Modeling and Control of Hydrosystems / Edition 1

by Xavier Litrico, Vincent Fromion

Overview

Open-channel hydraulics are described by hyperbolic equations, derived from laws of conservation of mass and momentum, called Saint-Venant equations. In conjunction with hydraulic structure equations these are used to represent the dynamic behavior of water flowing in rivers, irrigation canals, and sewers.

Building on a detailed analysis of open-channel flow modeling, this monograph constructs control design methodologies based on a frequency domain approach. In practice, many open-channel systems are controlled with classical input–output controllers that are usually poorly tuned. The approach of this book, fashioning pragmatic engineering solutions for the control of open channels is given rigorous mathematical justification. Once the control objectives are clarified, a generic control design method is proposed, first for a canal pool, and then for a whole canal. The methods developed in the book have been validated on several canals of various dimensions up to a large scale irrigation canal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848826236
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	10/16/2009
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	409
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Xavier Litrico is IGREF researcher at Cemagref, a public research center for environmental and agricultural applied research, and Vincent Fromion is "directeur de recherches" at INRA, a public research center for agricultural research. Both authors have been collaborating on this subject for several years. Xavier Litrico holds a Ph.D. in Water Sciences and an HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) in Automatic Control Engineering, and Vincent Fromion holds a Ph.D. and an HDR in Automatic Control Engineering. They have co-authored 10 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals (both in automatic control and open channel hydraulics) and 15 papers in international conferences on this area of research.

Table of Contents

Modeling of Open Channel Flow.- Modeling of Open Channel Flow.- Frequency Domain Analysis of Open Channel Flow.- Finite Dimensional Models of Open Channel Flow.- A Simplified Model of Open Channel Flow.- Control of a Canal Pool.- Control of a Canal Pool with Hydraulic Structures.- Classical Control Policies for a Canal Pool.- Mixed Control of a Canal Pool.- Open-loop Control of a Canal Pool.- Control of a Multiple-pool Canal.- Decentralized Control of a Multiple-pool Canal.- Experimental Results on a Small-scale Canal.- Modeling and Control of Regulated Rivers.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“The focus of this book is on the management of hydrosystems, particularly on surface water flows. … The book is intended for automatic control researchers or engineers and environmental hydraulics researchers.” (IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 30, October, 2010)

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