Concept of Hardware-in-the-loop Test Platform for Microgrid with Multi-Agent Approach

This paper focuses on the survey of hardware-in-the-loop testing concepts of Multi-Agent Systems for the microgrid. The role of agents in multi-agent systems is mainly performed by specialized microcontrollers. In this article, Raspberry Pi is used to implement control of various parts of the prototype of the microgrid. In the prototype, some of the microgrid devices can be implemented in hardware, and some in software. Such prototypes are widely used in the laboratories because of simply implementations and verification of control systems algorithms for distributed energy processes in private houses networks. The development own prototype is also presented in this paper.