Multi-Agent Based Hierarchical Hybrid Control for Smart Microgrid

Author

Chun-xia Dou ; Bin Liu

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electr. Eng., Yanshan Univ., Qinhuangdao, China

Volume

4

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Jun-13

Firstpage

771

Lastpage

778

Abstract

This paper studies the smart control issue for an autonomous microgrid in order to maintain the secure voltages as well as maximize economic and environmental benefits. A control scheme called as multi-agent based hierarchical hybrid control is proposed versus the hierarchical control requirements and hybrid dynamic behaviors of the microgrid. The control scheme is composed of an upper level energy management agent, several middle level coordinated control agents and many lower level unit control agents. The goals of smart control are achieved by designed control strategies. The simulations are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of proposed smart control for an autonomous microgrid.

Keywords

control system synthesis; distributed power generation; energy management systems; environmental factors; multi-agent systems; power system security; smart power grids; autonomous microgrid; economic benefits; environmental benefits; hybrid dynamic behaviors; lower level unit control agents; middle level coordinated control agents; multi-agent based hierarchical hybrid control; secure voltages; smart control issue; upper level energy management agent; Energy management; Energy resources; Microgrids; Multiagent systems; Power system dynamics; Switches; Hybrid control; microgrid; multi-agent systems; smart control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1949-3053

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TSG.2012.2230197

Filename

6416113