Package accounting

Class AnnualCostCalculator

java.lang.Object

accounting.AnnualCostCalculator

public class AnnualCostCalculator
extends Object

Calculates annual cost for investment annuity and fixed operating expenses

Author:

Christoph Schimeczek, Johannes Kochems

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static de.dlr.gitlab.fame.agent.input.Tree	parameters	Input parameters used by AnnualCostCalculator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AnnualCostCalculator	build(de.dlr.gitlab.fame.agent.input.ParameterData input, String groupName)	Returns AnnualCostCalculator built from group of given input and group name.
double	calcFixedCostInEUR(double installedCapacityInMW)	Return fixed annual cost (e.g. for maintenance) for given installed capacity
double	calcInvestmentAnnuityInEUR(double installedCapacityInMW)	Return investment annuity for given installed capacity
double	getAnnuityFactor()
double	getFixedCostsInEURperYearMW()
double	getInvestmentExpensesInEURperMW()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

parameters

public static final de.dlr.gitlab.fame.agent.input.Tree parameters

Input parameters used by AnnualCostCalculator

Method Detail

build

public static AnnualCostCalculator build(de.dlr.gitlab.fame.agent.input.ParameterData input,
                                         String groupName)

Returns AnnualCostCalculator built from group of given input and group name.

If group is not present in input, or if input is null: returns default object having all parameters set to Zero.

Parameters:

input - ParameterData containing the a group with parameters

groupName - of the group that contains parameters

Returns:

new AnnualCostCalculator parameterised from given input

calcInvestmentAnnuityInEUR

public double calcInvestmentAnnuityInEUR(double installedCapacityInMW)

Return investment annuity for given installed capacity

Parameters:

installedCapacityInMW - total installed capacity to be considered

Returns:

calculated investment annuity total

calcFixedCostInEUR

public double calcFixedCostInEUR(double installedCapacityInMW)

Return fixed annual cost (e.g. for maintenance) for given installed capacity

Parameters:

installedCapacityInMW - total installed capacity to be considered

Returns:

calculated fixed cost total

getInvestmentExpensesInEURperMW

public double getInvestmentExpensesInEURperMW()

Returns:

investment expenses in EUR per MW of installed capacity

getAnnuityFactor

public double getAnnuityFactor()

Returns:

annuity factor applied to calculate annual annuity of investment

getFixedCostsInEURperYearMW

public double getFixedCostsInEURperYearMW()

Returns:

fixed annual operation and maintenance cost in EUR per MW of installed capacity