A SURVEY ON APPLICATION OF MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM IN POWER SYSTEM

The theory of multi-agent system (MAS) is a new approach to design and implement complex software and control system. Because the characteristics and applicable domain of MAS are almost coincided with the characteristics of electric power system, the attention from many scholars is paid to this theory. On the basis of describing basic features of MAS theory, the present research situation of the applications of this theory in the fields of electricity market, power system fault diagnosis technology and protection and voltage/reactive power optimization is summarized. The authors point out that the electricity market simulation is one of the most potential aspects of application of MAS in the near future, and using MAS technology to integrate existing simulation software and developing the simulation tools taking several factors into account will be the foundation to promote the application research of MAS. On the basis of IEC 61850, the MAS based integration of protection, measurement and control of substation can be realized.