Model predictive control on open water systems

Model predictive control on open water systems

Van Overloop, P.J.

Brouwer, R. (promotor)
Bosgra, O.H. (promotor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

2006-06-26

Human life depends on water daily, especially for drinking and food production. Also, human life needs to be protected against excess of water caused by heavy precipitation and floods. People have formed water management organizations to guarantee these necessities of life for communities. These organizations manage a water system within the community and manipulate the water flows in this system to fulfill the water related requirements. To do so, controllable structures, such as gates and pumps are used. The way these structures are controlled, depending on the requirements of the communities, is part of the research field of control on water systems, often referred to as operational water management. In the research "Model Predictive Control on Open Water Systems", the relatively new control methodology Model Predictive Control is configured for application of water quantity control on open water systems, especially on irrigation canals and large drainage systems. The methodology applies an internal model of the open water system, by which optimal control actions are calculated over a prediction horizon.

operational water management
model predictive control
real time control
automation
centralized control
open water systems
irrigation
drainage
hydro-dynamic modeling

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