MAS-Based Management and Control Strategies for Integrated Hybrid Energy System

Since a microgrid consists of various distributed energy resources and local loads, integration of a distributed grid and multiple microgrids leads to an integrated hybrid energy system. This paper focuses on improving profit, economy, security, and dynamic performance of the integrated hybrid energy system by means of developing different areas of management and control strategies upon four-level hierarchical multiagent system. The level 1 agent implements optimal price bidding strategies for high profit of the overall system. The level 2 agent optimizes the energy management strategies for economic operation of each microgrid. The level 3 agent executes coordinated switching control for maintaining security of each microgrid. The level 4 agent facilitates local hybrid control of each distributed energy resource for guaranteeing dynamic performance. Finally, validity of the proposed scheme is tested by means of simulation study.