org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances
Class SpaceHeater

java.lang.Object
  org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance
      org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.WeatherSensitiveAppliance
          org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.SpaceHeater

public class SpaceHeater
extends WeatherSensitiveAppliance

Space Heater is a electric appliance utilized to keep the rooms of a household warm when needed. These devices can work automatically in order to save as much energy as possible, knowing when the room must be warm. So this is a fully 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

SpaceHeater()

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.
void	showStatus() This is the function utilized to show the information regarding the appliance in question, its variables values etc.
void	weatherDailyOperation(int day, int hour, double temp) This function fills out the daily function of an appliance for the day.

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SpaceHeater

public SpaceHeater()

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

weatherDailyOperation

public void weatherDailyOperation(int day,
                                  int hour,
                                  double temp)

Description copied from class: Appliance

This function fills out the daily function of an appliance for the day.

Overrides:

weatherDailyOperation in class Appliance

showStatus

public void showStatus()

Description copied from class: Appliance

This is the function utilized to show the information regarding the appliance in question, its variables values etc.

Overrides:

showStatus 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