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asked Aug 18 '12

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What is the API for generating the .qv files?

I've written my own QV curve generator (see here) but I'm curious, how would I create one of those .qv files.

A .qv file is the binary results file that PSSE saves the QV analysis results to.

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What is the API for generating the .qv files?

I've written my own QV curve generator (see here) but I'm curious, how would I create one of those .qv files.

A .qv file is the binary results file that PSSE saves the QV analysis results to.

(edit) I'm looking for the exact psspy commands that I should be using to

  1. load in a case
  2. run a QV curve analysis on a single bus and store the results in a binary .qv file
  3. (option) Bonus marks awarded if you can show how to get the results out of the .qv file into a Python array like this:

Example qv results array

# (Q,  V)
[(0.4,  0.99),
 (0.39, 0.98),
 (...)]