Residual Deep Reinforcement Learning for Inverter-based Volt-Var Control

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Auteurs principaux: Liu, Qiong, Guo, Ye, Deng, Lirong, Liu, Haotian, Li, Dongyu, Sun, Hongbin
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author Liu, Qiong
Guo, Ye
Deng, Lirong
Liu, Haotian
Li, Dongyu
Sun, Hongbin
author_facet Liu, Qiong
Guo, Ye
Deng, Lirong
Liu, Haotian
Li, Dongyu
Sun, Hongbin
contents A residual deep reinforcement learning (RDRL) approach is proposed by integrating DRL with model-based optimization for inverter-based volt-var control in active distribution networks when the accurate power flow model is unknown. RDRL learns a residual action with a reduced residual action space, based on the action of the model-based approach with an approximate model. RDRL inherits the control capability of the approximate-model-based optimization and enhances the policy optimization capability by residual policy learning. Additionally, it improves the approximation accuracy of the critic and reduces the search difficulties of the actor by reducing residual action space. To address the issues of "too small" or "too large" residual action space of RDRL and further improve the optimization performance, we extend RDRL to a boosting RDRL approach. It selects a much smaller residual action space and learns a residual policy by using the policy of RDRL as a base policy. Simulations demonstrate that RDRL and boosting RDRL improve the optimization performance considerably throughout the learning stage and verify their rationales point-by-point, including 1) inheriting the capability of the approximate model-based optimization, 2) residual policy learning, and 3) learning in a reduced action space.
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spellingShingle Residual Deep Reinforcement Learning for Inverter-based Volt-Var Control
Liu, Qiong
Guo, Ye
Deng, Lirong
Liu, Haotian
Li, Dongyu
Sun, Hongbin
Systems and Control
A residual deep reinforcement learning (RDRL) approach is proposed by integrating DRL with model-based optimization for inverter-based volt-var control in active distribution networks when the accurate power flow model is unknown. RDRL learns a residual action with a reduced residual action space, based on the action of the model-based approach with an approximate model. RDRL inherits the control capability of the approximate-model-based optimization and enhances the policy optimization capability by residual policy learning. Additionally, it improves the approximation accuracy of the critic and reduces the search difficulties of the actor by reducing residual action space. To address the issues of "too small" or "too large" residual action space of RDRL and further improve the optimization performance, we extend RDRL to a boosting RDRL approach. It selects a much smaller residual action space and learns a residual policy by using the policy of RDRL as a base policy. Simulations demonstrate that RDRL and boosting RDRL improve the optimization performance considerably throughout the learning stage and verify their rationales point-by-point, including 1) inheriting the capability of the approximate model-based optimization, 2) residual policy learning, and 3) learning in a reduced action space.
title Residual Deep Reinforcement Learning for Inverter-based Volt-Var Control
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06790