PhD Thesis

Fault tolerant control in water networks

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Information

  • Started: 01/08/2011

Description

This thesis proposes a methodology to evaluate
the admissibility of actuator fault configurations (AFC) when
Linear Constrained Model Predictive Control (LCMPC) is
used. The methodology combines the use of structural and
feasability analysis. Structural analysis allows to evaluate the
loss of reachability after a fault occurrence. The results of the
structural analysis can be complemented with the feasibility
analysis of the MPC problem taking into account the effect
of actuator constraints after the fault occurrence. Additionally,
a degradation analysis of the system performance can also be
included. The proposed methodology is tested in the Barcelona
water network.

The work is under the scope of the following projects:

  • WATMAN: Analysis and Design of distributed optimal control strategies applied to large-scale WATer systems MANagement (web)