Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

ISSN 2196-5625 CN 32-1884/TK

Optimal Joint Operation Method of Integrated Electricity and Heating Systems Based on Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Method
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1Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd., Hefei, China;2School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;3National Frontiers Science Center for Industrial Intelligence and Systems Optimization, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China;4School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;5Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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This work was partially supported by JC STEM Lab of Future Energy Systems (No. 2025-0039), Global STEM Professorship (No. GSP313), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2024M750373), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 62503103).

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    Conventional joint operation of integrated electricity and heating systems faces severe challenges, including non-convex models and computation complexity. Additionally, there are adverse impacts from the uncertainties of renewable distributed generators, as well as electrical and thermal loads. This paper proposes an optimal joint operation method of integrated electricity and heating systems based on multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method. Firstly, a new hydraulic-thermal flow algorithm that is compatible with DRL training environment is developed. Then, a stochastic distributed optimization model is formulated with multiple agents to minimize network power losses while avoiding operation constraint violations under the spatial and temporal uncertainties. Last, a multi-agent deep deterministic policy gradient is adopted combined with offline neural network training via exploration in a virtual environment and online optimization of joint operation. A numerical case study indicates the effectiveness of the proposed method and solution robustness against spatial and temporal uncertainties.

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  • Received:March 30,2025
  • Revised:June 07,2025
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  • Online: March 30,2026
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