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Battery replacement requires cycle degradation

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Description

Describe the bug

The battery life model calculates both cycle and calendar degradation, however battery replacements appear to only be triggered when there is cycle degradation.

The replacement code is triggered, but then something overwrites the replacement and it ends up re-running every timestep.

lifetime_replacements_test.zip

See https://sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/5101-battery-degradation-and-lifetime.html#14386.

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Research direction

Start with lifetime_replacements_test.zip and the battery life model's replacement path; reproduce the repeated replacement behavior across timesteps and compare cycle versus calendar degradation. Done means replacements are not overwritten or retriggered every timestep, and the attached lifetime scenario passes for calendar as well as cycle degradation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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