Introduction

Workflow for uni-directional soft-linking

../_images/UnidirectionalSoftlinking.png

Workflow for bi-directional soft-linking

../_images/BidirectionalSoftlinking.png

Functions

Code:

def define_units(names):
    """
    Define Units and name them according to source model names (1-1 mapping)
    :param names:   list of unit names
    :return:        power plant database in Dispa-SET readable format
    """
    power_plants = pd.DataFrame(columns=column_names, index=names)
    logging.info('All unit names (' + ' '.join(map(str,names)) + ') assigned to the power plant DataFrame.')
    return power_plants