org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances
Class CirculationPump

java.lang.Object
  org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance
      org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.NotShiftingAppliance
          org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.CirculationPump

public class CirculationPump
extends NotShiftingAppliance

Circulation Pump is the appliance that brings hot water to the household. It works most of the hours of the day, but always when someone is at home in need of water. So it's a not shifting appliance.

Version:

1.5, Date: 2.25.12

Author:

Antonios Chrysopoulos

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance

applianceOf, cycleDuration, log, name, overallPower, power, randomSeedRepo, saturation

Constructor Summary

CirculationPump()

Method Summary

void	fillDailyOperation(int weekday) This function fills out all the quarters of the appliance functions for a single day of the week.
void	initialize(String household, Properties conf, int seed) This is the initialization function.
void	refresh() At the end of each week the appliance models refresh their schedule.

Methods inherited from class org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance

calculateOverallPower, createWeeklyPossibilityOperationVector, dailyShifting, fillWeeklyOperation, getApplianceOf, getDuration, getOperationDaysVector, getOverallPower, getPower, getSaturation, getTimes, getWeeklyLoadVector, getWeeklyOperation, setApplianceOf, setOperationDays, showStatus, toString, weatherDailyOperation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CirculationPump

public CirculationPump()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(String household,
                       Properties conf,
                       int seed)

Description copied from class: Appliance

This is the initialization function. It uses the variable values for the configuration file to create the appliance as it should for this type.

Overrides:

initialize in class Appliance

fillDailyOperation

public void fillDailyOperation(int weekday)

Description copied from class: Appliance

This function fills out all the quarters of the appliance functions for a single day of the week.

Overrides:

fillDailyOperation in class Appliance

refresh

public void refresh()

Description copied from class: Appliance

At the end of each week the appliance models refresh their schedule. This way we have a realistic and dynamic model, changing function hours, consuming power and so on.

Overrides:

refresh in class Appliance