# GenericInvestmentStorageBlock model terms in Oemof

Hello everybody,
This is the storage investment model in solph Oemof.

I’m wondering what is the meaning the of these terms in the model:

• index of power /

• * ( + ) * /

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I’ve read the documentation but unfortunately I still not get the point. I’m familiar with input/ output conversion factors that consider the losses while charging and discharging, and the self discharge losses however I did not get the rest of losses and considered in this model. By the way I have 1 hour as a time step in my model.

I would be very grateful if you could help me or maybe to recommend me a literature review where I could read more about this or an example from the reality where this losses are considered.

Thank you so much

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In my opinion, the documentation of the GenericStorageBlock (cf. oemof.solph package — oemof.solph 0.4.4 documentation) is a bit clearer.

• t_u: time unit of losses and time increment, needed to make \tau dimensionless. When you give i.e. beta as losses per hour, |t_u| = 1, and you can just forget about it.
• gamma term: Constant losses independent of the current content but dependent on the size of the storage. (I.e. due to minimum temperature in a thermal storage.)
• delta term: Constant losses. (When you assume a heat storage to be of constant diameter, losses due to the minimum temperature that leave through the top/ bottom sides are independent from the size.)

I hope this helped.

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This definitely helps!
thanks so much!