Autonomous decentralized voltage profile control of super-distributed energy system using multi-agent technology

A super‐distributed energy system is a future energy system in which a large part of its demand is fed by a huge number of distributed generators. At one time some nodes in the super‐distributed energy system behave as load, whereas at other times they behave as generator—the characteristic of each node depends on the customers' decision. In such situation, it is very difficult to regulate the voltage profile over the system due to the complexity of power flows. This paper proposes a novel control method of distributed generators that can achieve autonomous decentralized voltage profile regulation by using multi‐agent technology. The proposed multi‐agent system employs two types of agent: a control agent and a mobile agent. Control agents generate or consume reactive power to regulate the voltage profile of neighboring nodes and mobile agents transmit the information necessary for VQ‐control among the control agents. The proposed control method is tested through numerical simulations. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 164(4): 43–52, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.20484