Reference
S. Leirens, C. Zamora,
R. R. Negenborn,
and B. De Schutter, "Coordination in urban water supply networks using
distributed model predictive control,"
Proceedings of the 2010
American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 3957-3962,
June-July 2010.
Abstract
Urban water supply networks are large-scale systems that transport potable
water over vast geographical areas to millions of consumers. A safe and
efficient operation of these networks is crucial, as without it living in
today's cities would be impossible. To achieve an adequate operation, these
networks are equipped with actuators like pumps and valves, which are used to
maintain water pressures and flows within safe margins. Currently, these
actuators are controlled in a decentralized way using local controllers that
only use local information and that do not take into account the presence of
other controllers. As a result, water supply networks regularly experience
pressure drops and interruptions of water supply when there is an unexpected
increase in water demand. To improve performance the actions of the local
controllers should be coordinated. Implementing a centralized control scheme is
not tractable due to the large-scale nature of these networks. Therefore, this
paper proposes the application of a distributed control scheme for control of
urban water supply networks. The scheme is based on local model predictive
control (MPC) strategies and a parallel coordination scheme that implements
cooperation among the local MPC controllers. A simulation study based on a part
of the urban water supply network of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia,
illustrates the potential of the approach.
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@inproceedings{LeiZam:10-005,
author = {Leirens, Sylvain and Zamora, Catherin and Negenborn, Rudi R.
and De Schutter, Bart},
title = {Coordination in Urban Water Supply Networks Using Distributed
Model Predictive Control},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference},
address = {Baltimore, Maryland},
pages = {3957--3962},
month = jun # {--} # jul,
year = {2010}
}