Journal article
System identification and control of the broken river
M Foo, SK Ooi, E Weyer
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology | Published : 2014
Abstract
In this paper, control system designs are proposed for the Broken River in Victoria, Australia. The aim of the control system is to improve water resource management and operation for the benefit of irrigators and the environment. Both centralized and decentralized control schemes are considered. The decentralized scheme consists of a number of PI and I controllers, while the centralized scheme is a model predictive controller. The controllers are designed based on simple models obtained using system identification methods. In a realistic simulation scenario, the control systems compared very favorably with current manual operation offering increased operational flexibility with a significan..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Farms Rivers and Markets Project, an initiative of Uniwater, the National Water Commission, the Victorian Water Trust, the Dookie Farms 2000 Trust (Tallis Trust) and the University of Melbourne, the Departments of Sustainability and Environment and Primary Industry, the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority and Goulburn-Murray Water, and the National ICT Australia (NICTA). NICTA is funded by the Australian Government as represented by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Australian Research Council through the ICT Centre of Excellence program. Recommended by Associate Editor T. Parisini.