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| 1 | +# Optimizing PV production |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Introduction |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +Before we start it's assumed that you have finished the first [tutorial](./getting_started.md) |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +In this tutorial you will write an application that optimizes the energy produced from a |
| 8 | +[PV](intro/glossary/#pv) system with Battery for self consumption. |
| 9 | +In order to do so you need to measure the power that flows through the |
| 10 | +[grid connection point](../../intro/glossary/#grid) to determine excess power. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +## Measure the excess power |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +When using the term excess power what we actually mean is the consumer excess power, that is the power that |
| 15 | +flows from the PV system into the grid. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +!!! note |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | + We are using the [passive sign convention](../../intro/glossary/#passive-sign-convention) and thus power |
| 20 | + flowing from PV is negative and consumed power is positive. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +We want to measure the excess power. In order to do so you can use the SDK's data pipeline and especially |
| 23 | +the pre defined |
| 24 | +[consumer](../../reference/frequenz/sdk/timeseries/logical_meter/#frequenz.sdk.timeseries.logical_meter.LogicalMeter.consumer_power) |
| 25 | +and |
| 26 | +[producer power](../../reference/frequenz/sdk/timeseries/logical_meter/#frequenz.sdk.timeseries.logical_meter.LogicalMeter.producer_power) |
| 27 | +formulas. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +```python |
| 30 | +async def run() -> None: |
| 31 | + ... # (1)! |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + # negative means feed-in power due to the negative sign convention |
| 34 | + consumer_excess_power_engine = ( |
| 35 | + microgrid.logical_meter().producer_power |
| 36 | + + microgrid.logical_meter().consumer_power |
| 37 | + ).build("excess_power") # (2)! |
| 38 | + cons_excess_power_recv = consumer_excess_power_engine.new_receiver() # (3)! |
| 39 | +``` |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +1. The initialization code as explained in the Getting Started tutorial. |
| 42 | +2. Construct the consumer excess power by summing up consumer and producer power each of which having |
| 43 | +opposite signs due to the sign convention. This returns a formula engine. |
| 44 | +3. Request a receiver from the formula engine which will be used to consume the stream. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +## Control the Battery |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +Now, with the constructed excess power data stream use a |
| 49 | +[battery pool](../../reference/frequenz/sdk/timeseries/battery_pool/) to implement control logic. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +```python |
| 52 | + ... |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | + battery_pool = microgrid.battery_pool() # (1)! |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | + async for cons_excess_power in cons_excess_power_recv: # (2)! |
| 57 | + cons_excess_power = cons_excess_power.value # (3)! |
| 58 | + if cons_excess_power is None: # (4)! |
| 59 | + continue |
| 60 | + if cons_excess_power <= Power.zero(): # (5)! |
| 61 | + await battery_pool.charge(-cons_excess_power) |
| 62 | + elif cons_excess_power > Power.zero(): |
| 63 | + await battery_pool.discharge(cons_excess_power) |
| 64 | +``` |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +1. Get an instance of the battery pool. |
| 67 | +2. Iterate asynchronously over the constructed consumer excess power stream. |
| 68 | +3. Get the `Quantity` from the received `Sample`. |
| 69 | +4. Do nothing if we didn't receive new data. |
| 70 | +5. Charge the battery if there is excess power and discharge otherwise. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +And that's all you need to know to write the simple application for storing PV excess power in a battery. |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +## Full example |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +Here is a copy & paste friendly version |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +```python |
| 79 | +import asyncio |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +from datetime import timedelta |
| 82 | +from frequenz.sdk import microgrid |
| 83 | +from frequenz.sdk.actor import ResamplerConfig |
| 84 | +from frequenz.sdk.timeseries import Power |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +async def run() -> None: |
| 87 | + # This points to the default Frequenz microgrid sandbox |
| 88 | + microgrid_host = "microgrid.sandbox.api.frequenz.io" |
| 89 | + microgrid_port = 62060 |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | + # Initialize the microgrid |
| 92 | + await microgrid.initialize( |
| 93 | + microgrid_host, |
| 94 | + microgrid_port, |
| 95 | + ResamplerConfig(resampling_period=timedelta(seconds=1)), |
| 96 | + ) |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | + # negative means feed-in power due to the negative sign convention |
| 99 | + consumer_excess_power_engine = ( |
| 100 | + microgrid.logical_meter().producer_power |
| 101 | + + microgrid.logical_meter().consumer_power |
| 102 | + ).build("excess_power") # (2)! |
| 103 | + cons_excess_power_recv = consumer_excess_power_engine.new_receiver() # (3)! |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | + battery_pool = microgrid.battery_pool() # (1)! |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | + async for cons_excess_power in cons_excess_power_recv: # (2)! |
| 108 | + cons_excess_power = cons_excess_power.value # (3)! |
| 109 | + if cons_excess_power is None: # (4)! |
| 110 | + continue |
| 111 | + if cons_excess_power <= Power.zero(): # (5)! |
| 112 | + await battery_pool.charge(-cons_excess_power) |
| 113 | + elif cons_excess_power > Power.zero(): |
| 114 | + await battery_pool.discharge(discharge_power) |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +def main() -> None: |
| 117 | + asyncio.run(run()) |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | +if __name__ == "__main__": |
| 120 | + main() |
| 121 | +``` |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +## Further reading |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +To create more advanced applications it is suggested to read the [actors](../../intro/actors/) documentation. |
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