Table 2 Evaluation criteria sorted by categories. Inspired by Petersen et al. (2012), Barth et al. (2018) and Degefa et al. (2021)
From: Choosing the right model for unified flexibility modeling
Device related criteria | Application related criteria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variety of devices | Technical criteria | Time related criteria | Implementation and comprehensibility | Aggregation |
Generators | Effiencies and losses | Ramping | Detailed mathematical description | Mathematically described aggregation |
Loads | Load changes | Resting periods | Open source code available | Description of flexibility pricing |
Storages | Available power | Device availability | Available database for simulation | Mapping of dependencies (time or technical/both) |
Stochastic devices | Total amount of available energy | Time shiftable processes | Scientific relevance (cited/implemented) | Discrete time resolution |
Sector coupling | Low complexity of flexibility representation | |||