9.3.2. Commodity Description
MUSE handles a configurable number and type of commodities which are primarily used to represent energy, services, pollutants/emissions. The commodities for the simulation as a whole are defined in a csv file with the following structure.
Commodity |
CommodityType |
CommodityName |
CommodityEmissionFactor_CO2 |
HeatRate |
Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coal |
Energy |
hardcoal |
94.6 |
29 |
PJ |
Agricultural-residues |
Energy |
agrires |
112 |
15.4 |
PJ |
- Commodity
represents the extended name of a commodity (e.g. “Heating” or “Electricity”).
- CommodityName
the internal name used for a commodity inside the model (e.g. “heat” or “elec”). Any references to commodities in other files must use these names.
- CommodityType
defines the type of a commodity (i.e. Energy, Service, Material, or Environmental).
The “energy” type includes energy commodities, such as biomass, electricity, gasoline, and hydrogen, which are either extracted, transformed from one to another, or used in the energy system.
The “service” type includes commodities such as space heating or hot water which correspond to selected people’s needs, and whose fulfillment requires energy uses.
The “material” type represent non-energy inputs for energy technologies, such as limestone or oxygen.
The “environmental” type refers to non-energy commodities whichare used to quantify an impact on the environment, such as greenhouse gases or CO2. They can be subjected to different types of environmental fees or taxes.
- CommodityEmissionFactor_CO2 (optional)
is CO2 emission per unit of commodity flow. This commodity property is not directly used in the MUSE core set of equations, but can be further referred to for any subsequent development of the code.
- HeatRate (optional)
represents the lower heating value of an energy commodity This commodity property is not directly used in the MUSE core set of equations, but can be further referred to for any subsequent development of the code.
- Unit (optional)
is the unit used to represent quantities of the commodity (e.g “PJ”). This parameter does not need to be included, as it isn’t used in the model, but care should be taken to ensure that units are consistent across all input files.