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Improve AC/DC unit descriptions#1183

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Goes with NatLabRockies/ssc#889

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Fixes #1126

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Use kWac, kWdc, kWhac, kWhdc, etc convention instead of DC kW, kW DC, etc.
## October 11, 2022

Battery results: Battery lifetime AC/DC units

Operating costs: Fix AC/DC units, revise escalation.

PV losses: Explain percentages for transformer losses, and list output variable names.

## September 23, 2022

Grid outage explain battery SOC may go up to 100%: https://sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/3977-battery-soc-when-constrained.html

## September 9, 2022

Remove inputs browser link to parametrics youtube video.

## September 1, 2022

Merchant plant: Note that revenue is zero if cleared capacity is zero for all time steps.

## July 29, 2022

Revenue: Add link to CPUC procurement website for TOD factor library references

Replace "REopt Lite" with "REopt" per #1090

## July 20, 2022

Inverter, Weighted Efficiency, update link to European weighted efficiency paper.

## July 13, 2022

Generic CSP solar field area estimate in UI different from simulation value: https://sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/3947

PV system design typo in tilt description suggestion to use parametrics: #1084

## June 8, 2022

Fix dead link in Module NOCT temp model description to https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/programs/new-solar-homes-partnership-program-nshp

Self shading diffuse irradiance available for thin film and standard self-shading options since SAM 2020.2.29: https://sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/3087
Also includes unrelated changes to inputs for ETES model
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Nice work! I found two or three that slipped through:

Battery voltage hasn't been updated to the new lowercase "dc" convention:
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Capacity values are labelled for O&M but not capacity payments:
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Fuel cell dispatch (this one feels pedantic):
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There are a few other instances of kWh in the revenue and utility rates pages that feel like are obviously ac, and I'm happy to leave as is.

@cpaulgilman cpaulgilman self-assigned this Oct 20, 2022
@cpaulgilman cpaulgilman added this to the SAM Fall 2022 Release milestone Oct 20, 2022
Change battery voltage VDC to Vdc.

Improve capacity payments UI text description to explain MWdc for PV MWac for other system types.

Change fuel cell time series dispatch units to kWac.

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Thanks for handling my requested changes. It looks like the GitHub Actions failures are legit, happy to help talk about a fix.

"ui_copy_batt_discharge_percent_6": 25.0,
"ui_net_capital_cost": 46901.9,
"ui_pv_capacity": 4.0,
"ui_plant_capacity": 3.335046e-317,

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It looks like this is potentially the cause of the GH Actions failure:

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Maybe reverting the value to the original value will fix the issue? That or a form is out of date.

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Thanks for fixing!

@cpaulgilman cpaulgilman merged commit d0d39fc into develop Oct 21, 2022
@cpaulgilman cpaulgilman deleted the ac-dc-units branch October 21, 2022 15:14
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kW and kWh units for losses and operating costs unclear whether AC or DC

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