A Reinforcement Learning Approach for Robust Restoration of Generators in Power System

In the past decades, cascading blackouts have caused serious damages to power systems and affected the normal operation of society, so it is crucial to quickly restore the damaged power system to normal state. In this paper, a reinforcement learning (RL) approach is developed to achieve the robust restoration of generators in power systems. Firstly, the performance recovery of damaged power system is modeled as markov decision process, and constraints such as line voltage and active power output of generators are considered. Secondly, a RL algorithm is proposed to search the optimal control strategy for generator units recovery. Based on the proposed restoration approach, Q-learning algorithm is employed to obtain the optimal strategy for power supply of generaors in power grids. Finally, numerical simulations are carried out on IEEE 9-bus system under different scenarios of external disturbances and certainties. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed approach.