org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances

Class Refrigerator

java.lang.Object

org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance

org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.NotShiftingAppliance

org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Refrigerator

public class Refrigerator
extends NotShiftingAppliance

Refrigerator is in use in all the households in order to keep food preserved. This appliance can automatically change the freezing cycles in order to save energy, without problem without tenants manipulation. 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

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Refrigerator()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double[]	dailyShifting(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff, double[] nonDominantUsage, org.powertac.common.TariffEvaluationHelper tariffEvalHelper, int day, org.joda.time.Instant start) 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 office, 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, 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

Refrigerator

public Refrigerator()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(String office,
              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

dailyShifting

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

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:

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