Publication

Enhancing inland navigation by model predictive control of water levels: The Cuinchy-Fontinettes case

Book Chapter (2015)

Book Title

Transport of Water versus Transport over Water

Publisher

Springer

Pages

211-234

Volume

58

Number

2015

Serie

Operations Research/ Computer Science Interfaces Series

Doc link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16133-4_12

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Abstract

Navigation canals are used for transport purposes. In order to allow safe navigation the water level should be kept in a certain range around the Normal Navigation Level (NNL). The water level is disturbed by known and unknown inputs, like tributaries, municipal water flows, rain, etc. Some of these inputs can be used to control the water level. If the geometry requires it, canal reaches are connected by locks. The operation of these locks sometimes can disturb the water level, if the difference between the upstream and downstream water level is large. The objective is to minimize the disturbances caused by these lock operations on the water level in order to maintain the NNL. In this work the global management of the canal reach is discussed and an option to maintain the NNL by active control is introduced. Some inputs to the system, such as other confluences or gates on the side of the locks, can be controlled automatically to react to the disturbances caused by the lock operations using model predictive control to maintain the desired water level.

Categories

transport control.

Author keywords

inland navigation, model predictive control, normal navigation level

Scientific reference

K. Horváth, L. Rajaoarisoa, E. Duviella, J. Blesa and M. Petreczky. Enhancing inland navigation by model predictive control of water levels: The Cuinchy-Fontinettes case. In Transport of Water versus Transport over Water, 211-234. Springer, 2015.