Agent based load management for Microgrid

High penetration of distributed generation leads to the importance of adapting the new trend of Smart Grid to divide the grid into intelligent Micro-Grid zones and facilitate its operation using decentralized distributed control schema. In this paper a practical Microgrid model has been designed and simulated using MATLAB/SIMULINK (MATrix LABoratory). JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment Framework) platform was used to design an agent-based control system that uses a certain algorithm to control both of the load and the supply units by switching on and off the breakers according to specified power reliability criteria. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) protocol was used to link the SIMULINK environment and the JADE Platform. Simulation of typical daily scenarios were tested to verify the effectiveness of the control system.