User experience with on-line predictive river flow regulation

Author

Foss, B. ; Haug, J.E. ; Alne, J. ; Aam, S.

Author_Institution

Sintef, Trondheim, Norway

Volume

4

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

8/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1089

Lastpage

1094

Abstract

A control strategy based on adaptive prediction and a receding horizon controller is used to regulate the river flow rate in Suldalslagen in the Ulla-Forre production system on the southwest coast of Norway. The adaptive prediction of the unregulated inflow uses precipitation data and flow-rate data for a stream in the catchment area. A recursive estimation algorithm is used to estimate the stationary gains of the parallel transfer function models, which have the catchment area data as input and the unregulated inflow as output. The system is implemented on an IBM-PC and has been in operation since the summer of 1986

Keywords

flow control; geophysics computing; hydroelectric power stations; rivers; IBM-PC; Norway; Suldalslagen; Ulla-Forre production system; catchment area data; flow-rate data; hydroelectric power stations; on-line predictive river flow regulation; parallel transfer function; precipitation data; receding horizon controller; recursive estimation algorithm; unregulated inflow; Active appearance model; Adaptive control; Automatic control; Control systems; Flow production systems; Fluid flow measurement; Human factors; Programmable control; Rivers; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.32603

Filename

32603