Holonic architecture of the smart grid

Holonic architecture of the smart grid

Negeri, E.O.
Baken, N.H.G.
Popov, M.

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Intelligent Systems

2013-05-31

With the growing concerns about sustainable energy, energy efficiency and energy security, the electrical power system is undergoing major changes. Distributed energy sources are becoming widely available at the lower parts of the grid. As a result, more and more end consumers are transforming from passive consumers to active “prosumers” that can autonomously generate, store, import and/or export power. As prosumers increasingly dominate the power system, the system demands capability that allows enormous number of stakeholders with heterogeneous types to exchange power on the grid. Unfortunately, the classical power system cannot efficiently handle this scenario since it was designed for centralized power distribution. Thus, restructuring the rather old power system is indispensable. In this paper, we apply the holonic approach to structure the smart grid as a system that is bottom-up organized from autonomous prosumers that are recursively clustered at various aggregation layers. Based on this, we present a control architecture of the smart grid using holonic concepts. Our control architecture is characterized by autonomy of the prosumers, distributed control, recursive self-similar control structures at different aggregation levels. Further, we present a service oriented architec-ture (SOA) framework that models the control functions that make up the holonic control architecture. Our proposed control architecture is tested using a simulation set-up.

smart grid
architecture
holon

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e0f49ca7-9211-4a2d-a522-66ecd3976a36

https://doi.org/10.4236/sgre.2013.42025

Scientific Reseach Publishing

2151-481X

Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 4 (2), 2013

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