pandapower - a new open source network calculation software based on pandas and PYPOWER

[let...@gmail.com]

Dear PYPOWER users,

 

we have recently released the new python open source software pandapower for convenient modeling and analysis of power systems.

Since pandapower is based on PYPOWER, we thought this might be of interest to some of you.

 

A few highlights of pandapower are:

•  data structure based on pandas tables allows comfortable data handling
•  convenient modeling of electric networks through the pandapower API including a standard type library for lines and transformers
•  element based datastructure with comprehensive electric models for lines, 2-Winding transformers, 3-Winding transformers, ward-equivalents and more
• standard type library for lines, transformers and three winding transformers
•  a switch model that allows modelling of ideal bus-bus switches as well as bus-line / bus-trafo switches
• power flow and optimal power flow based on PYPOWER and accelerated with just-in-time compilation  in numba
• possibility for topological graph searches on electric networks
• plotting of networks with and without geographical information

 

Links:

•  Download: www.uni-kassel.de/go/pandapower
• Documentation: www.uni-kassel.de/go/pp_docs
•  A short Introduction: www.uni-kassel.de/go/pp_introduction
•  Interactive Tutorials for an in depths introduction: www.uni-kassel.de/go/pp_tutorials
• pandapower google group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/pandapoweros

 

We welcome any kind of feedback on pandapower, and if you have questions don't hesitate to ask (please use the pandapower mailinglist and not this list).

 

Best Regards

Leon Thurner (University of Kassel)

Alexander Scheidler (Fraunhofer IWES)