Managing Australia's water resources: Automated demand scheduling and supply control systems for large scale irrigation networks

Grant number: LP0989497 | Funding period: 2009 - 2015

Completed

Abstract

Irrigation water delivery losses in Australia are equal in volume to the total non-agricultural water consumption nationwide. In a drought-prone country where water is such a scarce resource, precise water management is critical. Through the intelligent development and application of technology to the supply and management of water flows in irrigation networks, this project will deliver increased flexibility and security in water delivery to farmers, and substantial water savings overall. These benefits will lead directly to increased productivity and growth in the rural sector and wider economy, whilst providing improved environmental and catchment flows of benefit to all Australians.

Related publications (7)

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Decentralized string-stability analysis for heterogeneous cascades subject to load-matching requirements

Laven Soltanian, Michael Cantoni

2015-10-01

A heterogeneous cascade of stable linear time-invariant subsystems is studied in terms of the spatial and temporal propagation of ..

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Water-level reference planning for automated irrigation channels via robust MPC

A NESHASTEHRIZ, M Cantoni, I Shames

2014-01-01

In a water-level reference planning problem for automated irrigation channels, the object is to steer the system along trajectorie..

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Achieving String Stability in Irrigation Channels Under Distributed Distant-Downstream Control

Laven Soltanian, Michael Cantoni

2013-01-01

A new distributed distant-downstream controller for irrigation channels is studied. The controller ensures upstream propagation of..

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Computation Time Analysis of a Distributed Optimization Algorithm Applied to Automated Irrigation Networks

Alireza Farhadi, Michael Cantoni, Peter M Dower

2013-01-01

This paper considers the computation time of two algorithms for solving a structured constrained linear optimal control problem wi..

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Computation Time Analysis of Centralized and Distributed Optimization Algorithms Applied to Automated Irrigation Networks

Alireza Farhadi, Peter M Dower, Michael Cantoni

2013-01-01

This paper compares the computation time of two algorithms for solving a structured constrained linear optimal control problem wit..

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Decomposition of a Fixed-Profile Load Scheduling Method for Large-Scale Irrigation Channels

Yuping Li, Julien Alende, Michael Cantoni, Bart De Schutter

2010-01-01

The problem of fixed-profile load scheduling is considered for large-scale irrigation channels. Based on the analysis of the speci..

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A {0,1} linear program for fixed-profile load scheduling and demand management in automated irrigation channels

J Alende, Y Li, M Cantoni

2009-12-01

A {0,1} linear program is proposed for scheduling fixed-profile requests to load a dynamical system. The problem involves organizi..