Load Flow Calculations of Large Transmission Gas Networks based on Public Data

The coupling of natural gas networks and other energy sectors like the power grid is becoming increasingly essential for a low-carbon, environmental-friendly integrated energy system. The existing natural gas transmission network can work as a backbone in the whole energy system. Efficient and effective network data processing, network flow calculations, and powerful results visualization are all required when analyzing a large gas network on a high-resolution regional level. This paper will demonstrate and discuss a gas network simulation framework along with a complete toolchain to fulfill the task using the German gas transmission network.