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Make it clear when electricity is AC or DC

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Description

Make it clear when electricity is AC or DC

Prior users of HOPP and H2Integrate have been confused when electricity is considered in AC or DC, e.g. when inputting solar sizes.

Proposed solution

We could pick one of these solutions:

  • always append _ac or _dc to the variable name when dealing with electricity. This is straightforward but a bit clunky.
  • introduce kW ac and kW dc units into the OpenMDAO units library we're using in H2I. This is good as it could handle units passing and conversion with a little work.
  • assume electricity is always AC unless it is appended with _dc. This is the easiest to do, is straightforward, but might leave room for a little confusion from users.

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue names HOPP and H2Integrate and points to OpenMDAO's units library, but no files or tests are identified. Start by tracing solar-size inputs and electricity variables in those projects, then confirm the AC/DC convention with maintainers; done means one documented, consistently applied convention for affected inputs.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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