Elastic Planning Algorithms for Flexible Resource Management in Power Distribution Networks
摘要
As the advance of technology and recent decades’ power distribution networks become more sophisticated, resource management has to be flexible and cost effective. Existing strategy is based on the concepts such as static optimization and centralized framework that is not very efficient in responding to dynamic changes concerning demand, supply and the topology of the communication network. To meet these challenges, this paper develops a new Elastic Planning Algorithm (EPA) by using Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning (MADRL), which can achieve decentralized and dynamic resource allocation. The proposed approach focus on using cooperative learning among the agents to achieve the desirable performance criteria including energy loss, resource use and fault repair time in various networks. It is shown in the MATLAB/Simulink and OpenDSS based simulations that the proposed algorithm yields a 28% improvement in energy losses, 32% augmentation in the resource usage, and 20% better fault recovery time than the conventional techniques. Based on these findings, the EPA framework demonstrates the ability for reorganizing of the resource management in the power distribution networks for future energy systems’ robustness.