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A Multiagent‐Based Microgrid Operation Method
Author(s) -
Nagata Takeshi,
Kato Kosuke,
Utatani Masahiro,
Ueda Yuji,
Okamoto Kazuya,
Nagata Chihiro
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.22638
Subject(s) - microgrid , multi agent system , computer science , turbine , photovoltaic system , battery (electricity) , control engineering , grid , power (physics) , distributed computing , control (management) , engineering , artificial intelligence , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY In this paper, we propose an autonomous microgrid operation using a multiagent approach. The proposed multiagent system consists of seven types of agent: a single microgrid controller agent (MGC), several load agents (LAGs), several gas‐turbine (gas‐engine) agents (GAGs), several photovoltaic generation agents (PVAGs), several wind‐turbine generation agents (WTAGs), several battery agents (BAGs), and a single grid agent (GridAG). In a microgrid, LAGs act as consumers or buyers, GAGs, PVAGs, and WTAGs act as producers or sellers, and BAGs act as prosumers or sellers/buyers. In order to verify the performance of the proposed system, it is applied to a simple model system with different electrical power prices. From the simulation results, it can be seen that the proposed multiagent system can perform microgrid operations efficiently.