Facility Max Production

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

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.