Turbine Node

General Description

The turbine node can represent a turbine of a hydropower station. It calculates the flow required to generate a particular hydropower production target in each time step. API Reference.

Primary Attributes

Name	Description	Required
allocation penalty	The cost per unit flow via the node	Optional
target	Hydropower production target. Units should be in units of energy per day	Optional
water_elevation_parameter	Elevation of water entering the turbine. The difference of this value with the turbine_elevation gives the working head of the turbine	Optional
max_flow	Upper bounds on the calculated flow. If set the flow returned by this parameter is at most the value of the max_flow parameter	Optional
min_flow	Lower bounds on the calculated flow. If set the flow returned by this parameter is at least the value of the min_flow parameter	Optional
min_head	Minimum head for flow to occur. If actual head is less than this value zero flow is returned	Optional
turbine_elevation	Elevation of the turbine itself. The difference between the water_elevation and this value gives the working head of the turbine	Optional
efficiency	The efficiency of the turbine	Optional
density	The density of water	Optional
flow_unit_conversion	A factor used to transform the units of flow to be compatible with the equation here. This should convert flow to units of m3/day	Optional
energy_unit_conversion	A factor used to transform the units of total energy. Defaults to 1e-6 to return MJ	Optional

Examples

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