| Name | Units | Multi-band | Default Value | Validation Rule | Key Property | Description |
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| Balance Period | - | False | 0 | In (0,1,2,3,4,5,6) | False | Frequency of balancing the Heat Storage |
| Build Cost | $000 | False | 0 | | False | Cost of building the heat storage |
| Build Non-anticipativity | $ | False | -1 | | False | Price for violating build non-anticipativity constraints |
| Decomposition Bound Penalty | $ | False | 1000000 | ≥0 | False | Penalty applied to violation of storage bounds when the decomposition implies possible violations |
| Decomposition Method | - | False | 1 | In (0,1,2) | False | Method used to pass the optimal storage trajectory from one simulation phase to the next |
| Decomposition Penalty a | - | False | 0.0489 | | False | Decomposition storage target penalty function 'a' term |
| Decomposition Penalty b | - | False | 0.6931 | | False | Decomposition storage target penalty function 'b' term |
| Decomposition Penalty c | - | False | 0 | | False | Decomposition storage target penalty function 'c' term |
| Decomposition Penalty x | - | False | 1.1 | | False | Decomposition storage target penalty function 'x' term |
| Dump Heat Penalty | $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | -1 | | False | Penalty applied to dump heat from the storage. A value of -1 means dump is not allowed. |
| Economic Life | yr | False | 30 | ≥0 | False | Economic life of the heat storage (period over which fixed costs are recovered). |
| End Effects Method | - | False | 1 | In (1,2) | False | Method used to value or constrain end-of-period heat volumes |
| Expansion Optimality | - | False | 0 | In (0,2) | False | Expansion planning integerization scheme. |
| Heat Injection Charge | $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | | False | Incremental cost of injecting heat into the storage |
| Heat Injection Efficiency | % | False | 100 | Between 0 And 100 | False | Efficiency of heat injection |
| Heat Loss | % | False | 0 | | False | Rate at which heat is lost from storage |
| Heat Withdrawal Charge | $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | | False | Incremental cost of withdrawing heat from the storage |
| Heat Withdrawal Efficiency | % | False | 100 | Between 0 And 100 | False | Efficiency of heat withdrawal |
| Initial Heat | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Initial heat in the storage |
| Integerization Horizon | yr | False | -1 | ≥-1 | False | Number of years over which the expansion decisions are integerized |
| Lead Time | yr | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Number of years after which the expansion project can begin |
| Max Heat | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | | False | Maximum heat allowed in storage |
| Max Heat Injection | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be injected into the storage |
| Max Heat Injection Day | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be injected into the storage in a day |
| Max Heat Injection Hour | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be injected into the storage in a hour |
| Max Heat Injection Month | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be injected into the storage in a month |
| Max Heat Injection Week | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be injected into the storage in a week |
| Max Heat Injection Year | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be injected into the storage in a year |
| Max Heat Withdrawal | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be withdrawn from the storage |
| Max Heat Withdrawal Day | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be withdrawn from the storage in a day |
| Max Heat Withdrawal Hour | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be withdrawn from the storage in a hour |
| Max Heat Withdrawal Month | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be withdrawn from the storage in a month |
| Max Heat Withdrawal Week | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be withdrawn from the storage in a week |
| Max Heat Withdrawal Year | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum amount of heat that can be withdrawn from the storage in a year |
| 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 | 1E+30 | ≥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 | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Maximum number of units automatically retired in any single year of the planning horizon |
| Min Heat | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | | False | Minimum heat allowed in storage |
| Min Heat Injection | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be injected into the storage |
| Min Heat Injection Day | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be injected into the storage each day |
| Min Heat Injection Hour | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be injected into the storage each hour |
| Min Heat Injection Month | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be injected into the storage each month |
| Min Heat Injection Week | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be injected into the storage each week |
| Min Heat Injection Year | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be injected into the storage each year |
| Min Heat Withdrawal | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be withdrawn from storage |
| Min Heat Withdrawal Day | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be withdrawn from storage each day |
| Min Heat Withdrawal Hour | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be withdrawn from storage each hour |
| Min Heat Withdrawal Month | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be withdrawn from storage each month |
| Min Heat Withdrawal Week | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be withdrawn from storage each week |
| Min Heat Withdrawal Year | TJ (Metric), BBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Amount of heat that must be withdrawn from storage each year |
| 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 |
| Project Start Date | - | False | 36526 | ≥0 | False | Start date of heat storage project, for expansion planning. |
| Retire Non-anticipativity | $ | False | -1 | | False | Price for violating retire non-anticipativity constraints |
| Retirement Cost | $000 | False | 0 | | False | Cost of retiring the heat storage |
| Retirement Storage | Yes/No | False | 0 | In (0,1) | False | Indicates if the heat storage is eligible for retirement planning |
| Target | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | Storage target per interval |
| Target Day | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | End of day storage target |
| Target Hour | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | End of hour storage target |
| Target Month | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | End of month storage target |
| Target Penalty | $/GJ (Metric), $/MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | -1 | | False | Penalty for violating the target |
| Target Week | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | end of week storage target |
| Target Year | GJ (Metric), MMBtu (U.S. Imperial) | False | 0 | ≥0 | False | End of year storage target |
| Technical Life | yr | False | 1E+30 | ≥0 | False | Technical lifetime of the heat storage |
| Units | - | False | 1 | ≥0 | True | Number of Heat Storage units in service |
| WACC | % | False | 10 | ≥0 | False | Weighted average cost of capital |