Title :
Distributed Model Predictive Control techniques applied to an irrigation canal
Author :
Alvarez, Alfredo ; Ridao, M.A. ; Ramirez, D.R. ; Sanchez, L.
Author_Institution :
Syst. & Autom. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents the application of a Distributed Model Predictive Controller (DMPC) to the control of an accurate model of an irrigation canal in Spain. The canal is modelled using the Saint-Venant equations and its model is implemented by using the well known modelling software for irrigation canals SIC. 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 that they minimize 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.
Keywords :
canals; control engineering computing; distributed control; geotechnical engineering; predictive control; structural engineering computing; DMPC algorithm; Matlab; SIC software; Saint-Venant equations; Spain; control performance; control policies; decentralized control scheme; distributed control algorithms; distributed model predictive control techniques; information exchange; irrigation canal; performance index; Decentralized control; Equations; Irrigation; Logic gates; Mathematical model; Predictive models; Silicon carbide;
Conference_Titel :
Control Conference (ECC), 2013 European
Conference_Location :
Zurich