Power may be required for the execution of several types of operations either directly or indirectly. Direct use of power is typically specified on the ‘Oper. Cond’s’ tab of the i/o simulation dialog of the operation. Indirect use of power may be specified as auxiliary power and can be specified (for any operation) at the Operations Dialog: Labor etc. Tab. There are also some operations that generate power (see Power Generation Operations). As power may be available to plant locations from several suppliers (power networks) and therefore at different rates and availability limits, users may need to specify different power types and introduce them as needed in a process simulation. Each power type carries along several parameters (voltage, price, etc.); for more details on these parameters, see Power Type Properties. The power types databank is a repository where you can record power types that may typically appear in your simulations so that the can be shared in a consistent manner.
To access the power databanks, select the Databanks } Power Types... menu item from the main menu (or Shift+Ctrl+F3 as a shortcut). In the Power Types Databank Dialog that comes up, you may see a list of all the available power types in the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database. Clicking on the 
button will present the same Power Type Properties Dialog; you can view as well as edit (and save) the properties of the selected power resource. You may also add new definitions as well as delete pre-existing power type definitions that you no longer need (see Adding or Deleting a Power Type).
Before a previously undefined power type can be used in a process simulation, it must be introduced in the power type databank. Keeping the newly created power type in the databank will make it readily available for use in any future process simulations. To add a new power type, bring up the Power Types Databank Dialog by selecting Databanks } Power Types... from the main menu of the application. On this dialog and then click on the
button and in the edit dialog that appears type in the name of the new power type. After you type in an acceptable name (must be unique amongst all power types in the databank,) a new line will be added in the table to represent the new power type. Notice that all of the power type properties have been assigned default values but of course they can be edited to their proper values (click on 
to present the Power Type Properties Dialog and specify the appropriate values for the properties of the new power). In order to delete a power type from the databank, select the line in the table that represents the power type that you wish to delete and then click on the
button.
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Deleting a power type from your databank does not affect any existing process files that may have utilized (registered) this power. All previous projects utilizing this power already contain a complete definition of every power type engaged in that simulation inside their document (file) and do not depend on the continued presence of such power types in the databank in order to continue to produce simulation results. |
The list of power types present in the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database, are considered as belonging to three categories:
a) Basic Power Types
b) Essential Power Types
c) User-Defined Power Types
All power types that are present in the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database upon installation of the program are considered as ‘Basic’. You are free to edit and/or even delete them if you think you will never have a need for some of them. If you have modified the properties of a basic power type, saved it in your ‘SuperPro (User)’ database and later you change your mind and decide to revert to the property values as they came (‘out-of-the-box’) you can accomplish this by clicking on the 
button. Also, if you have deleted one or more power types and later you wish to recover (restore) their definitions in your ‘SuperPro (User)’ database, you can click on the 
button There is one power type (“Std Power”) that is considered “Essential” and cannot be deleted. The proper functioning of some operations in the software require its presence and it is automatically registered as soon as the operation that requires it is created and for that reason, its definition must exist in the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database. Finally, “User-Defined” power types are all power types that the user has introduced beyond the set of basic power types that came with the software. Of course, user-defined power types can be edited and deleted at any time but once deleted they cannot later be recovered.
