In MatthewHeun/Recca: R Energy Conversion Chain Analysis

Recca

Statement of Need

Societal energy analysis and societal exergy analysis (SEA) make extensive use of the energy conversion chain (ECC), a description of energy flows through society from the primary stage (resources extracted from the environment, such as coal, oil, natural gas, wind, and solar), to the final stage (energy purchased by consumers, such as refined petroleum and electricity), to the useful stage (energy desired by the end user, such as heat, motion, and light), and sometimes to energy services (such as thermal comfort, transport, and illumination). Such analyses are significantly easier when data are arranged in the R, U, V, and Y matrices of the PSUT framework described by Heun et al. [-@Heun:2018].

To facilitate SEA with the PSUT framework, computational tools are needed. The computational tools should be amenable to use with matsindf data frames of ECC matrices and written with plain names for functions and data.. The Recca package provides such computational tools.

Installation

You can install Recca from github with:

# install devtools if not already installed
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("MatthewHeun/Recca")
# To build vignettes locally, use
devtools::install_github("MatthewHeun/Recca", build_vignettes = TRUE)