onstove.LPG.transportation_cost

LPG.transportation_cost(model: onstove.OnStove)

The cost of transporting LPG.

Transportation cost = (2 * diesel consumption per h * national diesel price * travel time)/transported LPG

Total cost = (LPG cost + Transportation cost)/efficiency of LPG stoves

For more information about cost formula see [1].

The function uses the following attributes of model: diesel_per_hour, diesel_cost, travel_time, truck_capacity, efficiency and energy_content.

The function does not return anything but saves the transport cost in the transport_cost attribute of the LPG technology class.

Parameters:

model: OnStove model

Instance of the OnStove model containing the main data of the study case. See onstove.OnStove.

References

[1]

Szabó, S., Bódis, K., Huld, T. & Moner-Girona, M. Energy solutions in rural Africa: mapping electrification costs of distributed solar and diesel generation versus grid extension. Environ. Res. Lett. 6, 034002 (2011).