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About pandapipes
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pandapipes is a piping grid simulation tool based on pandapower. It uses `pandas tables <http://pandas.pydata.org>`_.
for the input and output data representation and implements a Newton-Raphson solver for steady-state
analysis, in analogy to `pandapower <www.pandapower.org>`_ and aims at a similar level of automation
for the analysis and optimization of piping grids.

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More information about pandapipes can be found on `www.pandapipes.org <https://www.pandapipes.org>`_
or in our publication :cite:`Lohmeier2020`. Please cite the paper if you use pandapipes.

About pandapipes:

- `Fluid System Modeling <https://www.pandapipes.org/about/#modeling>`_
- `Fluid System Analysis <https://www.pandapipes.org/about/#analysis>`_
- `Citing pandapipes <https://www.pandapipes.org/references/>`_

Getting Started:

- `Installation Notes <https://www.pandapipes.org/start/>`_
- `Minimal Example <https://www.pandapipes.org/start/#a-short-introduction->`_
- `Interactive Tutorials <https://www.pandapipes.org/start/#interactive-tutorials->`_

If you are interested in the latest pandapipes developments, subscribe to our `mailing list <https://www.pandapipes.org/contact/#list>`_!

pandapipes is a development by the Grid Planning and Grid Operation Division at the Fraunhofer
Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (IEE), Kassel. Major contributions were
made by the research group Energy Management and Power System Operation, University of Kassel.

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    about/units
    about/symbols
    about/references
    about/authors
    about/changelog
    about/license
    about/known_issues