LP now also includes startup costs + some checks regarding the compat…

…ibility between power plant constraints and model formulation

dispaset/preprocessing/data_check.py

@@ -419,7 +419,14 @@ def check_units(config, plants):
             logging.critical('The value of ' + key + ' should be lower than the horizon length (' + str(
                 config['HorizonLength'] * 24) + ' hours). A higher value has been found for units ' + str(plantlist))
             sys.exit(1)
-
+
+    # Checking che compatibility between the selected simulation time and the power plant constraints:
+    if config['SimulationType'] in ('LP','LP clustered') :
+        for key in ['NoLoadCost', 'PartLoadMin', 'MinEfficiency', 'StartUpTime']:
+            if (plants[key] > 0).any():
+                logging.error('Non-null value(s) have been found for key ' + key + ' in the power plant list. \
+                              This cannot be modelled with the ' + config['SimulationType'] + ' formulation and \
+                              will therefore not be considered.')            
     return True
 
 

dispaset/preprocessing/data_handler.py

@@ -525,15 +525,6 @@ def load_config_excel(ConfigFile,AbsPath=True):
             if config['default'].get(param,'')=='':
                 config['default'][param]=DEFAULTS[param]
 
-    #    config['default']['ShareOfFlexibleDemand'] = sheet.cell_value(81, 5)
-    #    for def_value in config['default']:
-    #        if config['default'][def_value] =='':
-    #            logging.warning('No value was provided in config file for {}. Will use {}'.format(def_value, DEFAULTS[def_value]))
-    #            config['default'][def_value] = DEFAULTS[def_value]
-
-
-
-
         config['zones'] = read_truefalse(sheet, 86, 1, 109, 3)
         config['zones'] = config['zones'] + read_truefalse(sheet, 86, 4, 109, 6)
 

dispaset/preprocessing/utils.py

@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ def clustering(plants, method='Standard', Nslices=20, PartLoadMax=0.1, Pmax=30):
                 mapping['NewIndex'][oldplant] = NewName
 
     # Transforming the start-up cost into ramping for the plants that did not go through any clustering:
-    if method == 'LP clustered':
+    if method in ('LP', 'LP clustered'):
         for i in range(Nunits_merged):
             if plants_merged['RampingCost'][i] == 0:
                 Power = plants_merged['PowerCapacity'][i]