Model a Flexible Demand with PAVG Event

This example is valid only for a DCUCOPF scenario.

1. Model a flexible demand using the PAVG event

To create a PAVG event, click on Scenario Event  Average active power demand (PAVG) from the context menu of the electric demand as shown in Figure 1. Once the event is created, the Value of the event defines the constraint on the demand, which limits the average power demand over the given time horizon.

For example, let’s assume we want to model a flexible demand with a value of 132 MWh per day using a time horizon of 24 hours and a horizon timestep of one hour. The PAVG value should be set to 5.5 MW, which is the result of dividing 132 MWh by 24 hours.

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Figure 1. Electric demand modeled as PSET.

If PAVG event is not followed by PSET or another PAVG event, the event will be repeated for the rest of the simulation time window.