Agent-based control of multiple energy carriers and energy hubs

Author

Skarvelis-Kazakos, Spyros ; Papadopoulos, Panagiotis ; Unda, Inaki Grau

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. & Sci., Univ. of Greenwich, Chatham, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

An approach is presented for controlling multiple energy carriers, such as AC and DC electricity, heat, Natural Gas, hydrogen, using the control technique of multi-agent systems. The main elements of a hierarchical control system are given and their integration with the concept of energy hubs is explained. The interactions between the different agents are described. Electric vehicles are considered as mobile resources within the overall system. Finally, the benefits of this approach are laid out.

Keywords

control engineering computing; hierarchical systems; intelligent control; multi-agent systems; power engineering computing; AC electricity; DC electricity; agent based control; electric vehicles; energy hubs; heat supply; hierarchical control system; hydrogen fuel system; multiagent systems; multiple energy carrier control; multiple energy carriers; natural gas system; Batteries; Cogeneration; Electric vehicles; Electricity; Multi-agent systems; Natural gas; Optimization; Distributed Power Generation; Energy Management; Energy Storage; Microgrids; Multi-agent systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe), 2014 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGTEurope.2014.7028912

Filename

7028912