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Secondary Voltage Collaborative Control of Distributed Energy System via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

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  • Tianhao Wang

    (Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company, No. 8, Haitai Huake 4th Road, Huayuan Industrial Zone, Binhai High Tech Zone, Tianjin 300384, China)

  • Shiqian Ma

    (Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company, No. 8, Haitai Huake 4th Road, Huayuan Industrial Zone, Binhai High Tech Zone, Tianjin 300384, China)

  • Na Xu

    (Tianjin University, No. 92, Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China)

  • Tianchun Xiang

    (State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company, No. 39 Wujing, Guangfu Street, Hebei District, Tianjin 300010, China)

  • Xiaoyun Han

    (Tianjin University, No. 92, Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China)

  • Chaoxu Mu

    (Tianjin University, No. 92, Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China)

  • Yao Jin

    (State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company, No. 39 Wujing, Guangfu Street, Hebei District, Tianjin 300010, China)

Abstract

In this paper, a new voltage cooperative control strategy for a distributed power generation system is proposed based on the multi-agent advantage actor-critic (MA2C) algorithm, which realizes flexible management and effective control of distributed energy. The attentional actor-critic message processor (AACMP) is extended into the MA2C method to select the important messages from all communication messages adaptively and process important messages efficiently. The cooperative control strategy trained by centralized training and decentralized execution frame will take over the responsibility of the secondary control level for voltage restoration in a distributed manner. The introduction of the attention mechanism reduces the amount of information exchanged and the requirements of the communication network. Finally, a distributed system with six energy nodes is used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.

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  • Tianhao Wang & Shiqian Ma & Na Xu & Tianchun Xiang & Xiaoyun Han & Chaoxu Mu & Yao Jin, 2022. "Secondary Voltage Collaborative Control of Distributed Energy System via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:19:p:7047-:d:924888
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