Order of Operations

Order of Operations#

Initialization#

  1. Initialize HerculesModel with YAML input file

  2. Load and validate configuration into h_dict

  3. Initialize hybrid plant components based on h_dict configuration

  4. Add plant component metadata to h_dict

  5. Load external data files if specified

  6. Initialize controller instance with the prepared h_dict

  7. Assign controller to HerculesModel using assign_controller() method

Main Simulation Loop#

For each time step:

  1. Update external signals from interpolated data (if external data file provided)

  2. Execute controller step - compute control actions based on current state

  3. Execute hybrid plant step - update all component states and compute outputs

  4. Compute plant-level outputs - aggregate individual component results

  5. Log current state to output file

  6. Advance simulation time and repeat until end time reached

Component Execution Order#

Within each hybrid plant step:

  • All components execute their step() method in parallel

  • Each component updates its internal state and outputs

  • Plant-level power is computed as sum of all component powers

  • Locally generated power is computed as sum of generator component powers (excluding storage/electrolyzer)

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