Distributed Intelligent Microgrid Control Using Multi-Agent Systems.docVIP

Engineering, 2013, 5, 1-6 doi:10.4236/eng.2013.51b001 Published Online January 2013 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/eng) Distributed Intelligent Microgrid Control Using Mul- ti-Agent Systems Il-Yop Chung, Cheol-HeeYoo, Sang-Jin Oh School of Electrical Engineering, Kookmin University,Seoul, Republic of Korea Email: chung@kookmin.ac.kr Received 2013 ABSTRACT In the future, the individual entities of microgrids such as distributed generators and smart loads may need to determine their power generation or consumption in more economic ways. Intelligent agents can help the decision-making proce- dure of the entities by intelligent algorithms and state-of-the-art communication with central controller and other local agents. This paper presents the development of atable-top microgrid control system using multi-agent systems and also the demonstration of demand response programs during power shortage. In our table-top system, agents are imple- mented using microcontrollers and Zigbee wireless communication technology is applied for efficient data communica- tion in the multi-agent system. The power system models of distributed generators and loads are implemented in the real-time simulator using Opal-RT system. The whole test system that includes real-time system simulation and agent hardware is implemented in the hardware-in-the-loop simulation framework. The performance of the developed system is tested for emergency demand response cases. Keywords: Microgrid; Multi-agent System; Energy Management System; Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation 1. Introduction grid model contains a battery energy storage system (BESS), a micro-gas turbine (MGT), and a smart load. Intelligent agents are implemented using AVR ATmega 128 micro- controllers. The microgrid simulation model and the agent hardware are interfacedviahardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) setup. The control signals of DERs or loads are determined by the corresponding agents