<strong>Paper Title</strong><br>
Multi-Agent Approach for Reliability Assessment and Improvement of Power System Protection<br>
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<strong>Abstract</strong><br>
Assessment of reliability is one of the important topics in a power system which needs a more decentralized
mechanism to enable an electrical load to continue receiving the power in the event of its disconnection from the main power
grid. Despite the huge remarkable breakthrough in software technologies, most judgments have to be based on human experts
in most of the planning and operation in power system. Most of the techniques are used to address the power system reliability
which consumes long computation time. Hence, an inaccurate result for system operators is inevitable as most of the variables
affecting the reliability changes with time. As a result of this setback, Multi Agent System (MAS). MAS is a collection of
agents that have been applied to several power system problems such as, those in operation, markets, diagnosis and protection.
In this study, in order to assess system reliability, distribution protection system design and coordination, two models of MAS
techniques to determine the suitability of the DG location based on power system reliability and new index reliability of the
relay operating time are proposed. The simulation results for two models are created using the data obtained from Malaysia
distribution network (DISCO-Net) and 69 bus test system that was implemented using Java Agent Development Framework
package software. The simulation results show that the effectiveness of proposed MAS approaches for selecting the best
Distributed generation (DG) location in a function of improved power system grounding and reliability. Meanwhile, the
simulation results for second model shown that the failure rate decreased to approximately 40% for over current and earth
fault relays. The fast reliability indices are also obtained in assessing the performance of the protection system from the
selection of DISCO-Net.
Index Terms- Multi-agent system, Generation Reliability Indices, Distributed generation , Jade package.
I. INTRODUCTION
DG provides many advantages in term of
improvements in losses and reliability, or both [1]. In
addition, there are many DGs locations which can lead
to minimize fault current in the event of faults and
provide the necessary effective grounding to solve bus
voltage problems when unfault phases over voltage in
bus are encountered. When DGs are connected into the
distribution power grid, the grounding methods should
be taken into account[2]. In effectively grounded
system, all faults including grounds must be cleared by
opening the line. For using a DG without a
transformer, special attention should be paid to the
zero sequence impedance design so that effective
ground can be provided. Unlike the DG with a
transformer providing the effective ground passively,
the DG without a transformer must shape the zero
sequence impedance characteristic using an active
control approach [3]. Relay protection (over current
relay and earth fault relay) of power system is based on
three principles in its operation, the type of fault, the
fault location and the number of interconnections.
Therefore, DGs can supply an additional contribution
to the fault level. The setting of protective relays that
were formerly prepared for the system without DGs
may not significantly manage faults [4]. The reliability
indices determined by using life data analysis will
provide more accurate or realistic information as it
uses the past failure data of the relays.
The protection relays (over current relay (OC) and
earth fault relay (EF)) and the added DG produced a
reliable family,