A full decentralized multi-agent service restoration for distribution network with DGs

The ever-growing requirement for reliability and quality of power supply suggests to enable self-healing features of smart distribution network using intelligent communication and control. In this article, a concept of fully decentralized multi-agent system (FDMAS) automation is proposed to build a unified restoration service framework for distribution network with distribution generators (DGs), where an FDMAS interaction mechanism is designed for establishing a reduced model which can significantly reduce the computational dimensions of service restoration. Furthermore, an FDMAS-based strategy is proposed for service restoration by combining network reconfiguration with intentional islanding; especially a network reconfiguration algorithm based on network flow model is presented, which, along with parameter justification, can mitigate the variations of loads and intermittence of DGs. The simulation studies are carried out on the 84-bus and 22-bus distribution system, respectively, using MATLAB and java agent development framework (JADE) simulation system and dynamic model test platform. The test results show that the proposed strategy can maximize restoration of out-of-service loads with minimum switching times and has an excellent performance on service restoration time.