Load management through agent based coordination of flexible electricity consumers

Anders Clausen; Yves Demazeau; Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-18944-4_3

Load management through agent based coordination of flexible electricity consumers

Anders Clausen^*, Yves Demazeau, Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen

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The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute

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Abstract

Demand Response (DR) offers a cost-effective and carbonfriendly way of performing load balancing. DR describes a change in the electricity consumption of flexible consumers in response to the supply situation. In DR, flexible consumers may perform their own load balancing through load management (LM) mechanisms. However, the individual amount of load balancing capacity exhibited by the majority of flexible consumers is limited and as a result, coordinated LM of several flexible electricity consumers is needed in order to replace existing conventional fossil based load balancing services. In this paper, we propose an approach to perform such coordination through a Virtual Power Plant (VPP)[1]. We represent flexible electricity consumers as software agents and we solve the coordination problem through multi-objective multi-issue optimization using a mediator-based negotiation mechanism. We illustrate how we can coordinate flexible consumers through a VPP in response to external events simulating the need for load balancing services.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Sustainability: The PAAMS Collection : 13th International Conference, PAAMS 2015, Salamanca, Spain, June 3-4, 2015, Proceedings
Editors	Yves Demazeau, Keith S. Decker, Javier Bajo Pérez, Fernando de la Prieta
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	1. Jan 2015
Pages	27-39
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-18943-7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-18944-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18944-4_3
Publication status	Published - 1. Jan 2015
Event	13th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems and Sustainability, PAAMS 2015 - Salamanca, Spain Duration: 3. Jun 2015 → 4. Jun 2015

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems and Sustainability, PAAMS 2015
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Salamanca
Period	03/06/2015 → 04/06/2015

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	9086
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Demand response
Distributed coordination
Load balancing
Load management
Multi-agent systems
Virtual power plant

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Clausen, A., Demazeau, Y., & Jørgensen, B. N. (2015). Load management through agent based coordination of flexible electricity consumers. In Y. Demazeau, K. S. Decker, J. B. Pérez, & F. de la Prieta (Eds.), Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Sustainability: The PAAMS Collection: 13th International Conference, PAAMS 2015, Salamanca, Spain, June 3-4, 2015, Proceedings (pp. 27-39). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18944-4_3

Clausen, Anders ; Demazeau, Yves ; Jørgensen, Bo Nørregaard. / Load management through agent based coordination of flexible electricity consumers. Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Sustainability: The PAAMS Collection: 13th International Conference, PAAMS 2015, Salamanca, Spain, June 3-4, 2015, Proceedings. editor / Yves Demazeau ; Keith S. Decker ; Javier Bajo Pérez ; Fernando de la Prieta. Springer, 2015. pp. 27-39 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9086).

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Load management through agent based coordination of flexible electricity consumers. / Clausen, Anders; Demazeau, Yves; Jørgensen, Bo Nørregaard.
Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Sustainability: The PAAMS Collection: 13th International Conference, PAAMS 2015, Salamanca, Spain, June 3-4, 2015, Proceedings. ed. / Yves Demazeau; Keith S. Decker; Javier Bajo Pérez; Fernando de la Prieta. Springer, 2015. p. 27-39 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9086).

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Clausen A, Demazeau Y, Jørgensen BN. Load management through agent based coordination of flexible electricity consumers. In Demazeau Y, Decker KS, Pérez JB, de la Prieta F, editors, Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Sustainability: The PAAMS Collection: 13th International Conference, PAAMS 2015, Salamanca, Spain, June 3-4, 2015, Proceedings. Springer. 2015. p. 27-39. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9086). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-18944-4_3

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