Gas Plant Index
Gas Plant Attributes
| Name | Units | Default Value | Validation Rule | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Density | - | 0 | Energy per unit of the gas | |
| Unit | - | 0 | Unit the gas is measured in |
Gas Plant Input Properties
| Name | Units | Multi-band | Default Value | Validation Rule | Key Property | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Cost | $000 | False | 0 | False | Cost of building the Gas Plant | |
| Build Non-anticipativity | $/MW | False | -1 | False | Price for violating non-anticipativity constraints in scenario-wise decomposition mode | |
| Consumption | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | The amount of pipeline quality gas consumed in processing | |
| Dispatch Processing Charge | $/~ | False | 0 | False | This replaces the processing charge for the optimization, but on the output side the Processing Charge is used in the cost calculations. | |
| Economic Life | yr | False | 30 | ≥0 | False | Economic life of the Gas Plant (period over which fixed costs are recovered). |
| Energy Usage | kWh/1000·~ (Metric), kWh/~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Energy consumption of Gas Plant | |
| Expansion Optimality | - | False | 2 | In (0,2) | False | Expansion planning integerization scheme. |
| FO&M Charge | $000 | False | 0 | False | Annual fixed operation and maintenance charge | |
| Forced Outage Rate | % | True | 0 | Between 0 And 100 | False | Expected proportion of time the facility is unavailable due to forced outage |
| Heat Value | - | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Heat value of gas produced by the Gas Plant |
| Lead Time | yr | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Number of years after which the expansion project can begin |
| Maintenance Frequency | - | True | 0 | ≥0 | False | Frequency of maintenance outages in an annual time frame |
| Maintenance Rate | % | True | 0 | Between 0 And 100 | False | Expected proportion of time the facility is unavailable due to maintenance |
| Max Production | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum production of gas |
| Max Production Day | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum daily production of gas |
| Max Production Hour | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum hourly production of gas |
| Max Production Month | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum monthly production of gas |
| Max Production Week | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum weekly production of gas |
| Max Production Year | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum annual production of gas |
| Max Time To Repair | h | True | 0 | ≥0 | False | Maximum time to repair |
| Max Units Built | - | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Maximum number of units automatically constructed in aggregate over the planning horizon |
| Max Units Built in Year | - | False | 1 | ≥0 | False | Maximum number of units automatically constructed in any single year of the planning horizon |
| Max Units Retired | - | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Maximum number of units automatically retired in aggregate over the planning horizon |
| Max Units Retired in Year | - | False | 1 | ≥0 | False | Maximum number of units automatically retired in any single year of the planning horizon |
| Mean Time to Repair | h | True | 24 | ≥0 | False | Mean time to repair |
| Min Production | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum production of gas |
| Min Production Day | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum daily production of gas |
| Min Production Hour | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum hourly production of gas |
| Min Production Month | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum monthly production of gas |
| Min Production Week | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum weekly production of gas |
| Min Production Year | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum annual production of gas |
| Min Time To Repair | h | True | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum time to repair |
| Min Units Built | - | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum number of units automatically constructed in aggregate over the planning horizon |
| Min Units Built in Year | - | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum number of units automatically constructed in any single year of the planning horizon |
| Min Units Retired | - | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum number of units automatically retired in aggregate over the planning horizon |
| Min Units Retired in Year | - | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum number of units automatically retired in any single year of the planning horizon |
| Model Capital Cost Recovery | Yes/No | False | 0 | In (0,1) | False | Indicates if capital cost recovery feature is modeled for expansion planning |
| Outage Max Production | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | True | 0 | False | Plant Max Production during the outage | |
| Processing Charge | $/~ | False | 0 | False | Incremental cost of processing gas | |
| Processing Rate | % | False | 100 | False | Processing ratio to convert raw natural gas to pipeline quality | |
| Project Start Date | - | False | 36526 | ≥0 | False | Start date of gas node project, for expansion planning. |
| Random Number Seed | - | False | 0 | Between 0 And 2147483647 | False | Random number seed assigned to the Plant for the generation of outages |
| Repair Time Distribution | - | True | -1 | In (-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7) | False | Distribution used to generate repair times (Auto,Constant,Uniform,Triangular,Exponential,Weibull,Lognormal,SEV,LEV) |
| Repair Time Scale | - | True | 0 | False | Repair time function scale parameter (for exponential,Weibull,lognormal,SEV,LEV) | |
| Repair Time Shape | - | True | 0 | False | Repair time function shape parameter (for Weibull,lognormal) | |
| Retail Electric Price | $/MWh | False | 0 | False | Retail price of electric power used by the gas plant | |
| Retire Non-anticipativity | $/MW | False | -1 | False | Price for violating non-anticipativity constraints in scenario-wise decomposition mode | |
| Retirement Cost | $000 | False | 0 | False | Cost of retiring the Gas Plant | |
| Technical Life | yr | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Technical lifetime of the Gas Plant |
| Units | - | False | 1 | ≥0 | True | Number of Gas Plant units in service |
| VO&M Charge | $/~ | False | 0 | False | Variable operation and maintenance charge | |
| WACC | % | False | 10 | ≥0 | False | Weighted average cost of capital |
| x | - | True | 0 | False | Value to pass-through to solution | |
| y | - | True | 0 | False | Value to pass-through to solution | |
| z | - | True | 0 | False | Value to pass-through to solution |
Gas Plant Output Node Input Properties
| Name | Units | Multi-band | Default Value | Validation Rule | Key Property | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Blend Percent | % | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Maximum percentage of the gas produced by the Gas Plant in the blend |
| Min Blend Percent | % | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Minimum percentage of the gas produced by the Gas Plant in the blend |
Gas Plant Maintenances Input Properties
| Name | Units | Multi-band | Default Value | Validation Rule | Key Property | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outage Max Production | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Max Production during the outage |
Gas Plant Constraints Input Properties
| Name | Units | Multi-band | Default Value | Validation Rule | Key Property | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Cost Coefficient | $ | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of total build cost | |
