Bus - Inputs

Buses represent electrical nodes in the power system where generation, consumption, and transmission elements connect. Below are all input attributes that you can set for bus components.

WARNING

Buses can have only four different carrier types: AC, DC, heat and gas.

Basic

Attribute	Data Type	Unit	Default	Required	Storage Type	Description
type	string	n/a	n/a	No	static	Placeholder. Not yet implemented.
carrier	string	n/a	AC	Yes	static	Carrier: can be "AC" or "DC" for electrical buses, or "heat" or "gas" for thermal buses.
unit	string	n/a	None	No	static	Unit of the bus' carrier if the implicitly assumed unit ("MW") is inappropriate (e.g. "t/h", "MWh_th/h"). Only descriptive. Does not influence any functions.
x	float	n/a	0	Yes	static	Longitude; A measurement of angular distance, expressed in degrees, east or west of the Prime Meridian.
y	float	n/a	0	Yes	static	Latitude; A measurement of angular distance, expressed in degrees, north or south of the Equator.

Electrical

Attribute	Data Type	Unit	Default	Required	Storage Type	Description
v_nom	float	kV	1	Yes	static	The standard or average voltage of a bus in the network.
v_mag_pu_set	float	per unit	1	No	static or timeseries	Voltage magnitude set point, per unit of the nominal voltage (v_nom).
v_mag_pu_min	float	per unit	0	No	static	Minimum desired voltage, per unit of the nominal voltage (v_nom). This is a placeholder attribute and is not currently used by any functions.
v_mag_pu_max	float	per unit	inf	No	static	Maximum desired voltage, per unit of the nominal voltage (v_nom). This is a placeholder attribute and is not currently used by any functions.