Facility Max Production

Units: ~
Mode: Input Only
Multi-band: False
Default Value: 1E+30
Validation Rule: ≥0
Key Property: No
Description: Maximum production
Detail:

Facility Max Production (and its period-specific variants Hour, Day, Week, Month and Year) define an upper bound on the sum of Facility Production in the given time period.

A straight-forward approach to modelling a production-constrained facility (e.g. a hydro generator) is to place periodic limits on the Facility's production as in Table 1.

Table 1: Hydro Generator Example
Property Value Units Timeslice
Units 1 -
Max Operating Level 250 -
Max Production Month 24000 - M01
Max Production Month 66000 - M02
Max Production Month 68000 - M03
Max Production Month 63000 - M04
Max Production Month 76000 - M05
Max Production Month 36000 - M06
Max Production Month 77000 - M07
Max Production Month 46000 - M08
Max Production Month 22000 - M09
Max Production Month 4000 - M10
Max Production Month 15000 - M11
Max Production Month 8000 - M12

Note the use Max Production Month variant and time slices (patterns) to change the Production limits by each month of the year.

The simulator converts the Production constraints into Constraint objects. By default the constraints are hard i.e. no violation is allowed. If you prefer to allow violations then use the Max Production Penalty property.

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