| The monitoring and control of complex power systems with limited power generation capability is a topic of growing interest. Mobile power applications, such as ships and aircrafts, as well as hybrid systems, powered by alternative energy sources, belong to this category. This dissertation is aimed at providing a platform to build an advanced monitoring and diagnostic system for the complex power system in a limited power supply scenario. In particular the system in focus is the power distribution system of the all electric ship of the US Navy. Considering the distributed nature of the power system to be controlled and the requirement of an autonomous, rigid and a localized control system, the work presents the use of multi-agent systems to provide a solution to the problem.; This dissertation introduces the integration of advanced simulation and data acquisition features within the multi-agent system framework to develop a distributed, localized control and monitoring system for complex power electronics applications. The effort is in the direction to develop an agent based system that is independent of the hierarchical structure of master and slaves, with the purpose of achieve maximum flexibility and robustness in case part of the system is lost.; With the effort of developing the MAS for control and monitoring power systems, this dissertation also presents the advances in simulation tools for power electronics and the inception of the concept of co-simulation in the agent environment. |
