Hosein Molavi 7/2/2010

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Hi dear members of COMMEND
I set the data of the energy balance part and ran the program, but the result obtaining from IMPORT part was zero!!! While I set the input data!!
I would appreciate if any one could help me in to order so that I can get better results.

Best regards
H. Molavi

Tory Clark 7/6/2010
 

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Hi Hosein,

There are a few things to consider when looking at the primary supply portion of the energy balance (production, imports and exports).

1)Whether the primary resource requirements in LEAP match those in your energy balance

and

2)Whether those requirements are correctly produced or imported to match your energy balance.

Let's look at these separately:

1) If the value of primary resource requirements (independently of whether they are imported/exported/domestically produced) does not match what you expect from your original energy balance it is good to trace your results to see if you can localize which module(s) are not functioning as you expect.

This is hard to diagnose remotely, but if you give me more information on specific issues you are having I can help you work on this.

2) It sounds like you are expecting to see imports in your energy balance but that value is coming up as zero.

If you have adequate base year reserves to have domestic production, then LEAP will use those domestic resources to meet demand. If there are not enough resources, then requirements that are created on the demand or supply side will require imports of resources or will be left unmet as indicated by the "Output Properties" variable found under the output fuels branch of each transformation module (e.g. Transformation/Electricity Generation/Output Fuels).

To check if you have enough resources, look at various primary and secondary resources under the Resources category branch and you should have values for the "Base Year Reserves" and/or "Yield" variables. In the LEAP Training Exercises, section 3.5 gives a good example of how to input appropriate resources data.

If this does not address your question, please respond with more specific information on the results you are expecting to see and how your current results are different from that.

Best,

Tory