Journal of System Simulation ›› 2026, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (8): 2152-2166.doi: 10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.26-0057

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Energy Management Method for Integrated Energy Driven by Users’ Social Attributes

Zhu Yankai1,2, Huang Yujing1,2, Wang Qinghua2, Zhang Xiaoning2, Fang Fang1, Niu Yuguang1,2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
    2.Huairou Laboratory, Beijing 101400, China
  • Received:2026-01-19 Revised:2026-05-26 Online:2026-08-28 Published:2026-08-31
  • Contact: Huang Yujing

Abstract:

To explore a new interaction mechanism between an energy service provider (ESP) and multiple users, this paper proposes a complex modeling and energy management method for integrated energy systems driven by users' social attributes. A multi-agent interaction framework comprising an ESP and user clusters is established. To maximize the ESP's operational benefit and minimize users' energy costs, a leader-follower game-based energy management model is established within a reinforcement learning framework, and a distributed collaborative solution algorithm combining Q-learning and quadratic programming is proposed. Simulation results show that, compared with the traditional integrated demand response method, consideration of users' social attributes increases the ESP's operational benefit by 10.79%, reduces the total operating costs of user clusters I and II by 6.98% and 0.36%, respectively, and decreases system carbon emissions by 5.05%. The algorithm also achieves a good balance between convergence accuracy and computational efficiency.

Key words: integrated energy system, energy service provider, user, energy management, social attribute

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