Design and Implementation of Multiagent-Based Distributed Restoration System in DAS

A distribution automation system (DAS) is a power automation system to operate a power distribution network efficiently through remote control and monitoring. The most important function of the DAS is the restoration of a stable power supply to the customer when a fault occurs. Since the DAS has a c...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on power delivery 2013-04, Vol.28 (2), p.585-593
Main Authors: Il-Hyung Lim, Sidhu, T. S., Myeon-Song Choi, Seung-Jae Lee, Sugwon Hong, Seong-Il Lim, Sung-Woo Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
distributed operation system
Distribution automation system (DAS)
Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering
Electrical machines
Electrical power engineering
Exact sciences and technology
Fault currents
Intelligent agents
Miscellaneous
Monitoring
Multi-agent systems
multiagent
Power distribution
power distribution system
Power electronics, power supplies
Power networks and lines
Regulation and control
restoration
Servers
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Summary:A distribution automation system (DAS) is a power automation system to operate a power distribution network efficiently through remote control and monitoring. The most important function of the DAS is the restoration of a stable power supply to the customer when a fault occurs. Since the DAS has a centralized structure, the restoration time of the DAS takes place in about 5 min. This is too long for a customer in the digital age, so a distributed restoration system, which can shorten the restoration time from 5 min to less than 1 min is proposed in this paper. The concept of a multiagent system (MAS) for a distributed control system is applied to the proposed system to enhance its operational reliability, but there is a belief that the MAS-based distributed operations system is just a future technology. So an application method is proposed in this paper for an MAS-based distributed restoration system without significant changes to the existing DAS. The proposed system was applied to an existing DAS and tested in the Gochang Power Testing Center. The test results showed that in the most complex case, the DAS restoration time was 48 s using a code-division multiple-access module and 10 s using an Ethernet communication module.
ISSN:0885-8977
1937-4208
DOI:10.1109/TPWRD.2013.2244923