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PowerSimulations.jl

Overview

PowerSimulations.jl is a power system operations simulation tool developed as a flexible and open source software for quasi-static power systems simulations including Production Cost Models. PowerSimulations.jl tackles the issues of developing a simulation model in a modular way providing tools for the formulation of decision models and emulation models that can be solved independently or in an interconnected fashion.

PowerSimulations.jl supports the workflows to develop simulations by separating the development of operations models and simulation models.

  • Operation Models: Optimization model used to find the solution of an operation problem.
  • Simulations Models: Defined the requirements to find solutions to a sequence of operation problems in a way that resembles the procedures followed by operators.

The most common Simulation Model is the solution of a Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch sequence of problems. This model is used in commercial Production Cost Modeling tools, but it has a limited scope of analysis.

PowerSimulations.jl is an active project under development, and we welcome your feedback, suggestions, and bug reports.

About Sienna

PowerSimulations.jl is part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Sienna ecosystem, an open source framework for power system modeling, simulation, and optimization. The Sienna ecosystem can be found on Github. It contains three applications:

  • Sienna\Data enables efficient data input, analysis, and transformation
  • Sienna\Ops enables enables system scheduling simulations by formulating and solving optimization problems
  • Sienna\Dyn enables system transient analysis including small signal stability and full system dynamic simulations

Each application uses multiple packages in the Julia programming language.

  • Sienna installation page: Instructions to install PowerSimulations.jl and other Sienna\Ops packages
  • JuMP.jl solver's page: An appropriate optimization solver is required for running PowerSimulations.jl models. Refer to this page to select and install a solver for your application.
  • Sienna Documentation Hub: Links to other Sienna packages' documentation

How To Use This Documentation

There are five main sections containing different information:

  • Tutorials - Detailed walk-throughs to help you learn how to use PowerSimulations.jl
  • How to... - Directions to help guide your work for a particular task
  • Explanation - Additional details and background information to help you understand PowerSimulations.jl, its structure, and how it works behind the scenes
  • Reference - Technical references and API for a quick look-up during your work
  • Formulation Library - Technical reference for the variables, parameters, and

equations that PowerSimulations.jl uses to define device behavior

PowerSimulations.jl strives to follow the Diataxis documentation framework.