Aveiro Tech City - Heat Pump Optimization

Heat pump optimization algorithm based on the challenge for the Aveiro Tech City Hackathon.

Setup and Run

For frontend:

• Install Node.js using https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

• To install frontend requirements run: npm install

• To start frontend run: npm run start

For backend:

• Install python 3.9 using https://www.python.org/downloads/

• Install poetry (dependency manager):

  pip install poetry

• Install dependencies:

  cd Optimization/

  poetry install

• Run backend:

  poetry run flask --app main run --port=5010

• Run APIs:

  cd ExternalAPI/

  poetry run flask --app api_electricity run --port=5001

  poetry run flask --app api_temperature_Braganca run --port=5002

• Run continuous thermal model:

  poetry run python thermal_model.py

Repository Structure

• fe - Frontend code

• Optimization - Backend code:

  • ExternalAPI: Temperature and Price APIs

  • main.py - Backend API

  • hackathon.py - Base model optimization code

  • thermal_model.py - Continuous model optimization code