Contents¶

Overview¶

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Creating heat and power demand profiles from annual values.

Free software: MIT license

Installation¶

pip install demandlib

You can also install the in-development version with:

pip install https://github.com/oemof/demandlib/archive/master.zip

Documentation¶

https://demandlib.readthedocs.io/

Development¶

To run all the tests run:

tox

Note, to combine the coverage data from all the tox environments run:

Windows	set PYTEST_ADDOPTS=--cov-append tox
Other	PYTEST_ADDOPTS=--cov-append tox

Installation¶

At the command line:

pip install demandlib

BDEW Load Profiles¶

Using the demandlib you can create heat and electrical profiles by scaling the BDEW profiles to your desired annual demand. The BDEW profiles are the standard load profiles from BDEW.

Heat Profiles¶

Description¶

Heat profiles are created according to the approach described in the corresponding BDEW guideline.

The method was originally established in this PhD Thesis at TU Munich.

The approach for generating heat demand profiles is described in section 4.1 (Synthetic load profile approach).

$Q_{day}(\theta) = KW \cdot h(\theta) \cdot F \cdot SF$

KW: Kundenwert (customer value). Daily consumption of customer at , depending on SLP type and Temperature timeseries.
h: h-Wert (h-value) , depending on SLP type and daily mean temperature.
F: Wochentagsfaktor (week day factor), depending on SLP type and day of the week.
T: Daily mean temperature 2 meters above the ground (simple mean or “geometric series”, which means a weighted sum over the previous days).
SF: Stundenfaktor (hour factor)

The geometric series approach is meant to account for thermal inertia.

$\theta = \frac{T_t + 0.5 \cdot T_{t-1} + 0.25 \cdot T_{t-2} + 0.125 \cdot T_{t-3}}{1 + 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.125}$

Depending on the profile type, different coefficients A, B, C, D for the sigmoid function are used.

$h(\theta) &= \frac{A}{1+(\frac{B}{\theta-\theta_0})^C} + D \\ \theta_0 &= 40^\circ C$

Types of houses:

EFH: Einfamilienhaus (single family house)
MFH: Mehrfamilienhaus (multi family house)
GMK: Metall und Kfz (metal and automotive)
GHA: Einzel- und Großhandel (retail and wholesale)
GKO: Gebietskörperschaften, Kreditinstitute und Versicherungen (Local authorities, credit institutions and insurance companies)
GBD: sonstige betriebliche Dienstleistung (other operational services)
GGA: Gaststätten (restaurants)
GBH: Beherbergung (accommodation)
GWA: Wäschereien, chemische Reinigungen (laundries, dry cleaning)
GGB: Gartenbau (horticulture)
GBA: Backstube (bakery)
GPD: Papier und Druck (paper and printing)
GMF: haushaltsähnliche Gewerbebetriebe (household-like business enterprises)
GHD: Summenlastprofil Gewerbe/Handel/Dienstleistungen (Total load profile Business/Commerce/Services)

Building class:

The parameter building_class (German: Baualtersklasse) can assume values in the range 1-11.

Usage¶

Electrical Profiles¶

Description¶

The electrical profiles are the standard load profiles from BDEW. All profiles have a resolution of 15 minutes. They are based on measurements in the German electricity sector. There is a dynamic function (h0_dyn) for the houshold (h0) profile that better takes the seasonal variance into account.

$F_t = -3,92\cdot10^{-10} \cdot t^4 + 3,2\cdot10^{-7} \cdot t^3– 7,02\cdot10^{-5}\cdot t^2 + 2,1\cdot10^{-3}\cdot t + 1,24$

With t the day of the year as a decimal number.

The following profile types are available. Be aware that the types in Python code are strings in lowercase.

German (original)¶
Typ	Beschreibung	Erläuterung
G0	Gewerbe allgemein	Gewogener Mittelwert der Profile G1-G6
G1	Gewerbe werktags 8–18 Uhr	z.B. Büros, Arztpraxen, Werkstätten, Verwaltungseinrichtungen
G2	Gewerbe mit starkem bis überwiegendem Verbrauch in den Abendstunden	z.B. Sportvereine, Fitnessstudios, Abendgaststätten
G3	Gewerbe durchlaufend	z.B. Kühlhäuser, Pumpen, Kläranlagen
G4	Laden/Friseur
G5	Bäckerei mit Backstube
G6	Wochenendbetrieb	z.B. Kinos
G7	Mobilfunksendestation	durchgängiges Bandlastprofil
L0	Landwirtschaftsbetriebe allgemein	Gewogener Mittelwert der Profile L1 und L2
L1	Landwirtschaftsbetriebe mit Milchwirtschaft/Nebenerwerbs-Tierzucht
L2	Übrige Landwirtschaftsbetriebe
H0/H0_dyn	Haushalt/Haushalt dynamisiert

