Component Removal

Conceptual model

• removeBus! only checks whether a bus can be removed and returns the answer; it does not remove the bus. A slack bus, or a bus with connected branches, prosumers or shunts, cannot be removed.
• removeBranch!, removeACLine! and removeTrafo! change the network; afterwards it can fall into several parts or leave single buses disconnected.
• markIsolatedBuses! detects the current topology, clearIsolatedBuses! removes the buses that became removable, for example after several branch removals or contingency-style edits.
• Run validate! after any structural change and before the next solver call, so topology problems surface before the power flow or the state estimation runs.

Where to find what

• Editing sequence with code: workshop tour.
• API docs of removeBus!, removeBranch!, removeACLine!, removeTrafo!, removeShunt!, removeProsumer! and clearIsolatedBuses!: Function Reference.