SMS++ energy Blocks
by Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Pisa
Authors: The SMS++ Team
Contact: Antonio Frangioni
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SMS++ is a software framework for modelling and solving large-scale problems with multiple nested forms of structure. The primary application of SMS++ has been to energy problems and several specific components have been developed.
Based on SMS++. Using hand-coded C++ for data processing.
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Open Source GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0)
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Some input data shipped
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Model Scope |
Model type and solution approach |
Model class
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in princople all short- to long-term optimization
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Sectors
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electricity, heat components partly developed, but extensible to anything
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Technologies
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Renewables, Conventional Generation
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Decisions
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dispatch, investment
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Regions
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any
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Geographic Resolution
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any
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Time resolution
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Multi year
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Network coverage
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transmission, distribution, DC load flow, net transfer capacities
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Model type
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Optimization
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in principle any optimization model, particular emphasis on decomposition approaches
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Variables
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unlimited"unlimited" is not a number.
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Computation time
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depends"depends" is not a number. minutes
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Objective
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in principle any, currently cost minimization
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Uncertainty modeling
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in principle any, currently scenarios
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Suited for many scenarios / monte-carlo
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Yes
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References
Scientific references
under construction
Reports produced using the model
https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=f0cd4626-ba9b-4718-8e54-5e7da5346ec4
Example research questions
https://www.plan4res.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/plan4res-Definition-Case-Studies-Summary-CS1.pdf
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