Agent-Based Coordinated Operation Strategy for Active Distribution Network With Distributed Energy Resources

• Published in: IEEE transactions on industry applications Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 3310 - 3320
• Main Authors: Hu, Shuai, Xiang, Yue, Liu, Junyong, Gu, Chenghong, Zhang, Xin, Tian, Yuting, Liu, Zhixuan, Xiong, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-07-2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Active distribution network (ADN); Active distribution networks; distributed energy resources (DERs); Distributed generation; Economics; Electricity pricing; Energy distribution; Energy resources; Energy sources; interactive benefit prioritization (IBP); Load modeling; multi-agent; Multi-agent systems; Networks; Power consumption; Power generation economics; Power system economics; price response; Strategy; Wind speed
• ISSN: 0093-9994; 1939-9367
• DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2902110

With the development of distributed energy resources (DERs) and the increasing flexibility in active distribution networks (ADNs), the economic operation of ADN coordinating both generation and demand sides is required to be studied. In this paper, considering the electricity price response of DER, a coordinated operation strategy for ADN is presented based on a bi-level agent framework. The DER agent makes their own response based on the technical operability and economic consideration, while the ADN agent will finally coordinate each participant by using the interactive benefit prioritization (IBP) principle. The simulation results indicate that the proposed strategy cannot only reduce the power imbalance but also improve the economic operation of ADN. Moreover, consumption of renewable energy is ameliorated as well.