Agent based load management for Microgrid

Abstract

High penetration of distributed generation leads to the importance of adapting the new trend of Smart Grid to divide the grid into intelligent Micro-Grid zones and facilitate its operation using decentralized distributed control schema. In this paper a practical Microgrid model has been designed and simulated using MATLAB/SIMULINK (MATrix LABoratory). JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment Framework) platform was used to design an agent-based control system that uses a certain algorithm to control both of the load and the supply units by switching on and off the breakers according to specified power reliability criteria. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) protocol was used to link the SIMULINK environment and the JADE Platform. Simulation of typical daily scenarios were tested to verify the effectiveness of the control system.