Distributed Intelligent Agents for Decision Making at Local DER Levels (Final Technical Report)
- Infotility, San Ramon, CA (United States); Infotility
This document contains the software requirements specifications which include use cases, traditional functional requirements, and non-functional (supplemental) requirements for the agent software system. The software solution will consist of an adaptive, intelligent agent-based software system which can provide real-time, two-way communication and decision making between distributed DER system nodes. The proposed solution is also designed to enable implementation and integration at higher levels of distribution automation systems by supporting the concepts of extensibility and software layering. The focus of the Phase II effort is based on providing a collection of interacting software agents that can provide local (decentralized) management and control of DERs that have been aggregated into single blocks of capacity (e.g., a Microgrids and Powerparks). The design is based on a distributed, bottom-up approach to responding to grid contingencies and is intended to supplement the existing power distribution network communication infrastructure. These intelligent software agents will be designed to communicate and cooperate to allow aggregated DER response to grid contingency events, while taking into account the specific business and contractual rules, system constraints, and technical requirements of multiple stakeholders including energy users, distribution companies, energy service companies, and energy market operators.
- Research Organization:
- Infotility, San Ramon, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-03ER83682
- OSTI ID:
- 967380
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-ER--83682-Rev.1.0B
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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