Load

Model of (mainly) domestic loads.

Attributes, Units and Remarks

Attribute

Unit

Remarks

uuid

id

Human readable identifier

operator

operationTime

Timely restriction of operation

node

qCharacteristics

Reactive power characteristic to follow

loadProfile

Load profile as model behaviour

dsm

Whether the load is able to follow demand side management signals

eConsAnnual

kWh

Annual energy consumption

sRated

kVA

Rated apparent power

cosPhiRated

Rated power factor

em

UUID reference to an Energy Management Unit that is controlling
this system participant. Field can be empty or missing, if this participant
is not controlled.

Caveats

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Load Profiles

The LoadProfile is an interface, that forces its implementing classes to have a String key and being able to parse a String to a LoadProfile. Its only purpose is to give note, which load profile has to be used by the simulation. The actual profile has to be provided by the simulation itself. If no matching standard load profile is known, LoadProfile#NO_LOAD_PROFILE can be used.

To assist the user in marking the desired load profile, the enum BdewLoadProfile provides a collection of commonly known German standard electricity load profiles, defined by the bdew (Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft; engl. Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry). For more details see the corresponding website (German only).

Furthermore there are TemperatureDependantLoadProfiles which can be used to note usage of load profiles for night heating storages or heat pumps for example. The profiles rely on the VDN description for interruptable loads. For more details see here (German only). NbwTemperatureDependantLoadProfiles provides sample temperature dependant load profiles that can be used. The NbwTemperatureDependantLoadProfiles consists of load profiles “ep1” for heat pumps and “ez2” for night storage heating.