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Help updates for 2020.11.29 patch 1
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<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Weekday and Weekend Schedules</span></p>
<p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">To define the hour of day and month of year that each period applies, use your mouse to select a rectangle in the schedule matrix, and use your keyboard to type the period number (1-6). The number you type should appear in the rectangle.</span></p>
<p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">See <a href="weekday-schedule.htm" class="topiclink">Weekday-weekend Schedules</a> for a step-by-step description of how to use the schedule matrices</span>.</p>
<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Copy Schedules from TOU/TOD Schedules</span></p>
<p class="p_VariableDescription">Use this button to copy the the weekday and weekend schedules from the energy charge time-of-use (TOU) schedule on the Electricity Rates page for behind-the-meter (BTM) systems, or from the time-of-delivery (TOD) schedules on the Time of Delivery or Revenue page for front-of-meter (FOM) systems.</p>

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<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Minimum time at charge state, min</span></p>
<p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">This setting only applies to subhourly simulations. You can ignore it for hourly simulations. For sub-hourly simulations, there may be periods of time where the photovoltaic output varies above and below the load causing rapid cycling of the battery. This kind of cycling, especially if the cycles are deep, may degrade battery performance over time. The minimum time at charge state prevents the battery to change between charging and discharging within the number of minutes that you specify.</span></p>
<h3 class="p_Heading3_atocs_" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none;"><span class="f_Heading3_atocs_">Storage Dispatch Controller (Front of Meter)</span></h3>
<p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The dispatch controller determines the timing of battery charges and discharges, and discharge limits. For front-of-meter systems (PPA, Merchant Plant financial models), you can either choose an automated dispatch model where SAM determines the timing automatically, input your own desired power signal for the battery, or define the timing manually using the monthly time-of-day matrices. </span></p>
<p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The dispatch controller determines the timing of battery charges and discharges, and discharge limits. For front-of-meter systems (PPA and Merchant Plant financial models), you can either choose an automated dispatch model where SAM determines the timing automatically, input your own desired power signal for the battery, or define the timing manually using the monthly time-of-day matrices. </span></p>
<p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The manual dispatch controller allows you to maximize the value of storage by matching storage dispatch to the to the time-of-delivery (TOD) factors on the <a href="revenue.htm" class="topiclink">Revenue</a> page for the Single Owner model, or the Time of Delivery factors page for the other PPA financial models.</span></p>
<h3 class="p_Heading3_atocs_" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none;"><span class="f_Heading3_atocs_">Dispatch Options</span></h3>
<p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">Choose the automated dispatch model that most closely represents how you would like the battery to be charged and discharged, or choose the manual dispatch option to specify the timings manually.</span></p>
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<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Weekday and Weekend Schedules</span></p>
<p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">To define the hour of day and month of year that each period applies, use your mouse to select a rectangle in the schedule matrix, and use your keyboard to type the period number (1-6). The number you type should appear in the rectangle.</span></p>
<p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">See <a href="weekday-schedule.htm" class="topiclink">Weekday-weekend Schedules</a> for a step-by-step description of how to use the schedule matrices</span>.</p>
<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Copy Schedules from TOU/TOD Schedules</span></p>
<p class="p_VariableDescription">Use this button to copy the the weekday and weekend schedules from the energy charge time-of-use (TOU) schedule on the Electricity Rates page for behind-the-meter (BTM) systems, or from the time-of-delivery (TOD) schedules on the Time of Delivery or Revenue page for front-of-meter (FOM) systems.</p>

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<td class="DefaultShadedRows"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">The maximum capacity degradation or enhancement related to the battery temperature</span></p>
<td class="DefaultShadedRows"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">The maximum capacity degradation or enhancement related to the battery temperature.</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">The total voltage of all cells in the battery.</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:312px;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Electricity battery power target for automated dispatch</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:73px;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">kW</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">The target battery charge power (positive) or discharge power (negative) determined by the dispatch algorithm. If you choose the Input battery power targets option on the Battery Dispatch page, these targets reported in the results are adjusted from the input target values to meet battery operating constraints.</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:312px; background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Electricity loss from battery ancillary equipment</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:73px; background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">kW (DC or AC)</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Power loss due to ancillary equipment losses, if any are specified on the Battery Cell and System page under &quot;Battery Losses.&quot; The kW values are DC for DC-connected battery and AC for AC-connected battery.</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:312px;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Electricity loss in battery power electronics</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Power loss due to power converters losses, if any are specified on the Battery Cell and System page under Power Converters.</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:312px; background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Electricity to battery from grid</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:73px; background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">kW</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Power delivered to the battery from the grid.</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:312px;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Electricity to battery from system</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:73px;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">kW</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Power delivered to the battery from the power generating system.</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:312px; background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Electricity to load from battery</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Power delivered to the load from the battery.</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:312px;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Electricity to/from battery</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:73px;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">kW</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Power delivered to the battery (positive) from the grid and/or power generating system, and power delivered to the load and/or grid (negative) from the battery.</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="width:312px; background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Energy produced without the battery or curtailment</span></p>
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<td class="DefaultShadedRows" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;"><p class="p_TableTextLeft" style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span class="f_TableTextLeft">Power generated by the power generating system excluding the battery and before any curtailment is applied.</span></p>
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