Inputting Times series Data for flow rate into a stock

[oosman1]

Hi there ,

I am trying to input a time series data to dictate the behavior of a flow into a stock. I need the "Get Time Value" function to make this work, however given I am using PLE, this is not an option. How do you advise I go about this? I have attached the relevant time series and my model. I am trying to feed the time series into the "rate of battery charging" flow.

Thank you.

Regards,

Ola Osman

[Administrator]

Use

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PV output = PV Profile ( time )

[oosman1]

Hi there,

Thank you for your response. For the time, should I add that as another variable feeding into "PV Output"? And if so, how do i set it up so that this varies with simulation time?

Thank you.

Ola

[Administrator]

"Time" is already a protected variable in Vensim, it's the simulation time.

Add a new shadow variable to your view and select "time". Then you can draw the arrow you need.

[oosman1]

Hi there,

Thank you for that. One more follow up question please. I am trying to get the PV output to repeat every 24 hours. I tried using the PULSE TRAIN function as per the attachment but I could not get it to work. Can you please advise?

Thank you.

Regards,

Ola

[Administrator]

Create a new variable

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hour of day = modulo ( Time , 24)

And then use this instead of "time" in the call to the lookup

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PV output = PV Profile (hour of day)

[tomfid]

... and you should really make the 24 a parameter with units,

hours per day == 24 ~ hours or hours/day (depending on use)