private static List <PowerPlantModel> CalculateCostAndMaxPower(PlanCommand request)
{
var powerPlantWithCosts = request.PowerPlants.Select(x => new PowerPlantModel
{
Name = x.Name,
Type = x.Type,
Efficiency = x.Efficiency,
PMax = x.PMax,
PMin = x.PMin,
Power = GetMaxPower(x, request.Fuels), // the max power that a powerplant can generate
Cost = GetCost(x, request.Fuels) // total cost
}).ToList();
return(powerPlantWithCosts);
}
public async Task <List <UnitCommitmentModel> > Handle(PlanCommand request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
return(await Task.Run(() =>
{
var uc = new List <UnitCommitmentModel>();
var expectedLoad = request.Load;
var producedLoad = 0M;
var powerPlantWithCosts = CalculateCostAndMaxPower(request);
if (powerPlantWithCosts.Sum(x => x.Power) < request.Load)
{
throw new PlanCommandException("The expected load cannot be fulfilled");
}
// merit-order
var powerPlantsThatCanProducePower = powerPlantWithCosts.Where(x => x.Power > 0)
.OrderBy(x => x.Cost) // privilege the cheapest and the more efficient (Efficiency is taken in account)
.ThenByDescending(x => x.Power)
.ThenBy(x => x.PMin);
var powerPlantsThatCannotProducePower = powerPlantWithCosts.Where(x => x.Power <= 0); // Wind-turbine when % of wind = 0
foreach (var p in powerPlantsThatCanProducePower)
{
if (producedLoad < expectedLoad)
{
// calculate the power to generate
var powerToGenerate = p.Power + producedLoad > expectedLoad
? (expectedLoad - producedLoad < p.PMin ? p.PMin : expectedLoad - producedLoad)
: p.Power;
// if we are note above the load
if (producedLoad + powerToGenerate <= expectedLoad)
{
uc.Add(new UnitCommitmentModel()
{
Name = p.Name,
Power = powerToGenerate
});
producedLoad += powerToGenerate;
}
else
{
//The load is not yet reached and if we take the max power of the next powerplants in the list
// we will exceed the expected load.
// so the rest of load (to achieve the expected load) need to be balanced between the 2 lats poweplants
var last = uc.Last();
uc.Remove(last);
// adjust the amount of the power that powerplant should produce
// taking in account the Pmin of the next powerplant that should be switched on
var actualPower = uc.Sum(x => x.Power) + p.PMin;
uc.Add(new UnitCommitmentModel()
{
Name = last.Name,
Power = expectedLoad - actualPower
});
uc.Add(new UnitCommitmentModel()
{
Name = p.Name,
Power = p.PMin // take the minimum of the capacity when switched on (more expensive)
});
}
}
else
{
// Should be switched off
uc.Add(new UnitCommitmentModel()
{
Name = p.Name,
Power = 0
});
}
}
// the powerplants that should not be switched on
foreach (var p in powerPlantsThatCannotProducePower)
{
uc.Add(new UnitCommitmentModel()
{
Name = p.Name,
Power = 0
});
}
// TODO handle this case
if (uc.Sum(x => x.Power) > request.Load)
{
// TODO
}
return uc;
}, cancellationToken));
}
