This is an assumption of course, but I think a combination of ease of access (no install, you can just play around, share your results, ask for advice) and seeing the visual flow of energy through the grid. You see how power being generated on one bus is consumed at another. Add a line in between, you see losses. Add a long line, you see the effects of capacitance on voltage and reactive power requirements.
One of my favourite features is the visualization of the admittance matrix and being able to interactively explore how the buses interact with each other.
Thanks for the feedback! We're mainly working with transmission systems, so that's where the MW scale comes from. I'll check whether we can add a scale selector, that's a great idea.
We're always looking for people to bridge the gap between electrical engineering and software development. EU only due to the nature of the industry and our clients unfortunately. Just send a CV to [email protected]
Very interesting project. We are still contemplating if / how we can integrate an interactive python shell in Bamboo. The challenges seem to be syncing the visual layer to the data structures in the shell and sand boxing properly as we don't want to lose the ability to offer this as a hosted version just for the ease of access.
Thank you! We've tried it with engineers from other fields and it helped them understand the basic concepts needed to build software for e.g. grid operators.
Especially the visual admittance matrix has been useful (we'll publish a blog post how power flow and the admittance matrix works soon) as an introduction to the relevant algorithms.