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docs/user_manual/components.md

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`link` is a {hoverxreftooltip}`user_manual/components:branch` which usually represents a short internal cable/connection between
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two busbars inside a substation. It has a very high admittance (small impedance) which is set to a fixed per-unit value
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(equivalent to 10e6 siemens for 10kV network). There is no additional attribute for `link`.
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(equivalent to 10e6 siemens for 10kV network). Therefore, it is chosen by design that no sensors can be coupled to a `link`.
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There is no additional attribute for `link`.
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### Transformer
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`power_sensor` is an abstract class for symmetric and asymmetric power sensor and is derived from
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{hoverxreftooltip}`user_manual/components:sensor`. It measures the active/reactive power flow of a terminal. The terminal is
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either connecting an `appliance` and a `node`, or connecting the from/to end of a `branch` and a `node`. In case of a
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either connecting an `appliance` and a `node`, or connecting the from/to end of a `branch` (except `link`) and a `node`. In case of a
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terminal between an `appliance` and a `node`, the power {hoverxreftooltip}`user_manual/data-model:Reference Direction` in the
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measurement data is the same as the reference direction of the `appliance`. For example, if a `power_sensor` is
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measuring a `source`, a positive `p_measured` indicates that the active power flows from the source to the node.
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Note: due to the high admittance of a `link` it is chosen that a power sensor cannot be coupled to a `link`, even though a link is a `branch`
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| name | data type | unit | description | required | input | update | output | valid values |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |:---------------------------------------------------:|
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| `measured_terminal_type` | {py:class}`MeasuredTerminalType <power_grid_model.enum.MeasuredTerminalType>` | - | indicate if it measures an `appliance` or a `branch`| &#10004; | &#10004; | &#10060; | &#10060; | the terminal type should match the `measured_object` |

src/power_grid_model/enum.py

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branch_from = 0
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Measuring the from-terminal between a branch and a node
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Measuring the from-terminal between a branch (except link) and a node
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branch_to = 1
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Measuring the to-terminal between a branch and a node
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Measuring the to-terminal between a branch (except link) and a node
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"""

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