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Improved Pump Setpoint Selection Using a Calibrated Hydraulic Model of a High-Pressure Irrigation System
Y Wang, Q Zhao, W Wu, A Willis, AR Simpson, E Weyer
IFAC-PapersOnLine | Elsevier | Published : 2022
Abstract
This paper presents a case study of the operational management of the Robinvale high-pressure piped irrigation water delivery system (RVHPS) in Australia. Based on datasets available, improved pump setpoint selection using a calibrated hydraulic model is investigated. The first step was to implement pre-processing of measured flow and pressure data to identify errors in the data and possible faulty sensors. An EPANET hydraulic simulation model was updated with calibrated pipe roughness height values by using the processed pressure and flow data. Then, new pump setpoints were selected using the calibrated model given the actual measured demands such that the pressures in the network were mini..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the LMW for providing operational and design data of the RVHPS, and also thank the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), the University of Melbourne for funding through the 2020 interdisciplinary grant program. Ye Wang and Wenyan Wu acknowledge support from the Australian Research Council via the Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DE220100609 and DE210100117), respectively.