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Hi,

I couldn't find an attribute defining the UC Multiplier for VAR_FOUT and VAR_FIN. How could I address it especially when I wanna involve STG input and output separately in a constraint? (e.g., battery input ELC and output ELC with energy loss)

Best,
Xiao

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> I couldn't find an attribute defining the UC Multiplier for VAR_FOUT and VAR_FIN.

The UC multiplier attributes are, in general, directly related to model variables, such as:
  ● UC_ACT – for VAR_ACT
  ● UC_FLO – for VAR_FLO
  ● UC_IRE – for VAR_IRE
  ● UC_CAP – for VAR_CAP
  ● UC_NCAP – for VAR_NCAP
  ● UC_COMNET – for VAR_COMNET
  ● UC_COMPRD – for VAR_COMPRD
  ● UC_CUMFLO – for VAR_CUMFLO
  ● UC_CUMCOM – for VAR_CUMCOM

There are no variables named VAR_FOUT or VAR_FIN, those are reporting attributes, which have no UC multipliers. TIMES does have the storage-related variables VAR_SIN and VAR_SOUT, but no related UC multipliers ("UC_SIN" / "UC_SOUT") have ever existed in the UC design specifications. However, there is an easy workaround for them, see: Storage flows in user constraints