Export Cabling System Installation API

For detailed methodology, please see Export Cable Installation Methodology.

class ORBIT.phases.install.ExportCableInstallation(config, weather=None, **kwargs)

Export Cable Installation Phase.

expected_config = {'export_cable_bury_vessel': 'str | dict (optional)', 'export_cable_install_vessel': 'str | dict', 'export_cable_trench_vessel': 'str (optional)', 'export_system': {'cable': {'cable_type': "str(optional, defualt: 'HVAC')", 'landfall': {'interconnection_distance': 'km (optional); default: 3km', 'trench_length': 'km (optional)'}, 'linear_density': 't/km', 'number': 'int (optional)', 'sections': [('length, km', 'speed, km/h (optional)')]}, 'interconnection_distance': 'km (optional)', 'interconnection_voltage': 'kV (optional); default: 345kV', 'onshore_construction_cost': '$, (optional)', 'onshore_construction_time': 'h, (optional)', 'system_cost': 'USD'}, 'landfall': {'trench_length': 'km (optional)'}, 'plant': {'capacity': 'MW'}, 'site': {'distance': 'km'}}

setup_simulation(**kwargs): Setup method for the ExportCableInstallation phase. - Extracts key inputs - Performs onshore infrastructure construction - Routes to specific setup scripts based on configured strategy.

property system_capex: Returns total procurement cost of the array system.

extract_distances(): Extracts distances from input configuration or default values.

onshore_construction(**kwargs)

Performs onshore construction prior to the installation of the export cable system.

Parameters:

construction_time (int | float) – Amount of time onshore construction takes. Default: 0h
construction_rate (int | float) – Day rate of onshore construction. Default: 50000 USD/day

calculate_onshore_transmission_cost(**kwargs): Calculates the cost of onshore transmission costs. From legacy OffshoreBOS model.

initialize_installation_vessel(): Creates the export cable installation vessel.

property detailed_output: Detailed outputs of the export system installation.