Hierarchical MAS Based Control Strategy for Microgrid

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 3; no. 9; pp. 1622 - 1638
• Main Authors: Xiao, Zhe, Li, Tinghua, Huang, Ming, Shi, Jihong, Yang, Jingjing, Yu, Jiang, Wu, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2010
• Subjects: Algorithms; Artificial intelligence; Communication; control strategy; Electricity distribution; Energy shortages; Environmental protection; microgrid; multi-agent system; Power supply; China

Microgrids have become a hot topic driven by the dual pressures of environmental protection concerns and the energy crisis. In this paper, a challenge for the distributed control of a modern electric grid incorporating clusters of residential microgrids is elaborated and a hierarchical multi-agent s...