A Plug-and-Play-Capable Multi-Agent Network for Distributed Consensus-Based Operation in DC Power Systems

This paper discusses the design and implementation of a plug-and-play-capable energy management system (EMS) based on agent negotiation and consensus of a multi-agent system (MAS) designed using the Java Agent Development Framework (JADE). A distributed EMS is adopted to solve the optimization problem and minimize the generation cost of the IEEE 37-bus DC system in a decentralized manner with the help of the MAS. The approach is validated via a simulation carried out in MATLAB and JADE with a TCP/IP interface between the two platforms. The results show that the EMS algorithm, with the help of the implemented PnP capability, exhibits robustness and converges very fast.