Agent-Based Distributed Energy Resources for Supporting Intelligence at the Grid Edge

Starke, Michael; Xiao, Bailu; Bhowmik, Pankaj; Chinthavali, Madhu Sudhan; Dean, Benjamin; Thapa, Anup; Smith, Mitch; Campbell, Steven; Krishna Moorthy, Radha

doi:10.1109/jestie.2021.3110737

Title: Agent-Based Distributed Energy Resources for Supporting Intelligence at the Grid Edge

Journal Article · Thu Sep 09 00:00:00 UTC 2021 · IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/jestie.2021.3110737 · OSTI ID:1838990

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

This article proposes a novel multi-agent framework that can link various forms of resources and power electronic systems into distributed energy resources (DER). The proposed multiagent architecture can also integrate DERs to a central controller for optimization and control to support the grid. To demonstrate the flexibility of this novel framework, the developed agent system is applied to a set of end-use systems. Furthermore, the agent framework is validated in hardware using controller-hardware-in-the-loop simulation platform.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1838990

Journal Information:: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 3; ISSN 2687-9735

Publisher:: IEEECopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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