AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

An embodiment provides an energy management system of a community in which a plurality of buildings, each divided into a plurality of zones, are located, the energy management system including: a community agent that is a device managing energy of the community and is configured to receive a first incentive about a Demand Response (DR) or a Frequency Regulation (FR) from a demand management device, calculate a first response capacity responding to the first incentive among a community management capacity, and transmit a second incentive to a building agent; a plurality of building agents, each of which is a device managing energy of a corresponding building and is configured to calculate a second response capacity responding to the second incentive among a building management capacity, and transmit a third incentive to a zone agent; and a plurality of zone agents, each of which is a device managing energy of a corresponding zone and is configured to calculate a third response capacity responding to the third incentive among a zone management capacity and transmit the third response capacity to a corresponding building agent, wherein each of the building agents is configured to receive third response capacities from the plurality of zone agents, and transmit a fourth response capacity obtained by adding the plurality of third response capacities and the second response capacity to the community agent, and the community agent is configured to receive fourth response capacities from the plurality of building agents, and transmit a fifth response capacity obtained by adding the plurality of fourth response capacities and the first response capacity to the demand management device.