Model implementation for the extendable open source power system simulator RAPSim

The open power system simulation framework RAPSim provides interfaces for extending and adapting simulation models and algorithms. This is especially useful for researchers working with experimental custom models. The code of RAPSim is available under an open source license which allows users to publish extensions together with the original code. This paper gives an overview on the software architecture of RAPSim and introduces the necessary steps to implement a new customized model by the example of a wind turbine model, which can be implemented with three short code snippets and by specifying an icon for the graphical user interface. As a result, the new wind turbine model is available for simulation models and can be handled with full GUI support.