Computer Program AQUARIUS : Simulation & Optimisation of Water Supply and Power System Operation |
Program Function |
Annual |
Comment |
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Licence (₣) |
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[1],[2] |
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Water Resource & Supply System Modelling |
5,000 |
Includes the modelling of : |
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Reservoirs; River Reaches; River Abstractions; Flow Points; |
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Water Demand Areas; Treatment Works; Pumping Stations; |
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Supply Aqueducts;Transfer Aqueducts; Sewers; Junction Points; |
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Flow and Time Dependent Licences; User Defined Constraints e.g. |
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blending limits; Reservoir Control Rules, Water Value & Multiple Regime |
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Operating Policies, Demand Management and Rationing Policies. |
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Electricity Supply System Modelling |
5,000 |
Includes modelling of : |
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Hydro Plants, Thermal Plants, Wind Plants, Pump Storage Units, Electricity Demand Areas, Transmission Lines & Nodes |
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Long Term Operating Policy Optimisation |
2,000 |
Stochastic Policy Iteration Dynamic Programming |
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Yield Search (Deployable Output) |
500 |
Search procedure to identify maximum water and/or electricity demands that could be met with defined levels of reliability |
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Simulation Options: |
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Historic |
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Multi-year with daily, weekly or monthly time steps |
Dynamic |
1,500 |
Multi-model with up to 3 year operations planning horizon |
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Multi-Day Forecast Optimisation |
5,000 |
Up to 7 day horizon using forecast inflows, wind speeds, component availabilities, water and electricity demands. |
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Expansion Planning Data Input |
1,000 |
Generation of Program CAPRICORN input data files. |
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All Facilities : |
20,000 |
1 month Evaluation Copy : ₣1,000 refundable against subsequent purchase. |
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Computer Program CAPRICORN : Simulation & Optimisation of Power System Development Plans |
Program Function |
Annual |
Comment |
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Licence (₣) |
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[1],[2] |
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Interactive Power System Definition and Economic Evaluation |
10,000 |
Separate identification of existing and candidate hydro plants, non-hydro plants, demand centres and transmission lines, and project interdependencies |
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Linear Programming Expansion Plan Optimisation |
15,000 |
Optimisation of hydro and non-hydro generation plant, transmission line and interconnection commissioning years, taking account of project dependencies, mutual exclusivities, earliest and latest commissioning dates, investment and salvage costs, maximum and minimum annual generation plant output constraints, operating costs under average and 'firm' energy conditions, transmission losses, differential supply benefits and shortage penalties, sequential reservoir regulation. effects and budgetary constraints |
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All Facilities : |
25,000 |
1 month Evaluation Copy : ₣1,000 refundable against subsequent purchase |
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| Notes: |
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| [1] Per PC or Workstation & net of any VAT |
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| [2] Including Software Upgrades |
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