Title :
Design of a MAS as Cloud Computing Service to control Smart Micro Grid
Author :
Bertagna De Marchi, Silvia ; Ponci, Ferdinanda ; Monti, Antonello
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Autom. of Complex Power Syst., RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Abstract :
This paper focuses on the design of an architecture to monitor and control the Smart Micro Grid. The growing number of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) leads to the need for a distributed and decentralized control architecture. A Multi-Agent System (MAS) has been selected as distributed control architecture for Smart Micro Grids, to be provided as Cloud Computing Service. This work defines the architecture scenario by explaining the different actors and how they are connected to one another. Furthermore, it identifies the key factors to design the proposed MAS as Cloud Computing Service. The evaluation of selected key factors is based on a specific Cloud Computing Service that the MAS could provide. This Cloud Computing Service consists of the control for voltage stability.
Keywords :
cloud computing; control engineering computing; distributed control; distributed power generation; multi-agent systems; power distribution control; power engineering computing; power system measurement; smart power grids; voltage control; DER; MAS; cloud computing service; decentralized control architecture; distributed control architecture; distributed energy resource; multiagent system; smart microgrid control; smart microgrid monitoring; voltage stability control; Buildings; Cloud computing; Computer architecture; Delays; Logic gates; Smart grids; Synchronization; Multi-agent systems; Smart Micro Grids; cloud computing; distributed power generation; power systems;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE), 2013 4th IEEE/PES
Conference_Location :
Lyngby
DOI :
10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695381