Consensus-based economic dispatch algorithm in a microgrid via distributed event-triggered control

In this paper, the consensus-based approach for the economic dispatch problem in microgrid via distributed event-triggered control is considered. Its basic principle is to utilise the consensus of the multi-agent systems consisting of generators and loads, which will work cooperatively such that the optimal incremental cost and optimal power output could be obtained to solve the economic dispatch problem. The consensus analysis of the proposed systems focused on the following two physical scenarios: (i) containing the power balance constraint but without generation limit; (ii) the power balance constraint and with generation limit. The corresponding effective distributed event-triggered controller is designed respectively to avoid the continuous communication between the agents, the state updating of each agent depending on its own state and its neighbouring agents at their last triggering time. Compared with the centralised event-triggered mechanism, the proposed distributed scheme could reduce the frequency of information exchange between the agent and its neighbours and save the bandwidth and energy. Simulation indicates the effectiveness of the theoretical results.