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LAPSE:2023.32981
Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Based Two-Timescale Voltage Control for Distribution Systems
Jing Zhang, Yiqi Li, Zhi Wu, Chunyan Rong, Tao Wang, Zhang Zhang, Suyang Zhou
April 20, 2023
Because of the high penetration of renewable energies and the installation of new control devices, modern distribution networks are faced with voltage regulation challenges. Recently, the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology has introduced new solutions for optimal control problems with high dimensions and dynamics. In this paper, a deep reinforcement learning method is proposed to solve the two-timescale optimal voltage control problem. All control variables are assigned to different agents, and discrete variables are solved by a deep Q network (DQN) agent while the continuous variables are solved by a deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) agent. All agents are trained simultaneously with specially designed reward aiming at minimizing long-term average voltage deviation. Case study is executed on a modified IEEE-123 bus system, and the results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm has similar or even better performance than the model-based optimal control scheme and has high computational efficiency and competitive potential for online application.
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deep reinforcement learning, distribution network, two timescales, voltage control
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Zhang J, Li Y, Wu Z, Rong C, Wang T, Zhang Z, Zhou S. Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Based Two-Timescale Voltage Control for Distribution Systems. (2023). LAPSE:2023.32981
Author Affiliations
Zhang J: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Li Y: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Wu Z: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China [ORCID]
Rong C: Institute of State Grid Hebei Electric Power Company Economic and Technological Research, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
Wang T: Institute of State Grid Hebei Electric Power Company Economic and Technological Research, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
Zhang Z: Institute of State Grid Hebei Electric Power Company Economic and Technological Research, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
Zhou S: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China [ORCID]
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Energies
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14
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12
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3540
Year
2021
Publication Date
2021-06-14
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1996-1073
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