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CommGrp for NCAP_AFC - ach - 11-03-2020
Hello, I have a storage process converting ELC to STGELC. According to part-II of the documentation: "If the input/output commodities are different (c1/c2): Use NCAP_AFC(c1) for bounding the input flow and NCAP_AFC(c2) for bounding the output flow." I'm not sure how to define CommGrp for NCAP_AFC in a TFM_INS table. If I am trying to bound the output of STGELC, for instance, should it just be NCAP_AFC(timeslice=windy day, year=2020, Pset_PN=STGLIION, CommGrp=STGELC)=0 (all regions column)? Where CommGrp is a column added to TFM_INS? Thanks.
RE: CommGrp for NCAP_AFC - ach - 14-03-2020
I attempted to define it in a F~IT table in SubRes_NewTechs in the attached model, but it seems that VEDA is reading the F~IT table above the NCAP_AFC table and yielding error messages after SYNC that say things like "cell has non-numeric value [Investment Cost] - ignored", which are the comments from the demo files. They were fine before I added a second F~IT table. It seems the two tables are interfering with each other. Could you please suggest why this may be happening? Parenthetically, have I defined the user-defined commodity group GRDSTG correctly in SysSettings? Thanks.
RE: CommGrp for NCAP_AFC - Antti-L - 14-03-2020
(11-03-2020, 03:15 AM)ach Wrote: I have a storage process converting ELC to STGELC. According to part-II of the documentation: "If the input/output commodities are different (c1/c2): Use NCAP_AFC(c1) for bounding the input flow and NCAP_AFC(c2) for bounding the output flow." I'm not sure how to define CommGrp for NCAP_AFC in a TFM_INS table. If I am trying to bound the output of STGELC, for instance, should it just be NCAP_AFC(timeslice=windy day, year=2020, Pset_PN=STGLIION, CommGrp=STGELC)=0 (all regions column)? Where CommGrp is a column added to TFM_INS?Yes, you have read the documentation correctly. If the output commodity is c2, use NCAP_AFC(c2) for bounding the output flow. You mentioned that your c2 is STGELC, and so you should define NCAP_AFC(STGELC) for bounding the output flow. In a VEDA TFM_INS table, commodity names can be specified in the Cset_CN column. Defining NCAP_AFC works well this way, at least in my models. You cannot use any user-defined commodity groups in NCAP_AFC for storage; only the input/output commodities, COM_TYPE and 'ACT' can be specified as the cg index, as you can also conclude from the documentation (Part II, section 4.3.7 Availability factors for storage processes).