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ANDES is a Python-based free software package for power system simulation, control and analysis.
It establishes a unique **hybrid symbolic-numeric framework** for modeling differential algebraic
equations (DAEs) for numerical analysis. Main features of ANDES include
* a unique hybrid symbolic-numeric approach to modeling and simulation that enables descriptive DAE modeling and
automatic numerical code generation
* a rich library of transfer functions and discontinuous components (including limiters, dead-bands, and
saturation) available for prototyping models, which can be readily instantiated as multiple devices for
system analysis
* industry-grade second-generation renewable models (solar PV, type 3 and type 4 wind),
distributed PV and energy storage model
* comes with the Newton method for power flow calculation, the implicit trapezoidal method for time-domain
simulation, and full eigenvalue calculation
* strictly verified models with commercial software. ANDES obtains identical time-domain simulation results for
IEEE 14-bus and NPCC system with GENROU and multiple controller models. See the verification link for details.
* developed with performance in mind. While written in Python, ANDES comes with a performance package and can
finish a 20-second transient simulation of a 2000-bus system in a few seconds on a typical desktop computer
* out-of-the-box PSS/E raw and dyr file support for available models. Once a model is developed, inputs from a
dyr file can be readily supported
* an always up-to-date equation documentation of implemented models
ANDES is currently under active development. To get involved,
* Follow the tutorial at
`https://andes.readthedocs.io