A co-simulation approach for validating agent-based distributed algorithms in smart grid

Thai, Khac-Minh; Nguyen, Tung-Lam; Tran, Quoc-Tuan; Bésanger, Yvon; Hoang, Tran The

doi:10.1109/melecon48756.2020.9140496

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“…In parallel, with the paradigm shift in the electrical system, distributed methods are gaining ground since they offer major scalability, security and stability for the grid (Le et al 2020). For this reason, agent-oriented approaches are being adopted to implement and test distributed control methods.…”

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During the last decades, numerous simulation tools have been proposed to faithfully reproduce the different entities of the grid together with the inclusion of new elements that make the grid “smart”. Often, these domain-specific simulators have been then coupled with co-simulation platforms to test new scenarios. In parallel, agent-oriented approaches have been introduced to test distributed control strategies and include social and behavioural aspects typical of the consumer side. Rarely, simulators of the physical systems have been coupled with these innovative techniques, especially when social and psychological aspects have been considered. In order to ease the re-usability of these simulators, avoiding re-coding everything from scratch, we propose a hierarchical and modular agent-oriented framework to test new residential strategies in the energy context. If needed, the presented work enables the user to select the desired level of details of the agent-based framework to match the corresponding physical system without effort to test very different scenarios. Moreover, it allows adding on top of the physical data, behavioural aspects. To this end, the characteristics of the framework are first introduced and then different scenarios are described to demonstrate the flexibility of the proposed work: (i) a first stand-alone scenario with two hierarchy levels, (ii) a second co-simulation scenario with a photovoltaic panel simulator and (iii) a third stand-alone scenario with three hierarchy levels. Results demonstrate the flexibility and ease of use of the framework, allowing us to compare several scenarios and couple new simulators to build a more and more complex environment. The framework is in the early stages of its development. However, thanks to its properties in the future it could be extended to include new actors, such as industries, to get the full picture.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Only recently it has been started to take advantage of co-simulation together with Multi-agent systems (MASs). As an example, Le et al (2020) proposed a co-simulation-based platform to test distributed algorithms with cyber-physical system integration.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%