Topological Searches

Once you converted your network into a MultiGraph there are several functions to perform topological searches and analyses at your disposal. You can either use the general-purpose functions that come with NetworkX (see http:/networkx.github.io/documentation/networkx-1.10/reference/algorithms.html) or topology’s own ones which are specialized on electrical networks.

calc_distance_to_bus

pandapower.topology.calc_distance_to_bus(net, bus, respect_switches=True, nogobuses=None, notravbuses=None)
Calculates the shortest distance between a source bus and all buses connected to it.
INPUT:

net (pandapowerNet) - Variable that contains a pandapower network.

bus (integer) - Index of the source bus.

OPTIONAL:
respect_switches (boolean, True) - True: open line switches are being considered
(no edge between nodes)

False: open line switches are being ignored

nogobuses (integer/list, None) - nogobuses are not being considered

notravbuses (integer/list, None) - lines connected to these buses are not being
considered
OUTPUT:
dist - Returns a pandas series with containing all distances to the source bus
in km.
EXAMPLE:

import pandapower.topology as top

dist = top.calc_distance_to_bus(net, 5)

connected_component

pandapower.topology.connected_component(mg, bus, notravbuses=[])

Finds all buses in a NetworkX graph that are connected to a certain bus.

INPUT:

mg (NetworkX graph) - NetworkX Graph or MultiGraph that represents a pandapower network.

bus (integer) - Index of the bus at which the search for connected components originates

OPTIONAL:
notravbuses (list/set) - indices of notravbuses: lines connected to these buses are
not being considered in the graph
OUTPUT:
cc (generator) - Returns a generator that yields all buses connected to the input bus
EXAMPLE:

import pandapower.topology as top

mg = top.create_nx_graph(net)

cc = top.connected_component(mg, 5)

connected_components

pandapower.topology.connected_components(mg, notravbuses={})

Clusters all buses in a NetworkX graph that are connected to each other.

INPUT:
mg (NetworkX graph) - NetworkX Graph or MultiGraph that represents a pandapower network.

OPTIONAL: notravbuses (set) - Indices of notravbuses: lines connected to these buses are

not being considered in the graph
OUTPUT:
cc (generator) - Returns a generator that yields all clusters of buses connected
to each other.
EXAMPLE:

import pandapower.topology as top

mg = top.create_nx_graph(net)

cc = top.connected_components(net, 5)

unsupplied_buses

pandapower.topology.unsupplied_buses(net, mg=None, in_service_only=False, slacks=None, respect_switches=True)

Finds buses, that are not connected to an external grid.

INPUT:
net (pandapowerNet) - variable that contains a pandapower network
OPTIONAL:

mg (NetworkX graph) - NetworkX Graph or MultiGraph that represents a pandapower network.

in_service_only (boolean, False) - Defines whether only in service buses should be
included in unsupplied_buses.
slacks (set, None) - buses which are considered as root / slack buses. If None, all
existing slack buses are considered.
respect_switches (boolean, True) - Fixes how to consider switches - only in case of no
given mg.
OUTPUT:
ub (set) - unsupplied buses
EXAMPLE:

import pandapower.topology as top

top.unsupplied_buses(net)

determine_stubs

pandapower.topology.determine_stubs(net, roots=None, mg=None, respect_switches=False)

Finds stubs in a network. Open switches are being ignored. Results are being written in a new column in the bus table (“on_stub”) and line table (“is_stub”) as True/False value.

INPUT:
net (pandapowerNet) - Variable that contains a pandapower network.
OPTIONAL:
roots (integer/list, None) - indices of buses that should be excluded (by default, the
ext_grid buses will be set as roots)
EXAMPLE:

import pandapower.topology as top

top.determine_stubs(net, roots = [0, 1])