StartupModel

Class Description

Unit start up characteristics depending on how long the unit has been off line.

Attributes

Name Type Description
fixedMaintCost CostRate Fixed maintenance cost.
hotStandbyHeat HeatRate The amount of heat input per time unit required for hot standby operation.
incrementalMaintCost CostPerEnergyUnit Incremental maintenance cost.
minimumDownTime Hours The minimum number of hours the unit must be down before restart.
minimumRunTime Hours The minimum number of hours the unit must be operating before being allowed to shut down.
riskFactorCost Money The opportunity cost associated with the return in monetary unit. This represents the restart’s “share” of the unit depreciation and risk of an event which would damage the unit.
startupCost Money Total miscellaneous start up costs.
startupDate DateTime The date and time of the most recent generating unit startup.
startupPriority Integer Startup priority within control area where lower numbers indicate higher priorities. More than one unit in an area may be assigned the same priority.
stbyAuxP ActivePower The unit’s auxiliary active power consumption to maintain standby mode.

Relationships

Inherits from

Descendant classes

  • No descendant classes

Leaf/Root class

IsLeaf IsRoot
False False

Associations

Source Class Cardinality Source Target Class Cardinality Target Source Name Source Assoc. Description Target Name Target Assoc. Description
StartIgnFuelCurve 0..1 StartupModel 1 StartIgnFuelCurve The unit’s startup model may have a startup ignition fuel curve. StartupModel The unit’s startup model may have a startup ignition fuel curve.
StartMainFuelCurve 0..1 StartupModel 1 StartMainFuelCurve The unit’s startup model may have a startup main fuel curve. StartupModel The unit’s startup model may have a startup main fuel curve.
StartRampCurve 0..1 StartupModel 1 StartRampCurve The unit’s startup model may have a startup ramp curve. StartupModel The unit’s startup model may have a startup ramp curve.
StartupModel 0..1 ThermalGeneratingUnit 1 StartupModel A thermal generating unit may have a startup model. ThermalGeneratingUnit A thermal generating unit may have a startup model.