A Demand-Response Scheme Using Multi-Agent System for Smart DC Microgrid

This article describes a framework for load shedding techniques using dynamic pricing and multi-agent system. The islanded microgrid uses solar panels and battery energy management system as a source of energy to serve remote communities who have no access to the grid with a randomized type of power...

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Published inInternational journal of embedded and real-time communication systems Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 48 - 68
Main Authors Naiman, Shililiandumi, Mvungi, Nerey H, Rwegasira, Diana Severine, Ben Dhaou, Imed Saad, Kondoro, Aron, Anagnostou, Anastasia, Kelati, Amleset, Taylor, Simon J.E, Tenhunen, Hannu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hershey IGI Global 01.01.2019
Subjects
Communication
Consumers
Control algorithms
Cost control
Demamnd Response Scheme
Demand side management
Distributed generation
Dynamic Pricing
Efficiency
Electric power
Electric power demand
Electrical Engineering
Electrical loads
Electricity
Electricity distribution
Elektro- och systemteknik
Energiteknik
Energy consumption
Energy industry
Energy management
Energy sources
Energy storage
Energy Technology
Human error
Infrastructure
Load shading
Load shedding
Multi Agent System
Multiagent systems
Pricing
Smart grid technology
Smart Microgrid
Solar panels
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Summary:This article describes a framework for load shedding techniques using dynamic pricing and multi-agent system. The islanded microgrid uses solar panels and battery energy management system as a source of energy to serve remote communities who have no access to the grid with a randomized type of power in terms of individual load. The generated framework includes modeling of solar panels, battery storage and loads to optimize the energy usage and reduce the electricity bills. In this work, the loads are classified as critical and non-critical. The agents are designed in a decentralized manner, which includes solar agent, storage agent and load agent. The load shedding experiment of the framework is mapped with the manual operation done at Kisiju village, Pwani, Tanzania. Experiment results show that the use of pricing factor as a demand response makes the microgrid sustainable as it manages to control and monitor its supply and demand, hence, the load being capable of shedding its own appliances when the power supplied is not enough.
ISSN:1947-3176
1947-3184
1947-3184
DOI:10.4018/IJERTCS.2019010103