PowerFactory-Tools: A Python Package to Facilitate the Control of DIgSILENT PowerFactory
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Abstract
PowerFactory-Tools is a Python package that facilitates the control of PowerFactory, a worldwide used network calculation program. The software provides a well-structured and type- safe interface for PowerFactory, thereby simplifying the development, testing and verification of custom Python scripts. The package also includes a network exporter that converts PowerFactory data into the open-source Power System Data Model format. This enables users to access the nodal admittance matrix of the network, which is restricted in PowerFactory. PowerFactory-Tools also provides type hints and autocomplete suggestions, safe unit handling, and a temporary unit conversion to default values. The package has been utilised in a variety of research projects. This software is a valuable tool for power system engineers and researchers who require network calculations to be automated and streamlined.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 9281 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Open Source Software |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 116 |
| Publication status | Published - 5 Dec 2025 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
| ORCID | /0000-0002-3940-3398/work/199216468 |
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| ORCID | /0000-0002-1190-051X/work/199216472 |
| Mendeley | 42e9142c-f0c3-333f-b9fe-d3aa90ccceb0 |