Multi-Agent System based voltage support by distributed generation in smart distribution network

This paper proposes distributed voltage support method for power distribution network with distributed generation using Multi-Agent System (MAS). A problem of reactive power dispatch in distribution network was considered. Contract-Net-Protocol (CNP) based scheme was used for communication and coordination between agents. A co-simulation based framework including power system simulator and agent environment was developed using socket communication to validate the proposed MAS based approach. For final validation of proposed method, modified IEEE 13 bus system with distributed generation was used. Results show the effectiveness of MAS based distributed approach for voltage support using distributed generation.