Design of non-intrusive power load decomposition and monitoring system based on multi-agent and visual instrument

A non-intrusive power load decomposition and monitoring system based on multi-agent and visual instrument is given in this paper. Instead of only monitoring of total power load, this system can measure power consumption of each type load consisted in total power load. Since the non-intrusive power load decomposition system has a multilevel and distributed structure, the multi-agent technology is used in the monitoring system. The system framework is established and the detailed functions of each agent are described. The hardware configuration of this system is presented in the paper, and the monitoring softer ware is developed at a LabVIEW platform. The experimental results indicate that the load decomposition system can decompose power load effectively.