Shunt

List of input parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Value range	OpenDSS equivalent
name		string
p_mw*	shunt active power in MW at v= 1.0 p.u.	float	≥ 0	-
q_mvar*	shunt reactive power in MVAr at v= 1.0 p.u.	float		kvar*1000
vn_kv*	rated voltage of the shunt. Defaults to rated voltage of connected bus	float	>0	kV
step*	step of shunt with which power values are multiplied	int	≥ 1	-
max_step	True for in_service or False for out of service	boolean		-

*necessary for executing a power flow calculation

The exact model and result parameters (for pandapower) are defined in the link below:

https://pandapower.readthedocs.io/en/latest/elements/shunt.html