org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances
Class WaterHeater

java.lang.Object
  org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance
      org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.FullyShiftingAppliance
          org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.WaterHeater

public class WaterHeater
extends FullyShiftingAppliance

Water Heater is an appliance utilized to provide with hot water when we need to bathe. There are two different types each having each own way of working so we have to see to them seperately.

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

WaterHeater()

Method Summary

void	calculateOverallPower() This is an function created to estimate the overall power consumption of a certain appliance in a single operation the vectors of each appliance during the runtime.
double[]	dailyShifting(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff, double[] nonDominantUsage, org.powertac.common.TariffEvaluationHelper tariffEvalHelper, int day) This is a complex function that changes the appliance's function in order to have the most cost effective operation load in a day schedule.
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.

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WaterHeater

public WaterHeater()

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

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

dailyShifting

public double[] dailyShifting(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff,
                              double[] nonDominantUsage,
                              org.powertac.common.TariffEvaluationHelper tariffEvalHelper,
                              int day)

Description copied from class: Appliance

This is a complex function that changes the appliance's function in order to have the most cost effective operation load in a day schedule.

Overrides:

dailyShifting in class Appliance

Returns:

calculateOverallPower

public void calculateOverallPower()

Description copied from class: Appliance

This is an function created to estimate the overall power consumption of a certain appliance in a single operation the vectors of each appliance during the runtime.

Overrides:

calculateOverallPower 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