m
Month {1,2. . .12}
d
Day in a month
p,q,r Indicator of equipment or customer sites
u
End use {electricity_only, cooling, space heating, hot water}
Customer data
Cloadm,d,h,u Customer load in kW for end use u during hour h, day d and month
h
SR m,d,h
Irradiation data (kW/m
2 )
V m,d,h
Wind speed (m/s)
Market data
IRate
Interest rate (%)
CTax
Tax on carbon emission (Yen/kg-C)
ECInt
Carbon emission rate from marketplace generation (kg/kWh)
GPrice
Natural gas price during hour h, type of day t, and month m (Yen/m
3 )
GBase
Natural gas basic service fee (Yen)
CCInt
Carbon emission rate from burning natural gas to meet heating and
cooling loads (kg/kWh)
GDCharge m Natural gas flux charge for month m (Yen/ m
3 )
EPrice m,d,h
Regulated tariff for electricity purchase during hour h, day d, month
m (Yen/kWh)
EDCharge m Regulated demand charge (Yen/kW)
SPrice m,d,h
Electricity selling price (Yen/kWh)
Distributed Energy Resource Technologies Information
YDCF
Annuity factor for direct-fired natural gas AC
YHSF
Annuity factor for heat storage unit
YESF
Annuity factor for electricity storage unit
YF i
Annuity factor for DER technology i
YP
Annuity factor for pipelines
DCCap
Capacity of direct-fired natural gas absorption chiller (AC) (kW)
DCLTime Expected lifetime of direct-fired natural gas AC (year)
DCFCost
Fixed capital cost of direct-fired natural gas AC (Yen)
DCFCost
Fixed capital cost of direct-fired natural gas AC (Yen/kW)
FVCost i
Variable capital cost of technology i (Yen/kW)
FFCost i
Fixed capital cost of technology i (Yen)
Eff i
Power generation efficiency of technology i (%)
FMTime i
Maximum number of hours technology i is permitted to operate during
the year (h)
FLtime i
Expected lifetime of technology i (year)
Fmaxp i
Nameplate power rating of technology i (kW)
Fminp i
Minimum load rating of technology i (kW)
FOMf i
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