Multi-Agent System Fault Protection with Topology Identification in Microgrids

Stephanus Antonius Ananda, Jyh-Cherng Gu, Ming-Ta Yang, Jing-Min Wang, Jun-Da Chen, Yung-Ruei Chang, Yih- Der Lee, Chen-Min Chan and Chia-Hao Hsu
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Stephanus Antonius Ananda: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da’an District, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
Jyh-Cherng Gu: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da’an District, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
Ming-Ta Yang: Department of Electrical Engineering, St. John’s University, No. 499, Sec. 4, Tam King Rd., Tamsui District, New Taipei City 25135, Taiwan
Jing-Min Wang: Department of Electrical Engineering, St. John’s University, No. 499, Sec. 4, Tam King Rd., Tamsui District, New Taipei City 25135, Taiwan
Jun-Da Chen: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da’an District, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
Yung-Ruei Chang: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, No. 1000, Wenhua Rd. Jiaan Village, Longtan District, Taoyuan 32546, Taiwan
Yih- Der Lee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, No. 1000, Wenhua Rd. Jiaan Village, Longtan District, Taoyuan 32546, Taiwan
Chen-Min Chan: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, No. 1000, Wenhua Rd. Jiaan Village, Longtan District, Taoyuan 32546, Taiwan
Chia-Hao Hsu: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, No. 1000, Wenhua Rd. Jiaan Village, Longtan District, Taoyuan 32546, Taiwan

Energies, 2016, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: Data acquisition and supervisory control are usually performed using client-server architecture and centralized control in conventional power systems. However, the message transmission and fault clearing are too slow for large-scale complex power systems. Microgrid systems have various types of distributed energy resources (DERs) which are quite different in characteristics and capacities, thus, the client-server architecture and centralized control are inadequate to control and operate in microgrids. Based on MATLAB/Simulink (ver.R2012a) simulation software and Java Agent Development Framework (JADE) (JADE 4.1.1-revision 6532), this paper proposes a novel fault protection technology that used multi-agent system (MAS) to perform fault detection, fault isolation and service restoration in microgrids. A new topology identification method using the YBus Matrix Algorithm is presented to successfully recognize the network configurations. The identification technology can respond to microgrid variations. Furthermore, the interactive communications among intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), circuit breakers (CBs), and agents are clarified during fault occurrence. The simulation results show that the proposed MAS-based microgrids can promptly isolate faults and protect the system against faults in real time.

Keywords: multi-agent system; microgrid; distributed energy resources; topology identification bus; impedance matrix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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