Example 00c: Power Playback

Description

This example demonstrates the use of PowerPlayback to replay pre-recorded power data as a generic power-generating unit in a Hercules simulation. PowerPlayback is useful when measured or externally modeled power output is available and no physics model is needed — the power values are simply played back at each time step with no control interface.

The simulation runs for approximately 15 minutes and 50 seconds, playing back a step-function power profile: zero output for the first half, then rated output for the second half.

Setup

No manual setup is required. The example automatically generates the necessary input file (power_playback_input.ftr) in the centralized examples/inputs/ folder when first run.

Running

To run the example, execute the following command in the terminal:

python hercules_runscript.py

Outputs

To plot the outputs, run the following command in the terminal:

python plot_outputs.py