Cooperative load-shedding control of agent-based islanded microgrid1

A Key component to future smart grids may be a micro grid system capable of integrating generation, load, and storage assets into an autonomous power system entity. A microgrid is intrinsically distributive in nature. In order to improve performance of a microgrid, a distributed and cooperative control is required. Agent technology is one of techniques for achieving the objectives of distributed control of a micro grid. In this paper, we present agent-based load-shedding system in an islanded microgrid. In order to maximize load management and fairness, we define a control architecture, functionalities of agents, interactions among agents, and decision-making strategies for load shedding. The designed system is intended to lay the groundwork the cooperative and integrated control of load shedding in a microgrid.