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The documentation needs to be updated #5

Open Timon-R opened 11 months ago

Timon-R commented 11 months ago

First, there is an error in the OSEMBE documentation. The naming convention of technologies is described as AABBCCDDEF (10 digits). It should only be one D (9 digits in total).

Second, the emission codes are unclear. I found the following ones for the example of Finland (scenario WP1_NetZero):

FIHO (water vapor?) FIPM25 (this is particular matter 2.5) FISO (sulfur dioxide?) FIWI (?) FIWO (Dummy?)

Third, the values for the E and F part of the code (age and size) are not clear. What does age H,N or D mean and what does size 1,2 or 3 mean?

Fourth, what is the meaning of energy level T and technology RF?

HauHe commented 11 months ago

Hi @Timon-R, thanks for spotting theses issues. I think most are typos/mistakes. I will currently not manage to fix these issues. But I'm happy to provide guidance on how these things can be fixed. So if you have time, it would be great if you could:

regarding the issues:

  1. Correct, needs to be fixed in documentation
  2. Even though called emission, not all emissions in OSeMBE (and other OSeMOSYS models) are necessarily actual emissions. The emission set and parameter can also be used to limit the activity of multiple technologies. The emissions you picked are all related to Finland (FI). A 'real' emission is only:
    • PM25: particulate matter 2.5 The others are used to limit the use of certain resources:
    • HO: hydro power
    • SO: solar pv
    • WI: wind power
    • WO: In the model version in this repo it is not included, but in other versions it is the limit for offshore wind, if so WI covers only onshore wind.
  3. If applicable H and N stand for historic (H) and new (N), but only selected technologies have a old and a new version. I assume that D comes from XXEL00TD0, where TD stands for 'Transmission and Distribution'. I think I created it like this to facilitate filtering of results in excel. But for consistency with the nomenclature 'XXELTD000' would have been more appropriate.
  4. For T see my answer under 3. (above). RF stands for 'refinery'

Let me know in case you have any questions.

Timon-R commented 11 months ago

Thank you @HauHe

What about the different size values?

HauHe commented 11 months ago

Sorry, missed that part of the comment. They are merely indicative, with 1 being small, 2 medium, and 3 large.