Questions tagged [psse]

PSS/E is a commercial tool for simulating, analysing and optimising power systems.

PSS/E is a commercial tool for simulating, analysing and optimising power systems. Many of its functions can be automated using the programming language.

It provides the user with the most advanced and proven methods in many technical areas, including:

Power Flow

Optimal Power Flow

Balanced or Unbalanced Fault Analysis

Dynamic Simulation

Extended Term Dynamic Simulation

Open Access and Pricing

Transfer Limit Analysis

Network Reduction

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Convert PSS/E .raw file to Pandapower

I'm trying to find a possible way to convert PSS/E native .raw files to Pandapower format. My objective is to take advantage of the network plotting capabilities that are available in Pandapower. For that, I have to first be able to load my grid…
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Editing Generator in PSSE from python script

Im new in python programming for PSS/E simulation software. I want to know how can i modify the values of Pgen Qgen Pmax Qmax not from machine data record user interface but from the python script and then make a dynamic simulation. Thanks in…
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How to make a Statcom or an inverter or a control in PSSE with fortan?

I am an Electrical Engineer working recently with PSSE. I am asked to build a STATCOM model but i don't know where to start. I don't know where to start Fortran how to open it and starting to build a model (like its can be build with blocks in…
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Fortran User Model Interface of PSS/E and C++

I am working on power system modeling using PSS/E and C++. PSS/E (34.2) is used for the system representation. C++ is used for the dynamic simulation. The system parameters have been set in PSS/E. Via functions in C++, these parameters are…
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How to create a new instance of Matplotlib Axes?

I am using a power system simulation software called PSSE, which includes a module named dyntools, which is based on Matplotlib. I am trying to use Dyntools to plot each .OUT file in a directory, one by one (.OUT file is a PSSE file that contains…
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Save short-circurt current data to CSV using python in PSS/E program

I am studying students in the power system and I want to use python in PSS/E program. I can use python in PSS/E program to run short-circuit current data. But I don't know how to use python to save short circuit current data to CSV. l can create one…
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Which Function Should be in the Driver's Seat on a GUI Application?

I am an electrical engineer building a Python application to interface with PSS/E (Power Systems Simulation for Engineers by PTI Siemens). The way the code currently works, the program contains a main method which calls methods from two classes (in…
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How to find / fix attribute error on PSSE?

I am receiving an error when trying to find total load and generation in an area. I keep getting an attribute error. WHere can i find specific attributes for the psspy.ardat code. For the load attribute, .real is correct but for generation…
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Reading Charcter Values/Strings from CSV sheet

I am having trouble reading a character values/string values from my CSV sheet. I am trying to transfer the data from excel into this functionpsspy.two_winding_chang_4. Psspy comes from the simulation software PSSE. Its not working. I am receiving…
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Reading a String value from CSV Sheet

I am receiving an integer error when reading from my CSV sheet. Its giving me problems reading the last column. I know theres characters in the last column but how do I define digit as a character. The API function psspy.two_winding_chg_4 requires…
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Saving ".out" file in Excel format

I am running a dynamic simulation in python. My output file is in .out format. I want to save bus voltage 1101 in excel format. How can I do it with programming in python. My code is as follow:- import os,sys PYTHONPATH = r'C:\Program Files…
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Bad magic number in python code

I have some problems while trying to import psspy module. I have a python code containing the following lines: import os,sys PYTHONPATH = r'C:\Program Files (x86)\PTI\PSSE32\PSSBIN' MODELFOLDER = r'C:\Program Files…
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Using XLRD instead of CSV

I finished editing my program so it can read a CSV file and export that data into PSSE. Now, I am trying to use the XLRD package for reading the excel data the same way I did it using the CSV module and I have no clue how to implement it using my…
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Installing matplotlib on python version 2.5

I use the power system analysis package pss/e which uses python version 2.5. I would like to use matplotlib in this environment (I run python from PSS/e not the other way around and have no choice of version). Is it possible? How would install it? I…
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PSSE crashes when I close my Tkinter app

I'm writing an app for batch processing contingency studies in PSSE 33 with various initial conditions. I'm running into a problem related to API routines psspy.accc_with_dsp_3() and/or psspy.accc_single_run_report_4(). My program ran just fine in…
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