Roadside infrastructure unit as an autonomous small-sized smart grid. “Holonic” approach

Abstract

Along now being constructed Western Europe to Western China (WEWC) Corridor big territories are totally uninhabited. It leads to absents of any central power supply. While transport infrastructure and control on the highways should be provided. The article is devoted to autonomous power grid of such road unit as a transport control post “Rubej”. Firstly, the scientific analysis of renewable energy sources of the republic of Kazakhstan and justification of exact power plants for the post is provided. After that the research is focused on a principle of power grid control. The “Multi-agent system” (MAS) technique was proven to be promising approach to the smart grid’s design. The one of the recently offered MAS techniques is the Holonic architecture. While it was adjusted only for power grids with central grid connection. In the article autonomous smart grid based on Holonic approach is offered and described. The optimization problem for the control of autonomous small-sized smart grid is reckoned. The achieved results can ease the control system’s design and scaling process, as it should be provided even for small-sized grids. In the end financial actuality is proved.