Demand Module Inputs
Primary inputs to the demand module consist of economic drivers (some of which come from an exogenously input macroeconomic forecast and others calculated in the supply module), delivered and wholesale fuel prices from the supply modules, technology characteristics (for processes and devices), such as physical lifetimes and costs), and inputs from the demand calibration.
- Exogenous input data are read into the model via semicolon-delimited text files with a ".dat" files extension.
- The ".dat" input data files listed below are stored in the \InputData\vData folder.
Demand Module Input Data
|
Table Name |
Variable (Sets) |
Title |
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vDCC.dat |
vDCC[vEnduse,vTech,ECC,Area,Year] |
Device Capital Cost (Local 1985\$/mmBtu/Yr) |
|
vDDay.dat |
vDDay[vEnduse,Area,Year] |
Degree days(Degree Days) |
|
vDDayNorm.dat |
vDDayNorm[vEnduse,Area] |
Normal Annual Degree days(Degree Days) |
|
vDEE.dat |
vDEE[vEnduse,vTech,ECC,Area,Year] |
Historical Device Efficiency (Btu/Btu) |
|
vDEETrend.dat |
vDEETrend [vEnduse,TechRes,ECRes,vArea,Year] |
Trend (Trend) |
|
vDEM.dat |
vDEM[vEnduse,vTech,ECC,Area,Year] |
Maximum Device Efficiency (Btu/Btu) |
|
vDEStd.dat |
vDEStd[vEnduse,vTech,ECC,Area,Year] |
Device Efficiency Standards (Btu/Btu) |
|
vDmd.dat |
vDmd[vEnduse,Fuel,ECC,Area,Year] |
Enduse Demands (TBtu/Yr) |
|
vDmd_OG.dat |
vDmd[vEnduse,Fuel,ECC,Area,Year], for oil and gas industries |
Enduse Demands (TBtu/Yr) |
|
vDOCF.dat |
vDOCF[vEnduse,vTech,ECC,Year] |
Device Operating Cost Fraction (\$/\$) |
|
vDPL.dat |
vDPL[vEnduse,vTech,ECC,Year] |
Physical Life of Equipment (Years) |
|
vDST.dat |
vDST[vEnduse,ECC,Area,Year] |
Device Saturation (Btu/Btu) |
|
vEUDmd.dat |
vEUDmd[Fuel,Area,Year] |
Electric Utility Demands (TBtu/Yr) |
|
vFsDmd.dat |
vFsDmd[Fuel,ECC,Area,Year] |
Feedstock Demands (TBtu/Yr) |
|
vFSUnit.dat |
vFSUnit[ECC,vArea,Year] |
Floorspace per Unit (Sq Units/Building) |
|
vStDmd.dat |
vStDmd[FuelEP,Area,Year] |
Steam Generation Fuel Demands (TBtu/Yr) |
|
vTrDAct.dat |
vTrDAct[TechTrans,ECTrans,vArea,Year] |
Device Activity Level (Ton-Miles/Vehicle-Mile) |
|
vTrDCC.dat |
vTrDCC[TechTrans,ECTrans,vArea,Year] |
Device Capital Cost (Real \$/mmBtu/Yr) |
|
vTrDCMM.dat |
vTrDCMM [TechTrans,ECTrans,vArea,Year] |
Capital Cost Maximum Multiplier (1=2008) |
|
vTrDEE.dat |
vTrDEE[TechTrans,ECTrans,vArea,Year] |
Device Efficiency (miles/mmBtu) |
|
vTrDEE_Default.dat |
vTrDEE[TechTrans,ECTrans,vArea,Year] |
Device Efficiency (miles/mmBtu) |
|
vTrDEM.dat |
vTrDEM[TechTrans,ECTrans,vArea,Year] |
Maximum Device Efficiency (miles/mmBtu) |
|
vTrDmd.dat |
vTrDmd [Fuel,TechTrans,ECTrans,Area,Year] |
Transportation Enduse Demand (TBtu/Yr) |
|
vTrDPConv.dat |
vTrDPConv [TechTrans,ECTrans,vArea,Year] |
Device Process Conversion (Vehicle Mile/Passenger Mile) |
|
vTrDST.dat |
vTrDST[ECTrans,Area,Year] |
Transportation Device Saturation (Btu/Btu) |
|
vTrFsDmd.dat |
vTrFsDmd [FuelFs,TechTrans,ECTrans,Area,Year] |
Transportation Feedstock Demands (TBtu/Yr) |