Reconfiguration of power distribution system using multi agent and hierarchical based load following operation with energy capacitor system

The art of reconfiguring power distribution system in such a way that it becomes more reliable and flexible is very crucial, but complicated in the presence of distributed generation units such as diesel generator, photovoltaic, and wind turbine. Such a kind of art is presented in this paper as radial and loop distribution system, with dispersed power sources. Energy Capacitor System (ECS) is involved as a storage device and playing the main role of load following operation. Utilization of multi agent based operation and control of the system has been used. Information among the controllable units, namely the diesel generator unit and the ECS, is transferred through computer network. Hierarchical control used in this paper in the case of local control on the operation of the ECS. Results showed an improvement in the power quality of the system, in both global and local levels of control.