Name
Abstract | ||
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The future smart grid is expected to be an integration of intelligent microgrids featured by localized electricity generation, storage, and consumption. Wireless communication is a promising means to facilitate pervasive microgrid monitoring and control at a high flexibility and low deployment cost. In order to avoid a single point of failure, multiagent system (MAS) based decentralized microgrid control is widely considered. In this article, we present a consensus theory based multiagent coordination scheme for information discovery in microgrids via wireless networks. The information discovery process is fully distributed such that each agent only needs to communicate with its direct neighbors. The multiagent coordination is investigated in the presence of interference due to wireless transmissions. Specifically, the communication links among multiple agents may not be established simultaneously to avoid transmission collisions. In order to assure the accuracy of the information discovered by each agent, the convergence of the multiagent coordination is studied. We present the mechanism and principles for the multiagent coordination to achieve convergence in a microgrid via wireless network based on the characteristics of the information to be discovered. Three protocols with different complexities are proposed for normal microgrid operation, which can be readily implemented to off-the-shelf wireless communication devices. The protocols are further extended to achieve microgrid fault recovery by restricting the information exchange in a disconnected region to improve recovery speed. The performance of the proposed protocols is evaluated via a case study based on the network topology and configuration of a realistic microgrid test system. Open research issues and directions are outlined. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1109/MWC.2012.6231155 | IEEE Wireless Commun. |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
consensus theory based multiagent coordination scheme,protocols,pervasive microgrid monitoring,single point of failure,radiofrequency interference,off-the-shelf wireless communication devices,wireless transmissions,intelligent microgrids,network topology,telecommunication network topology,wireless networks,power generation faults,information discovery process,mas based decentralized microgrid control,multi-agent systems,radio networks,microgrid test system,microgrid fault recovery,localized electricity generation,power engineering computing,smart power grids,distributed power generation,multiagent coordination system,smart grid,communication links,information exchange,power generation control,interference,decentralised control,convergence,smart grids,multi agent systems,multiagent systems | Wireless network,Wireless,Smart grid,Computer science,Information exchange,Computer network,Multi-agent system,Network topology,Microgrid,Distributed computing,Information discovery | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
19 | 3 | 1536-1284 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
3 | 0.43 | 6 |
Authors | ||
6 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hao Liang | 1 | 104 | 7.30 |
| Bong Jun Choi | 2 | 255 | 25.48 |
| Zhuang, W. | 3 | 4190 | 302.05 |
| Xuemin Shen | 4 | 15389 | 928.67 |
| A. S. A. Awad | 5 | 3 | 0.43 |
| Atef Abdrabou | 6 | 217 | 22.03 |