Using a Multi-Agent System for Monitoring Indicators of Quality of Service in Power Distribution Networks

Abstract

In this work we describe the Service Quality Multi-Agent System (SQ-MAS), a software developed using a multiagent system platform to register failures in electric power distribution networks allowing the real-time calculation of several service quality indexes supervised by the Brazilian National Electric Agency (ANEEL).We introduce some basic concepts of generic MAS in order to illustrate the complexity of the problem related with the propagation of faults across the distribution network. The main features of SQ-MAS are listed and the calculation of the monitored indexes is addressed. A case study consisting of an Operation Unit of Petrobras, at Bahia State, Brazil, is used to illustrate how the system works.

Automatic fault isolation and restoration of distribution system using JADE based Multi-Agents

“…Application of multiagent system in the area of power system including power system protection are presented in [21][22][23][24][25]. Multi agent systems have also been used for solving many other power engineering problems such as power quality monitoring, demand management, microgrid automation, and market simulations [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. Many commercial and open-source agent development software such as ZEUS [33], Voyager 1 , and JADE [34] are presently available, among which JADE is the most prevalently used framework as it is open-source as well as Foundation of Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) compliant.…”