org.powertac.officecomplexcustomer.appliances
Class AirCondition

java.lang.Object
  org.powertac.officecomplexcustomer.appliances.Appliance
      org.powertac.officecomplexcustomer.appliances.WeatherSensitiveAppliance
          org.powertac.officecomplexcustomer.appliances.AirCondition

public class AirCondition
extends WeatherSensitiveAppliance

Air Condition is the most common used electrical appliance to date that keeps the household environment in the desired temperature. Usually, it can be used either for cooling or for heating.Thus, it is utilized when people are present in the household.

Version:

1.5, Date: 2.25.12

Author:

Antonios Chrysopoulos

Field Summary

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

applianceOf, cycleDuration, log, name, power, saturation

Constructor Summary

AirCondition()

Method Summary

void	fillDailyOperation(int weekday, Random gen) This function fills out all the quarters of the appliance functions for a single day of the week.
void	initialize(String household, Properties conf, Random gen) This is the initialization function.
void	refresh(Random gen) 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	weatherDailyFunction(int day, int hour, double temperature) This function fills out the daily function of an appliance for the day.

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

createWeeklyPossibilityOperationVector, dailyShifting, fillWeeklyOperation, getApplianceOf, getDuration, getPower, getSaturation, getWeeklyLoadVector, getWeeklyOperation, setApplianceOf, setOperationDays, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AirCondition

public AirCondition()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(String household,
                       Properties conf,
                       Random gen)

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,
                               Random gen)

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

weatherDailyFunction

public void weatherDailyFunction(int day,
                                 int hour,
                                 double temperature)

Description copied from class: Appliance

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

Overrides:

weatherDailyFunction 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(Random gen)

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