| Built Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient on binary variable indicating if any capacity is built to date | |
| Built in Year Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient on binary variable indicating if any capacity is built in the year | |
| Capacity Built Coefficient | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of capacity built | |
| Capacity Factor Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of Gas Plant capacity factor | |
| Capacity Retired Coefficient | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of capacity retired | |
| Energy Usage Coefficient | kWh/1000·~ (Metric), kWh/~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of energy usage of the Gas Plant | |
| Installed Capacity Coefficient | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of installed capacity | |
| Production Coefficient | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of gas node production | |
| Units Built Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of number of units built | |
| Units Built in Year Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of number of units built in the year | |
| Units Retired Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of number of units retired | |
| Units Retired in Year Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of number of units retired in the year |
Gas Plant Objectives Input Properties
| Name | Units | Multi-band | Default Value | Validation Rule | Key Property | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Cost Coefficient | $ | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of total build cost | |
| Built Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient on binary variable indicating if any capacity is built to date | |
| Built in Year Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient on binary variable indicating if any capacity is built in the year | |
| Capacity Built Coefficient | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of capacity built | |
| Capacity Factor Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of Gas Plant capacity factor | |
| Capacity Retired Coefficient | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of capacity retired | |
| Energy Usage Coefficient | kWh/1000·~ (Metric), kWh/~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of energy usage of the Gas Plant | |
| Installed Capacity Coefficient | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of installed capacity | |
| Operating Hours Coefficient | h | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of number of hours of operation | |
| Production Coefficient | 1000·~ (Metric), ~ (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of gas node production | |
| Units Built Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of number of units built | |
| Units Built in Year Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of number of units built in the year | |
| Units Retired Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of number of units retired | |
| Units Retired in Year Coefficient | - | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of number of units retired in the year |
Gas Plant Decision Variables Input Properties
| Name | Units | Multi-band | Default Value | Validation Rule | Key Property | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Usage Definition Coefficient | MW | False | 0 | False | Coefficient of the Decision Variable in the Gas Plant Energy Usage definition equation |
Gas Plant Output Properties
| Name | Summary Name | Property Group | Phases | Multi-band | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Heat Value | Average Heat Value | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Weighted average heat value of the gas blend served as raw gas to the gas plant |
| Build Cost - $000 | Build Cost - $000 | Expansion | LT Plan | False | Cost of building the Gas Plant |
| Consumption - GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Consumption - TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | The amount of pipeline quality gas consumed in processing |
| Dispatch Price - $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Dispatch Price - $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Incremental dispatch price of processing gas |
| Energy Consumption - MW | Energy Consumption - GWh | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | The total electric consumption of the Gas Plant |
| Fixed Costs - $ | Fixed Costs - $000 | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Total fixed costs including amortized build costs |
| FO&M Cost - $ | FO&M Cost - $000 | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Fixed operation and maintenance cost |
| Forced Outage - GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Forced Outage - TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Reliability | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Capacity of Production on Forced Outage |
| Forced Outage Hours - h | Forced Outage Hours - h | Reliability | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Number of hours the gas plant is on forced outage of Production |
| Maintenance - GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Maintenance - TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Reliability | LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Capacity of Production on maintenance |
| Maintenance Hours - h | Maintenance Hours - h | Reliability | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Number of hours the gas plant is on maintenance |
| Production - GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Production - TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | The amount of saleable gas processed |
| Production Cost - $ | Production Cost - $000 | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | The total cost for processing the gas |
| Raw Gas - TJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Raw Gas - TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | The amount of raw gas processed |
| Recovered Capital Cost - $ | Recovered Capital Cost - $000 | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Capital cost recovered by extracting gas from the gas plant |
| Recovery Price - $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Recovery Price - $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Capital cost recovery price of gas plant expansion |
| Retirement Cost - $000 | Retirement Cost - $000 | Expansion | LT Plan | False | Cost of retiring the Gas Plant |
| Service Factor - % | Service Factor - % | Reliability | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Proportion of plant capacity available in production |
| SRMC - $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | SRMC - $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Short-run marginal cost of gas production |
| Units | Units | Production | LT Plan | False | Number of Gas Plant units in service |
| Units Built | Units Built | Expansion | LT Plan | False | Number of gas plant units built |
| Units Out | Reliability | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Number of units out of service | |
| Units Retired | Units Retired | Expansion | LT Plan | False | Number of gas plant units retired |
| VO&M Cost - $ | VO&M Cost - $000 | Production | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | False | Variable operations and maintenance cost |
| x | x | Pass-through | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | True | Value to pass-through to solution |
| y | y | Pass-through | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | True | Value to pass-through to solution |
| z | z | Pass-through | LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule | True | Value to pass-through to solution |