Energy Management Strategy for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Bus based on Improved Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient Algorithm with Prioritized Replay

Ruchen Huang, Hongwen He*, Xiangfei Meng, Yong Wang, Renzong Lian, Yuji Wei

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Abstract

Deep reinforcement learning-based energy management strategy (EMS) is a state-of-art technology for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). This paper proposes a novel EMS based on improved deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) algorithm with prioritized replay for a power-split plug-in hybrid electric bus (PHEB) to improve the fuel economy of PHEB as well as the learning efficiency of DDPG. Firstly, prioritized experience replay is incorporate into DDPG to use samples more efficiently. Secondly, a real-world speed profile collected from a fixed bus route rather than short-distance standard driving cycles is used to train the improved DDPG algorithm until it converges completely. The superiority of the proposed EMS in terms of learning efficiency and fuel economy is validated under another real-world speed profile which is different from the training dataset. Simulation results indicate that the proposed EMS improves fuel economy by 3.22% and learning efficiency is improved significantly compared with the DDPG-based EMS.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2021 - ProceedingS
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665405287
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event18th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2021 - Virtual, Gijon, Spain
Duration: 25 Oct 202128 Oct 2021

Publication series

Name2021 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2021 - ProceedingS

Conference

Conference18th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2021
Country/TerritorySpain
CityVirtual, Gijon
Period25/10/2128/10/21

Keywords

  • Deep deterministic policy gradient
  • Deep reinforcement learning
  • Energy management
  • Plug-in hybrid electric bus
  • Prioritized replay

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