British English (translation)¶
type	description	explanation
G0	General trade/business/commerce	Weighted average of profiles G1-G6
G1	Business on weekdays 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.	e.g. offices, doctors’ surgeries, workshops, administrative facilities
G2	Businesses with heavy to predominant consumption in the evening hours	e.g. sports clubs, fitness studios, evening restaurants
G3	Continuous business	e.g. cold stores, pumps, sewage treatment plants
G4	Shop/barber shop
G5	Bakery with bakery
G6	Weekend operation	e.g. cinemas
G7	Mobile phone transmitter station	continuous band load profile
L0	General farms	Weighted average of profiles L1 and L2
L1	Farms with dairy farming/part-time livestock farming
L2	Other farms
H0/H0_dyn	Household/dynamic houshold

Further information in German language is available at the BDEW.

Usage¶

from demandlib import bdew

Further Profiles¶

We implemented further profiles (one until now) to represent further demand sectors which are not covered by the BDEW load profiles.

Industrial Electrical Profile¶

Description¶

The industrial electrical profile uses a step function.

Usage¶

Reference¶

Implementation of the standard load profiles

class demandlib.bdew.elec_slp.ElecSlp(year, seasons=None, holidays=None)[source]¶

Bases: object

Generate electrical standardized load profiles based on the BDEW method.

Variables:	datapath (string) – Path to the csv files containing the load profile data. date_time_index (pandas.DateTimeIndex) – Time range for and frequency for the profile.
Parameters:	year (integer) – Year of the demand series. Optional Parameters ——————- seasons (dictionary) – Describing the time ranges for summer, winter and transition periods. holidays (dictionary or list) – The keys of the dictionary or the items of the list should be datetime objects of the days that are holidays.

all_load_profiles(time_df, holidays=None)[source]¶

create_bdew_load_profiles(dt_index, slp_types, holidays=None)[source]¶: Calculates the hourly electricity load profile in MWh/h of a region.

create_dynamic_h0_profile()[source]¶

Use the dynamisation function of the BDEW to smoothen the seasonal edges. Functions resolution is daily.

$f(x) = -3.916649251 * 10^-10 * x^4 + 3,2 * 10^-7 * x³ - 7,02 * 10^-5 * x²+0,0021 * x +1,24$

Adjustment of accuracy: from -3,92 to -3.916649251

get_profile(ann_el_demand_per_sector)[source]¶

Get the profiles for the given annual demand

Parameters:	ann_el_demand_per_sector (dictionary) – Key: sector, value: annual value
Returns:	pandas.DataFrame (Table with all profiles)

Implementation of the bdew heat load profiles

class demandlib.bdew.heat_building.HeatBuilding(df_index, **kwargs)[source]¶

Bases: object

Parameters:

year (int) – year for which the profile is created

Variables:

datapath (string) – path to the bdew basic data files (csv)
temperature (pandas.Series) – Series containing hourly temperature data
annual_heat_demand (float) – annual heat demand of building in kWh
building_class (int) – class of building according to bdew classification possible numbers are: 1 - 11
shlp_type (string) – type of standardized heat load profile according to bdew possible types are: GMF, GPD, GHD, GWA, GGB, EFH, GKO, MFH, GBD, GBA, GMK, GBH, GGA, GHA
wind_class (int) – wind classification for building location (0=not windy or 1=windy)
ww_incl (boolean) – decider whether warm water load is included in the heat load profile

get_bdew_profile()[source]¶: Calculation of the hourly heat demand using the bdew-equations

get_normalized_bdew_profile()[source]¶: Calculation of the normalized hourly heat demand

get_sf_values(filename='shlp_hour_factors.csv')[source]¶

Determine the h-values

Parameters:	filename (string) – name of file where sigmoid factors are stored

get_sigmoid_parameters(filename='shlp_sigmoid_factors.csv')[source]¶

Retrieve the sigmoid parameters from csv-files

Parameters:	filename (string) – name of file where sigmoid factors are stored

get_temperature_interval()[source]¶: Appoints the corresponding temperature interval to each temperature in the temperature vector.

get_weekday_parameters(filename='shlp_weekday_factors.csv')[source]¶

Retrieve the weekday parameter from csv-file

Parameters:	filename (string) – name of file where sigmoid factors are stored

weighted_temperature(how='geometric_series')[source]¶

A new temperature vector is generated containing a multi-day average temperature as needed in the load profile function.

Parameters:	how (string) – string which type to return (“geometric_series” or “mean”)

Notes

Equation for the mathematical series of the average temperature [1]:

$T=\frac{T_{D}+0.5\cdot T_{D-1}+0.25\cdot T_{D-2}+ 0.125\cdot T_{D-3}}{1+0.5+0.25+0.125}$

with $T_D$ = Average temperature on the present day: $T_{D-i}$ = Average temperature on the day - i

References

[1]	BDEW, # noqa: E501 BDEW Documentation for heat profiles.

