Production_Scaling_Plugin

Classes:

Production_Scaling_Plugin(dcf, print_info)

Calculation of plant output and potential scaling.

class pyH2A.Plugins.Production_Scaling_Plugin.Production_Scaling_Plugin(dcf, print_info)

Calculation of plant output and potential scaling.

Parameters

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Plant Design Capacity (kg of H2/day) > Valuefloat

Plant design capacity in kg of H2/day, process_table() is used.

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Operating Capacity Factor (%) > Valuefloat

Operating capacity factor in %, process_table() is used.

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Maximum Output at Gate > Valuefloat, optional

Maximum output at gate in (kg of H2)/day, process_table() is used. If this parameter is not specified it defaults to Plant Design Capacity (kg of H2/day).

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > New Plant Design Capacity (kg of H2/day) > Valuefloat, optional

New plant design capacity in kg of H2/day to calculate scaling, which overwrites possible Scaling Ratio, process_table() is used.

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Scaling Ratio > Valuefloat, optional

Scaling ratio which is multiplied by current plant design capacity to obtain scaled plant size, process_table is used.

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Capital Scaling Exponent > Valuefloat, optional

Exponent to calculate capital scaling factor, process_table() is used. Defaults to 0.78.

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Labor Scaling Exponent > Valuefloat, optional

Exponent to calculcate labor scaling factor, process_table() is used. Defaults to 0.25.

Returns

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Design Output per Day > Valuefloat

Design output in (kg of H2)/day.

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Max Gate Output per Day > Valuefloat

Maximum gate ouput in (kg of H2)/day.

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Output per Year > Valuefloat

Yearly output taking operating capacity factor into account, in (kg of H2)/year.

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Output per Year at Gate > Valuefloat

Actual yearly output at gate, in (kg of H2)/year.

Technical Operating Parameters and Specifications > Scaling Ratio > Valuefloat or None

Returned if New Plant Design Capacity was specified.

Scaling > Capital Scaling Factor > Valuefloat or None

Returned if scaling is active (Scaling Ratio or New Plant Design Capacity (kg of H2/day) specified).

Scaling > Labor Scaling Factor > Valuefloat or None

Returned if scaling is active (Scaling Ratio or New Plant Design Capacity (kg of H2/day) specified).

Notes

To scale capital or labor costs, a path to Scaling > Capital Scaling Factor > Value or Scaling > Labor Scaling Factor > Value has to specified for the respective table entry.

Methods:

calculate_output(dcf)	Calculation of yearly output in kg and yearly output at gate in kg.
calculate_scaling(dcf, print_info)	Calculation of scaling if scaling is requested (either New Plant Design Capacity (kg of H2/day) or Scaling Ratio was provided).

calculate_output(dcf)

Calculation of yearly output in kg and yearly output at gate in kg.

calculate_scaling(dcf, print_info)

Calculation of scaling if scaling is requested (either New Plant Design Capacity (kg of H2/day) or Scaling Ratio was provided). Otherwise returns regular design output and output at gate per day in (kg H2).