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Repository of the open-source RAMP model for generating multi-energy loads profiles
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It is not possile to model a whole year out of the box with a single input file #11

Open Bachibouzouk opened 2 years ago

Bachibouzouk commented 2 years ago

This issue shall be used to collect ideas on what we wished as tool functionnality

Bachibouzouk commented 2 years ago

@ismaeel036 - can you edit the description of the issue or comment on it with your usecase?

ismaeel036 commented 2 years ago

I'm trying to create demand profile for an entire year by modelling each months (with slight differences in input and use patterns) separately and then merging them. I'll like to have a way to specify first day of the month (Monday, Tuesday,.. or Sunday) so we can easily match with the last day of previous month and have a continuos weekly cycle when merging the files.

Bachibouzouk commented 2 years ago

@ismaeel036 - do you always want to start from Jan 1th and get the profiles until december 31st? or you could need to provide other dates as start and ends?

Bachibouzouk commented 2 years ago

What are the parameters changing between each input file for each month? @GregoryIreland @ismaeel036 ?

ismaeel036 commented 2 years ago

@ismaeel036 - do you always want to start from Jan 1th and get the profiles until December 31st? or you could need to provide other dates as start and ends?

Starting from January 1st till December 31st is an option if i want to maintain the same input for all months. But I also want to specify other dates, so I can run for example each months separately. The default from every RAMP run as i see it, is to start weekly cycle from Monday. If i can specify other dates as start and end, then March 1st can start on a Thursday for example and end the month on a Tuesday. And then I can merge with another month separately with the weekly cycle intact

ismaeel036 commented 2 years ago

What are the parameters changing between each input file for each month? @GregoryIreland @ismaeel036 ?

We might want to model different use pattern for different seasons or some appliances that are only used in specific periods/months of the year. So the input file might be different for some months. I don't know if this will be possible to do with one input file, so i want to model months separately and then combine them myself later

Bachibouzouk commented 2 years ago

So the input file might be different for some months

I would like to ask you which parameter exactly change every month? For example the number of TV does not change, but maybe the number of AC units or fans change, the duty cycles of fridges change etc...

I would like to get an idea of which parameters can have differen values depending on the season to draft a good solution. For the time being I will implement a way to define each month in a separate file :)

ismaeel036 commented 2 years ago

for my own use case, the parameter that will change mostly is use windows and the total time of use (func_time). ownership and number of appliances will remain the same since the appliances are technically still owned even if they're not in use. so for example, households might use Fan more in June than January or in special cases like schools for example, in holiday months, use time for many appliances will be zero.