Constrained Predictive Control of an Irrigation Canal
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 139, Issue 10
Abstract
This paper presents the application of a distributed model predictive controller (DMPC) to the control of an accurate model of an actual irrigation canal in Spain. The canal is modeled using the Saint-Venant equations and implemented using the well-known Simulation of Irrigation Canals (SIC) modeling software for irrigation canals. The DMPC algorithm has been implemented in Matlab and interfaced to SIC. In the distributed-control algorithms, the local controllers exchange information so that their control policies are optimal in the sense of getting the best value of a performance index. The results show that the proposed distributed-control algorithm obtains better control performance than a more-conventional decentralized control scheme without information exchange. This better performance translates directly into money and resource savings.
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 139 • Issue 10 • October 2013
Pages: 841 - 854
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Sep 20, 2012
Accepted: Apr 1, 2013
Published online: Apr 3, 2013
Discussion open until: Sep 3, 2013
Published in print: Oct 1, 2013
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