Resilience-oriented coordination of networked microgrids: a shapley Q-value learning approach
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
High-impact and low-probability extreme events have occurred more frequently than before because of rapid climate change, which can seriously damage distribution systems. However, conventional distribution management can be dysfunctional after an event, destroying its centralized supervision towards resilience enhancement. In this context, networked microgrids (NMGs) with distributed energy resources provide a viable solution for the resilience enhancement of distribution systems. Existing literature tends to employ model-based optimization approaches for resilient operations of NMGs, which require complete system models and can be time-consuming. To address these challenges, this article suggests a decentralized framework for resilience-oriented coordination of NMGs and proposes a novel multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) method to solve it. Specifically, the proposed MARL method develops an efficient credit assignment scheme for NMGs to learn their contributions to the distribution system resilience via the Shapley Q-value technique with more efficient resilience enhancement. Case studies based on two modified IEEE 15- and 69-bus distribution networks are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed MARL method in enabling effective coordination among NMGs and providing a high resilience level.
Date Issued
2024-03
Date Acceptance
2023-05-10
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2024, 39 (2), pp.3401-3416
ISSN
0885-8950
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
3401
End Page
3416
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Volume
39
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2023 IEEE. This is the author’s accepted manuscript made available under a CC-BY licence
License URL
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tpwrs.2023.3276827
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-05-16