Research on an Automatic Conversion Method of Power Flow Input Data from PSD-BPA to Pandapower
Miao Hua Huang, Chen Ren, Hao Zhong · 2020 IEEE 4th Information Technology, Networking, Electronic and Automation Control Conference (ITNEC) · 2020
With the popularity of Python and its wide application in the scientific computing field, Pandapower, which is an open source power system analysis tool based on Python, is also recognized and appreciated. It is perfect for research and education which based on power flow calculation since it has advantages of easy programming, convenient operation, accurate calculation and intuitive result. Nevertheless, direct application of Pandapower is faced with a problem of lacking input data since power flow data is mainly in PSD-BPA data format in China. In order to solve quickly power flow in Pandapower, a novel method for converting PSD-BPA power flow input data to Pandapower data is presented in this paper, followed by a conversion program is implemented by Python. Furthermore, two actual grid models are used for data conversion. The corresponding calculation results of power flow show the accuracy of the proposed method. The work in the paper is helpful to promote the widespread use of Pandapower in the field of power system simulation research and education.