Description

PowSyBl, short for Power System Blocks, is an open source framework written in Java, dedicated to electrical grid modelling and simulation, licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 2.0. PowSyBl may be used through scripts for a quick implementation (or prototyping), but also be assembled to build state of the art applications. Indeed, one major aim of the project is to make it easy to write complex software for power system simulation and analysis. For example, using PowSyBl one can create applications able to:

handle a variety of formats, such as CGMES for European data exchanges
perform power flow simulations and security analyses on the network
perform dynamic simulations on the network

Another key characteristic of PowSyBl is its modular design, at the core of the open source approach. It enables developers to extend or customize its features by providing their own plugins.

Technical information

PowSyBl, short for Power System Blocks, makes it easy to write complex software to simulate and analyze power systems. PowSyBl uses a modular approach that allows developers to extend or customize its features. PowSyBl provides the code building blocks for the simulations and analyses of power systems, for horizons from real-time operation to investment planning.

PowSyBl provides an internal complete grid model, with substations, voltage levels, AC and DC lines, two and three windings transformers, batteries, generators, loads, shunt and static VAR compensators, and other components. The grid model can be enhanced with extensions that complete the required equipment modeling - dynamic profile, short-circuit profile, monitoring, etc. PowSyBl also provides import and export functions for several common pan-European exchange formats.

Technical Information

Project roadmap
Code repositories via GitHub
Maintainers via GitHub
Documentation via Github.io, including functional, technical, and user documentation
Getting started via documentation on Github.io
How to Contribute via GitHub
License via GitHub

Community

Important Links

still to import

Documentation at https://www.powsybl.org/docs/getting-started - need to coordinate with project on how to maintain this going forward, including

Functional documentation
Technical documentation
User documentation

Usage examples at https://www.powsybl.org/docs/user-stories

Port functional documentation from each page at https://www.powsybl.org/:

Grid Modeling
Grid Simulation
Grid Exchange Formats
Advanced Features

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