Abstract
Power and energy systems are very complex, and several tools are available to assist operators in their planning and operation. However, these tools do not allow a sensitive analysis of the impact of the interaction between the different sub-domains and, consequently, in obtaining more realistic and reliable results. One of the key challenges in this area is the development of decision support tools to address the problem as a whole. Tools Control Center - TOOCC - proposed and developed by the authors, enables the co-simulation of heterogeneous systems to study the electricity markets, the operation of the smart grids, and the energy management of the final consumer, among others. To this end, it uses an application ontology that supports the definition of scenarios and results comparison, while easing the interoperability among the several systems. This paper presents the application ontology developed. The paper addresses the methodology used for its development, its purpose and requirements, and its concepts, relations, facets and instances. The ontology application is illustrated through a case study, where different requirements are tested and demonstrated. It is concluded that the proposed application ontology accomplishes its goals, as it is suitable to represent the required knowledge to support the interoperability among the different considered systems.
Highlights
Considering the climatic urgency that society is facing in recent years, the European Commission (EC) has defined a set of targets to be achieved by 2020, known as 20-20-20 targets [1], [2]
It is possible to find in the literature a few solutions for the cooperation of simulation tools in Power and Energy Systems (PES), namely the Electric Power and Communication Synchronizing Simulator (EPOCHS) [12], the Global Event-driven Cosimulation (GECO) [13], Mosaik [14], and Tools Control Center (TOOCC) [15], [16], conceived and developed by the authors of the current paper
This paper presents TOOCC’s application ontology for Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) and web-services co-simulation in PES
Summary
Considering the climatic urgency that society is facing in recent years, the European Commission (EC) has defined a set of targets to be achieved by 2020, known as 20-20-20 targets [1], [2]. Teixeira et al.: Application Ontology for Multi-Agent and Web-Services’ Co-Simulation in PESs to the new policies and needs of RES penetration, by conceiving and implementing new market models, changing the market operation rules, and creating new legislation [5], [6] In this context, the use of simulation tools developed to analyze and study the PES domain is indispensable, since they allow the participating entities to deal with its unpredictability and complexity [7], [8]. It is possible to find in the literature a few solutions for the cooperation of simulation tools in PES, namely the Electric Power and Communication Synchronizing Simulator (EPOCHS) [12], the Global Event-driven Cosimulation (GECO) [13], Mosaik [14], and Tools Control Center (TOOCC) [15], [16], conceived and developed by the authors of the current paper These tools use different approaches to achieve interoperability between heterogeneous systems.
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