Research on the construction of artificial power systems

With the increasing complexity of modern power system, the conventional analytical methods and simulation systems, which are based on reductionism, can't provide sufficient guidance for its operation and management anymore. ACP theory which is based on holism and complex system theory, mainly consists of artificial systems (A), computing experiments (C) and parallel execution (P), has its specific advantages in the research on power grid. In this article, ACP method is introduced to build up artificial power system by using multi-agent complex network models. With the help of the artificial power system, actual power system's control, scheduling, optimization and management can be improved further by providing theoretical guidance and technical support for the rolling optimizations in normal situations, and emergency management in abnormal situations. As an application case study, the artificial power system constructed with actual data from north China power grid is applied for computing experiment's analysis under different attacks. The same way, the artificial power system can also provide theoretical guidance and practical support for smart grid research.