Implementation of the bdew standard load profiles for electric power.

class demandlib.particular_profiles.IndustrialLoadProfile(dt_index, holidays=None)[source]¶

Bases: object

Generate an industrial heat or electric load profile.

simple_profile(annual_demand, **kwargs)[source]¶

Create industrial load profile

Other Parameters:
Parameters:	annual_demand (float) – Total demand.
	am (datetime.time) – beginning of workday pm (datetime.time) – end of workday week (list) – list of weekdays weekend (list) – list of weekend days profile_factors (dictionary) – dictionary with scaling factors for night and day of weekdays and weekend days

Contributing¶

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

Bug reports¶

When reporting a bug please include:

Your operating system name and version.

Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting.

Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Documentation improvements¶

oemof could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official oemof docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.

Feature requests and feedback¶

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/oemof/demandlib/issues.

If you are proposing a feature:

Explain in detail how it would work.
Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement.
Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that code contributions are welcome :)

Development¶

To set up demandlib for local development:

Fork demandlib (look for the “Fork” button).

Clone your fork locally:

git clone git@github.com:YOURGITHUBNAME/demandlib.git

Create a branch for local development:
```
git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
```
Now you can make your changes locally.
When you’re done making changes run all the checks and docs builder with tox one command:
```
tox
```

Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

git add .
git commit -m "Your detailed description of your changes."
git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature

Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines¶

If you need some code review or feedback while you’re developing the code just make the pull request.

For merging, you should:

Include passing tests (run tox).
Update documentation when there’s new API, functionality etc.
Add a note to CHANGELOG.rst about the changes.
Add yourself to AUTHORS.rst.

Tips¶

To run a subset of tests:

tox -e envname -- pytest -k test_myfeature

To run all the test environments in parallel:

tox -p auto

Authors¶

(alphabetic order)

Birgit Schachler

Caroline Möller

Guido Plessmann

Hendrik Huyskens

Jann Launer

Patrik Schönfeldt

Pyosch

Steffen Wehkamp

Stephen Bosch

Uwe Krien

Changelog¶

v0.1.10 (?-?-?)¶

New features¶

Bug fixes¶

Other changes¶

Adhere to packaging standards

v0.1.9 (2023-03-18)¶

Calculation of BDEW profiles was improved

v0.1.8 (2021-01-27)¶

Bug fixes¶

FutureWarning for “dyn_function_h0” was raised instead of printed

v0.1.7 (2021-01-27)¶

New features¶

Add dynamic h0 profile calculation (The implementation is not optimised for performance. Thus, it is not used by default.)

Bug fixes¶

Fix improper use of pandas.dataframe.merge (demandlib will now work with pandas>=1.2)

Other changes¶

Update deprecated pd.datetime to datetime.datetime
Add (integration) tests and coverage as CI
Split BDEW profile generation into submodules

v0.1.6 (2019-01-30)¶

General¶

Update requirements
Fix typos

v0.1.5 (2018-09-05)¶

New features¶

Add function get_normalized_bdew_profile(self) to get a normalised profile. You could also use an annual_demand of one to get the same results.

Bug fixes¶

Fix y-label of the heat example plot.

Other changes¶

Make matplotlib optional in examples.

v0.1.4 (2018-05-30)¶

Code¶

fix temperature bug

fix Code style

Documentation¶

Documentation improvements.

v0.1.1 (2016-11-30)¶

New features¶

Examples callable by command-line script

Bug fixes¶

Path specs when installed via pip

Other changes¶

Fix versioning

0.1.0 (2016-10-04)¶

New features¶

Implementation of BDEW synthetic load profiles
Synthetic load profiles for heating sector
Self-made industry demand profile similar to BDEW profiles

Contents¶

Overview¶

Installation¶

Documentation¶

Development¶

Installation¶

BDEW Load Profiles¶

Heat Profiles¶

Description¶

Usage¶

Electrical Profiles¶

Description¶

Usage¶

Further Profiles¶

Industrial Electrical Profile¶

Description¶

Usage¶

Reference¶

Contributing¶

Bug reports¶

Documentation improvements¶

Feature requests and feedback¶

Development¶

Pull Request Guidelines¶

Tips¶

Authors¶

Changelog¶

v0.1.10 (?-?-?)¶

New features¶

Bug fixes¶

Other changes¶

v0.1.9 (2023-03-18)¶

v0.1.8 (2021-01-27)¶

Bug fixes¶

v0.1.7 (2021-01-27)¶

New features¶

Bug fixes¶

Other changes¶

v0.1.6 (2019-01-30)¶

General¶

v0.1.5 (2018-09-05)¶

New features¶

Bug fixes¶

Other changes¶

v0.1.4 (2018-05-30)¶

Code¶

Documentation¶

v0.1.1 (2016-11-30)¶

New features¶

Bug fixes¶

Other changes¶

0.1.0 (2016-10-04)¶

New features¶

Indices and tables¶