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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Authors
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Horváth, Klaudia
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Rajaoarisoa, Lala
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Duviella, Eric
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Blesa Izquierdo, Joaquim
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Petreczky, Mihaly
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.
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