Simulator

Usage

First, install all dependencies

npm install

then you will be able to proceed with one of the actions below.

Build

Then you will be able to build the project with:

npm run build

Build and run

Then you will be able to build the project and then running it with:

npm run build && npm start

Run unit tests

To run all unit tests defined in /test/, use:

npm test

Develop

To rebuild and start the application when a file in the project is saved, use:

npm run dev

Enviroment variables avaliable

name	description	default
MONGODB_HOST	Host with a mongo instance running, may include port number
MONGODB_DATABASE	Database to use
MONGODB_USERNAME (optional)	Username to access database	None
MONGODB_PASSWORD (optional)	Password to access database	None
SERVER_PORT (optional)	Specify on which port the HTTP server will listen on.	8080
MAX_WINDSPEED_CHANGE (optional)	Maximum change of windspeed in one simulation cycle.	0.002
HELLMAN_EXPONENT (optional)	Hellman exponent used to estimate windspeed.	0.34
INITIAL_WINDSPEED (optional)	Windspeed when simulator starts, if last value in DB was empty.	4.5
MARKET_DEMAND_EFFECT (optional)	Imbalance multiplier when demand != supply.	1
MARKET_NAME (optional)	Name of electricity market to use in simulation.	"default"
POWERPLANT_NAME (optional)	Name of powerplant to use in simulation.	"default"

Build and run with docker

Build the docker image.

docker build . -t aeolus/simulator

Run a docker container with the newly built image.

docker run -d aeolus/simulator

To add enviroment variables, add --env VARIABLE=VALUE for each enviroment variable to use.