November 2024
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SN Computer Science
Demand Response (DR) has become a key strategy for enhancing energy system sustainability and reducing costs. Deep Learning (DL) has emerged as crucial for managing DR's complexity and large data volumes, enabling near real-time decision-making. DL techniques can effectively tackle challenges such as selecting responsive users, understanding consumption behaviours, optimizing pricing, monitoring and controlling devices, engaging more consumers in DR schemes, and determining fair remuneration for participants. This research work presents an integrated architecture for smart grid energy management, combining a Deep Attention-Enhanced Sequence-to-Sequence Model (AES2S) with Energy-Aware Optimized Reinforcement Learning (EAORL). The objective is to design a system that performs non-intrusive load monitoring and optimizes demand response to enhance energy efficiency while maintaining user comfort. The AES2S module accurately performs appliance state identification and load disaggregation using convolutional layers, Enhanced Sequence-to-Sequence Model networks, and an attention mechanism. The EAORL module employs a multi-agent system, where each agent uses a Deep Q-Learning Network to learn optimal policies for adjusting energy consumption in response to grid conditions and user demand. The system uses an Iterative Policy Update mechanism, where agents update their policies sequentially, ensuring stable and effective learning. The integration ensures seamless data flow, with AES2S outputs enhancing EAORL state representations. Validated in a simulated smart grid environment, the architecture dynamically adjusts energy consumption, demonstrating significant improvements in energy efficiency, cost reduction, and user comfort. Evaluation metrics confirm the system's effectiveness, making AES2S-EAORL a robust solution for smart grid energy management and demand response optimization.