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Environment-Friendly Power Scheduling Based on Deep Contextual Reinforcement Learning

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  • Awol Seid Ebrie

    (Major in Industrial Data Science and Engineering, Department of Industrial and Data Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea)

  • Chunhyun Paik

    (Department of Industrial Management and Big Data Engineering, Dongeui University, Busan 47340, Republic of Korea)

  • Yongjoo Chung

    (Department of Global Marketing, Busan University of Foreign Studies, Busan 46234, Republic of Korea)

  • Young Jin Kim

    (Department of Systems Management and Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea)

Abstract

A novel approach to power scheduling is introduced, focusing on minimizing both economic and environmental impacts. This method utilizes deep contextual reinforcement learning (RL) within an agent-based simulation environment. Each generating unit is treated as an independent, heterogeneous agent, and the scheduling dynamics are formulated as Markov decision processes (MDPs). The MDPs are then used to train a deep RL model to determine optimal power schedules. The performance of this approach is evaluated across various power systems, including both small-scale and large-scale systems with up to 100 units. The results demonstrate that the proposed method exhibits superior performance and scalability in handling power systems with a larger number of units.

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  • Awol Seid Ebrie & Chunhyun Paik & Yongjoo Chung & Young Jin Kim, 2023. "Environment-Friendly Power Scheduling Based on Deep Contextual Reinforcement Learning," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(16), pages 1-12, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:16:p:5920-:d:1214440
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