Publication

Improving water management efficiency by using optimal control strategies: the Barcelona case study

Conference Article

Conference

IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation (ICA)

Edition

10th

Pages

1-9

Doc link

http://www.iwa-ica2009.org/

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Abstract

This paper describes preliminary results of applying model-based predictive control (MPC) techniques for flow management in a large-scale drinking water networks including a telemetry/telecontrol system. MPC technique is used to generate flow control strategies from the sources to the consumer areas to meet future demands with appropriate pressure levels, optimizing performance indexes associated to operational goals such as network safety volumes and flow control stability. The designed management strategies are applied over real case study based on a representative model of the drinking water network of Barcelona (Spain).

Categories

control theory, linear quadratic control, optimisation, predictive control, suboptimal control.

Author keywords

optimal control, predictive control, large-scale systems, drinking water systems

Scientific reference

V. Puig, C. Ocampo-Martínez, G. Cembrano, R. Creus and M. Minoves. Improving water management efficiency by using optimal control strategies: the Barcelona case study, 10th IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 2009, Cairns, Australia, pp. 1-9, IWA.