This project implements simulations of various energy systems on Oahu, generating power data and sending it to a WattDepot server.

Oahu Grid

The Oahu Grid simulation models the power produced by 18 power generation plants on Oahu. The simulation involves the following:

• Determine the set of power plants that are operational.
• Generate a daily demand curve.
• Satisfy the demand for a particular point in time by taking power from various plants.

This simulation is not intended to accurately model actual power generation on Oahu, but to rather provide sample data for WattDepot visualizations of power, carbon intensity, geo-mapping, and so forth.

UH Campus

The UH Campus simulation models power consumption by various buildings on the University of Hawaii campus. The simulation involves the following:

• Modeling of energy consumption for the following UH Manoa campus buildings: POST, Holmes, Saunders, Shidler, Watanabe, Keller, Architecture, and Sinclair;

• Modeling of energy generation (via rooftop photovoltaic panels) for the following UH Manoa campus buildings: Watanabe, Holmes, Shidler, Saunders.

Like the Oahu Grid simulation, the primary goal of the UH Campus simulation is to provide sample data for WattDepot visualization services.

UH Dormitories

The UH Dorm simulation models power consumption by three freshman dorms: Hale Ilima, Hale Mokihana, and Hale Lehua. The goal of this simulation is to model the kinds of data transfer we expect to see during the Fall 2010 dorm energy contest, though not necessarily the power consumption habits of freshman. Thus, the simulation comprises two key attributes:

• There are simulated WattDepot sources for pairs of floors. For example, SIM_UH_ILIMA_FLOORS_3-4 is a source that represents power consumption from floors 3 and 4 of Hale Ilima. Sources exist for Floors 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12 for the three dorms.

• Data is sent to WattDepot at approximately 10 second intervals. This is more frequent than any of the other simulations, and helps ensure that the system does not encounter any problems with this rate and volume of data.