Design and Analysis of Intelligent Energy Management System based on Multi-Agent and Distributed IoT: DPU Case Study

Population growth and the creation of new equipment are accompanied by a constant increase in energy use each day and have created significant consumer issues in energy management. Smart meters (SM) are simply instruments for measuring energy usage and are a significant resource of the evolving technological energy management system. Including precise billing data, information on usage at the user end, installation of two-way communication. SM is the critical component of an intelligent power grid. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a critical partner in the power business leading to intelligent resource management to ensure successful data collection and use. This paper proposes designing and analyzing intelligent energy management systems based on Multi-Agent (MA) and Distributed IoT (DIoT). An efficient approach is proposed to monitor and control power consumption levels of the proposed case study of Duhok Polytechnic University (DPU). DPU consists of Presidency, six colleges, and eight institutes. These fifteen campuses are distributed through a wide geographical area with long distances between each campus (i.e., more than 100 Km). A Node represents each campus, and Wi-Fi makes the connection inside each node. These nodes are connected via the Internet to the Main Control Unit (MCU) represented by Raspberry Pi connected to the cloud. Depending on the received data from the Nodes, the MCU will make the correct decision for each node using intelligent algorithms and the user's requirement. Then, control commands are initiated, and the node's appliances can be controlled automatically (or even manually) from the MCU.