Ontology-based demand-side flexibility management in smart grids using a multi-agent system

L. Hippolyte (1) , S. Howell (1) , B. Yuce (1) , M. Mourshed (1) , H. Sleiman (2) , M. Vinyals (2) , L. Vanhee (2)

1 School of Engineering [Cardiff]
2 LADIS (CEA, LIST) - Laboratoire d'analyse des données et d'intelligence des systèmes (CEA, LIST)

Power distribution network management must integrate with demand side management, alongside distributed energy resources, in order to meet sustainability, resilience, and economic challenges through a smart grid approach. This paper presents an implementation of the Universal Smart Energy Framework (USEF) through a multiagent system and a novel semantic web ontology, which aligns and enriches relevant existing standards. USEF provides a common specification of the market processes and information exchange but does not specify the internal reasoning of the different roles involved. The authors explain the systematic design and development process from the requirements of the energy-flexibility value chain to software implementation. The underpinning ontology formalizes a domain perspective which is coherent with existing standards, and is sufficient for the agent-oriented implementation of the mentioned framework. As well as contributing this model as a web ontology artifact, the presented work utilizes metaprogramming to transform the domain model into a standard agent communication language ontology. The research reported in this paper is expected to lead towards efficient and scalable development of decision support and automation software for smart grids.

Mots clés: smart grid; demand response; multi-agent system; ontology; flexible energy market; Data models; Standards; Software; Load management; Protocols; decision support systems; demand side management; distribution networks; multi-agent systems; object-oriented programming; ontologies (artificial intelligence); power engineering computing; power markets; semantic Web; smart power grids; sustainable development; decision support development; automation software; standard agent communication language ontology; metaprogramming; agent-oriented implementation; underpinning ontology; software implementation; energy-flexibility value chain; semantic Web ontology; USEF; universal smart energy framework; distributed energy resources; power distribution network management; smart grids; ontology-based demand-side flexibility management

Domaines: Système multi-agents [cs.MA]; Energie électrique; Systèmes et contrôle [cs.SY]; Intelligence artificielle [cs.AI]

L. Hippolyte, S. Howell, B. Yuce, M. Mourshed, H. Sleiman, et al.. Ontology-based demand-side flexibility management in smart grids using a multi-agent system. 2016 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), Sep 2016, Trento, Italy. pp.7580828, ⟨10.1109/ISC2.2016.7580828⟩. ⟨hal-01902607⟩