Scale calculated theoretical power values into more realistic ranges
*TCPS r1, r2
r1: scaling factor (dimensionless), in range [0.0, 1.0]
r2: offset (watts), usually 0
The *TCPS card introduces a scaling factor for *TCTP power optimization, to control the tradeoff between uniform powers vs uniform temperatures.
The transformation applied to the optimized power result is:
where ̃P (x) is the scaled optimized power at position x, s is the scaling factor r1, P (x) is the unscaled optimized power, Pnom is the constant nominal power from the PRM file, and Poffset is the offset r2.
The unscaled powers P (x) are the result that would otherwise be obtained from using the *TCTP card without the scaling card *TCPS, equivalent to a scaling factor of 1 and an offset of 0. With a scaling factor of 1, temperatures will be uniform, but powers can vary over a unrealistic ranges. If the power range is deemed too wide, use *TCPS to scale it towards nominal power by reducing the scaling factor below 1.0 at the cost of some temperature uniformity.