriptorParser(self, genDescriptor): This opens and parses the generator descriptor XML file and saves the information in local variables.

checkOperatingConditions(self): Checks if the generator is operating within defined bounds. If it is not, it will trigger the respective cumulative energy counters. If the value of the counter goes above a defined limit, a flag is set which will initiate the generator scheduler in the powerhouse.

updateGenPAvail(self): Updates the value of the local variable genPAvail, which is the maximum output power available from this generator. If it is online, it is equal to generator's rated power, otherwise it is zero.