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BARAKA KICHONGE 2/4/2013
2709 Views How do i enter '500 kWh per year on average' under refrigeration section among others in exercise 1?
Regards
Tory Clark 2/4/2013
2706 Views Hi Baraka,
In the future when asking questions about training materials, please note the page number and exercise section you are working on so that it is easy to answer your question. In this case, I think you are talking about 1.3.2 (entering current accounts data for urban households) on page 14.
This information is telling you the average energy consumption of each refrigerator per year. In this exercise we are typically looking for two types of energy demand data: (1) activity level and (2) final energy intensity. You will find both of these two variables in LEAP when you create a technology with energy intensity branch (the grey gear icon in LEAP).
In this case, the activity level is number of households with refrigerators, and the final energy intensity is the energy consumption per household. The product of these two variables will tell us the total energy consumed in the residential sector from refrigerators, as seen below.
Total energy consumed from refrigerators = (# of households with refrigerators) * (energy consumed per household from refrigerators)
Since we already entered the total number of households at the top residential branch, we only need to enter percentage share and saturation values in lower activity level branches. So at the "Refrigerators" branch we will put 95% saturation as the activity level, and 500 kWh/household in the final energy intensity variable.
**Remember that LEAP uses an annual time step, so when you enter in 500 kWh/household, that is assumed to be t500 kWh/household/year.
You can also always check your answers against the completed Freedonia data set which was installed on your machine when you installed LEAP. Simply go to Area: Open: Freedonia to see the completed data set.
Best,
Tory
飞雪 郭 8/28/2013
2363 Views Hello
In exercise 1.4.2-1.4.3,I have two problems.First,in my result view there isn't the result of 2010.Second,compare with the exercise's result , I find in my result(the transformation :outputs),the Diesel CT only appear in 2011,I don't understand why? Please help me ! Thank you very much!
Charlie Heaps 8/29/2013
2358 Views Hi!
I understand from your message that you are not seeing some types of Transformation results for 2010. In particular you are not seeing any outputs from the electric generation module. There can be a number of reasons for this so its best to address the situation in a systematic way. I suggest you investigate the following in order:
1. Are there any Transformation Requirements in 2010? If not, there will be no reason for LEAP to run the module. Perhaps there is a problem with your demand data?
2. If there ARE requirements, next checks to see if the correct amount of capacity is built in 2010. If there is no capacity then there can be no generation.
3. If there IS capacity, check your dispatch rules. One common error is to set the dispatch rule to "Dispatch by Percent Share" instead of "Dispatch by Merit Order". If you choose the former but have zeros entered for the process share then no plants will be dispatched.
4. Another common error is to set the First Simulation Year variable to 2011 but then to fail to enter base year generation data in the "Historical Production" variable for 2010 (Current Accounts).
5. Finally, check units and scaling factors very carefully. Sometimes things that appear to be zero may simply be very tiny due to a scaling or units error. For example, check that the units for Historical Production are Gigawatt-hours (not Gigajoules).
I hope this helps!
Best,
Charlie
飞雪 郭 9/5/2013
2344 Views Hi
I have meet another problem, in the exercise 3 on page 38, when I creat the standard module of charcoal production, the output fuel is electricity,I don't know why and please tell me how to creat the standard module.
Thanks very much!
Taylor Binnington 9/5/2013
2343 Views Hi,
Electricity is the default output fuel when you create a new module, but you can change this to whatever you'd like. Under the Output Fuels branch of your Charcoal Production module, right-click on the fuel Charcoal, then select Properties. This will permit you to change the fuel to whatever you need.
Best,
Taylor
飞雪 郭 9/9/2013
2331 Views Hi，
Now I see. I want to ask another question. When I want to transform to excel with the result, the computer will tell me excel doesn't seem to be installed on my pc. However I have .I don't know how to do it .Please help me .
Thank you very much!
Taylor Binnington 9/9/2013
2330 Views Hi there,
Are you trying to run LEAP in a virtual machine, or using WINE installed in OSX or Linux? These environments generally do not support LEAP's communication with Excel.
Assuming, however, that you are running LEAP in a Windows environment, the only thing that we can think of at the moment is that Excel has not been properly installed or registered in the Windows registry (it must be installed with administrator privileges), or that you're using a trial/unregistered version of Excel, or perhaps a starter version of Excel. Can you report what version you're running?
Perhaps you could contact your system administrator about this problem, if you have one?
Best,
Taylor and Charlie
飞雪 郭 9/9/2013
1 Like 2321 Views hello，
I use the WIN7 64 bits environment, I installed the WPS 2012 for my office .And the LEAP is the newest vesion . I don't have my administrator . If the WPS isn't right, or should I use the Microsoft office?
thank you !
HOURI HOUDIAN 9/10/2013
2321 Views hello
On exercise 1. I have run all the drills 1. but after d click results no graphics. how to enter data "average urban household electricity consumption for lighting by 400 KWh per year"?. I ignored the first exercise of the Kwh (not included in the data)
thank you
Taylor Binnington 9/10/2013
2320 Views Hi,
I'm afraid that I'm not familiar with WPS 2012 - a quick search tells me that it is word processing software, but is not related to Microsoft. LEAP requires a full version of Microsoft Excel to use it's Excel features and functions. Other programs, however similar, will not be compatible.
Best,
Taylor
Taylor Binnington 9/10/2013
2320 Views Hello Houri,
I don't think that I completely understand your question. The LEAP training materials build off of preceding training modules, so you cannot ignore any part of the exercises if you are planning to work through the complete package.
Your question is likely best answered by viewing the completed Freedonia exercise, which comes pre-installed with LEAP. This way you can compare your progress for each module with the completed exercise. You can open this by selecting Area:Revert to Version:Exercise One Completed, from LEAP's main menu.
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Thank you,
Taylor
飞雪 郭 9/17/2013
2292 Views Hi
In the exercise 1.6 on page 28, when I enter the dater of DSM scenario, there is a error : Base year parameter"_scenref(3)"is not a valid yearly shape. I don't know what's the matter! Help me quickly!
Thank you
Taylor Binnington 9/17/2013
2291 Views Hi,
I'm afraid I can't help you without more information. It sounds like the expression that you entered, "_scenref(3)", is not a valid yearly shape.
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Taylor
Taylor Binnington 9/17/2013
2291 Views Hi again,
You might also try deleting the expression "_scenref(3)" where it appears in Analysis view, under your DSM scenario, and re-entering a valid yearly shape.
Click on the orange 'E' on the right side of the expressions field, followed by 'YearlyShape', and select a yearly shape. If none exist, you will have to create one, by clicking (from LEAP's main menu) General:Yearly Shapes:Add.
Further information on LEAP's yearly shapes can be found in our help pages, here:
http://www.energycommunity.org/WebHelpPro/Supporting_Screens/Load_Shapes.htm
Best of luck,
Taylor
飞雪 郭 9/18/2013
2269 Views Hi
About the question of "_scenref(3)" ,I find the situation:when I creat the time slices,it will appear a warning: Hours do not sun to 8784.But the ord time slice line is 8760, there must be some setting I'm wrong .
thinks
飞雪
Taylor Binnington 9/18/2013
2267 Views For new topics, please begin a new thread.
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Taylor