Distributed Generations Management to Restore Protective Coordination Using Multi-Agent Systems

Subject Areas : Control and protection of microgrid

Saeed Soltaniyan ¹ , Bahador Fani ²

1 - Department of Electrical Engineering- Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
2 - Smart Microgrid Research Center- Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

Received: 2022-12-06 Accepted : 2023-03-11 Published : 2024-11-21

Keywords: Multi-agent systems, Distributed Generation resources, Protection coordination,

Abstract :

Utilizing the structure of multi-agent systems is one of the methods proposed today to improve the performance of network protection systems. Given that the presence of distributed generation resources as well as network restructuring has always been a concern for network managers, so it is expected that with the introduction of smart equipment and capabilities that provide network managers, better performance and maintenance They help. Intelligent devices are able to exchange information by communicating on a telecommunications platform. The purpose of this paper is to coordinate the protection relays in the presence of distributed generation sources by removing the connection between the relay agents and the information collected from the entire network by the central controller. The proposed method, in addition to improving the speed of the traditional multi agent system protection system, increases the security of the protection system and eliminates the need for information from one agent of one section to the agents of another sections.

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