Securing critical loads in a PV-based microgrid with a multi-agent system

Renewable Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-174

  Pipattanasomporn, Manisa ^a   Feroze, Hassan ^a   Rahman, Saifur ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Islanding and resynchronization; Load management; Microgrid; Multi agent system; Solar photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; BATTERY STORAGE; CRITICAL LOAD; ELECTRICAL LOAD; EXTERNAL FAULT; MICRO GRID; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; RESYNCHRONIZATION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; TIME INTERVAL;

ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

CRITICAL LOAD; ELECTRICAL POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SYNCHRONY;

EID: 80053262384     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.07.049     Document Type: Article

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