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This paper proposes multiagent system-based event-triggered hybrid controls for guaranteeing energy supply of a hybrid energy generation system with high security. First, a multiagent system is constituted by an upper level central coordinated control agent combined with several lower level unit agents. Each lower level unit agent is responsible for dealing with internal switching control and distributed dynamic regulation for its unit system. The upper level agent implements coordinated switching control to guarantee the power supply of overall system with high security. The internal switching control, distributed dynamic regulation, and coordinated switching control are designed fully dependent on the hybrid behaviors of all distributed energy resources and the logical relationships between them, and interact with each other by means of the multiagent system to form hierarchical hybrid controls. Finally, the validity of the proposed hybrid controls is demonstrated by means of simulation results in different scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Since a microgrid consists of various distributed energy resources and local loads, integration of a distributed grid and multiple microgrids leads to an integrated hybrid energy system. This paper focuses on improving profit, economy, security, and dynamic performance of the integrated hybrid energy system by means of developing different areas of management and control strategies upon four-level hierarchical multiagent system. The level 1 agent implements optimal price bidding strategies for high profit of the overall system. The level 2 agent optimizes the energy management strategies for economic operation of each microgrid. The level 3 agent executes coordinated switching control for maintaining security of each microgrid. The level 4 agent facilitates local hybrid control of each distributed energy resource for guaranteeing dynamic performance. Finally, validity of the proposed scheme is tested by means of simulation study. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]