Electrical Network

Create an OpenDSS Electrical Network, which represents all electrical infrastructure for an OpenDSS simulation.

This includes a substation, transformers, and all electrical connectors needed to connect these objects to Dragonfly Buildings.

Inputs

  • substation [Required]

A Substation object representing the electrical substation supplying the network with electricity.

  • transformers [Required]

An array of Transformer objects that are included within the electrical network. Generally, there should always be a transformer somewhere between the substation and a given building.

  • connectors [Required]

An array of ElectricalConnector objects that are included within the electrical network. In order for a given connector to be valid within the network, each end of the connector must touch either another connector, a transformer/substation or a Dragonfly Building footprint. In order for the network as a whole to be valid, all Buildings and Transformers must be connected back to the Substation via connectors.

  • name

Text to be used for the name and identifier of the Electrical Newtork. If no name is provided, it will be "unnamed".

Outputs

  • report

Reports, errors, warnings, etc.

  • network

A Dragonfly Electrical Newtork object possessing all electrical infrastructure for an OpenDSS simulation. This should be connected to the network_ input of the "DF Model to GeoJSON" component.

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