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Yigit Tahmisoglu 9/4/2024
Hi everyone. As part of a project, I am modeling the steel sector of a country using LEAP. I aim to define each major steel production route (e.g., BF-BOF, EAF) as a "device" in LEAP, with current accounts reflecting the production levels of each route at 2020 (activity levels). I will apply demand projections up to 2040 and use LEAP's optimization feature to determine the optimal share of each production route in the future years. The optimization will be based on the costs, energy use, and GHG emissions associated with each route, allowing the model to to choose the share of production routes based on costs and emissions while meeting future steel demand.
Could the new optimization update of LEAP be used for such a task? Looking forward to your comments.
Best,
Yigit
Pintoko Aji 9/9/2024
1 Like Yes, you can make an optimization scenario through "Category with Energy Intensity." Don’t forget to check the Useful Energy Intensity and Final Energy Intensities in the Current Account, as shown in the picture I attached. However, after trying the same process you want to follow, I found that the consequence is the need to input useful energy, efficiency, and all of the cost variables for each technology, this is not easy. And also you may have a lot of variation if you're aiming to exercise the fuel share for BOF. Perhaps we can collaborate to benefit each other by sharing assumptions/catalogs for each technology to complete this task.
