Package 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, overallPower, power, randomSeedRepo, saturation

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AirCondition()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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 household, Properties conf, int seed)	This is the initialization function.
void	refresh()	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

calculateOverallPower, createWeeklyPossibilityOperationVector, dailyShifting, fillWeeklyOperation, getApplianceOf, getDuration, getOperationDaysVector, getOverallPower, 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,
                       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

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()

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