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Voltage control of distribution grid with district cooling systems based on scenario-classified reinforcement learning
Peipei Yu1; Hongcai Zhang2; Zechun Hu3; Yonghua Song2
2025-01
Source PublicationApplied Energy
ISSN0306-2619
Volume377Issue:Part BPages:124415
Abstract

Modern distribution grids are currently being challenged by frequent and sizable voltage fluctuations, due mainly to the increasing deployment of renewable generation. Considering equipment characteristics, traditional devices (e.g., on-load tap changers) to maintain bus voltages cannot provide frequent regulations. To deal with short-term voltage fluctuations, this paper proposes to cooperatively control reactive and active power through PV inverters and district cooling systems. However, traditional voltage control optimization relies heavily on accurate physical models (e.g., network topology), and brings huge computation burdens with enlarging system scale. In this context, this paper adopts model-free reinforcement learning (RL) to solve the controller without prior knowledge of system models. However, because voltage violations occur not frequently in practice, the irregular occurrence brings sparse reward and biased-distribution experience issues in RL training. Hence, on top of the traditional actor–critic structure, we propose two improvements: 1) a compensator module is designed to cope with the sparse reward issue; 2) a scenario-classified experience replay method is proposed for RL training sampling, which can correct the experience distribution to improve training efficiency for a typical scenario with violated voltages. Numerical studies on a 33-bus network show that, the proposed method can smooth voltage fluctuations better, with negligible temperature impacts on demand-side users. 

KeywordDeep Reinforcement Learning Distributed Network District Cooling System Power Quality Improvement Renewable Energy Transient Stability Voltage Control
DOI10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124415
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Indexed ByESCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaEnergy & Fuels ; Engineering
WOS SubjectEnergy & Fuels ; Engineering, Chemical
WOS IDWOS:001322203000001
PublisherELSEVIER SCI LTD125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AS, ENGLAND
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85204448982
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionDEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
THE STATE KEY LABORATORY OF INTERNET OF THINGS FOR SMART CITY (UNIVERSITY OF MACAU)
Corresponding AuthorHongcai Zhang
Affiliation1.Engineering Research Center of Offshore Wind Technology Ministry of Education (Shanghai University of Electric Power), Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200090, China
2.State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau, Macao, China
3.Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Corresponding Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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Peipei Yu,Hongcai Zhang,Zechun Hu,et al. Voltage control of distribution grid with district cooling systems based on scenario-classified reinforcement learning[J]. Applied Energy, 2025, 377(Part B), 124415.
APA Peipei Yu., Hongcai Zhang., Zechun Hu., & Yonghua Song (2025). Voltage control of distribution grid with district cooling systems based on scenario-classified reinforcement learning. Applied Energy, 377(Part B), 124415.
MLA Peipei Yu,et al."Voltage control of distribution grid with district cooling systems based on scenario-classified reinforcement learning".Applied Energy 377.Part B(2025):124415.
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