Optimal predictive control of water transport systems: Arrêt-Darré/Arros case study

Vicenc Puig (1) , Juli Romera (1) , Joseba Quevedo (1) , Claudia Cardona (2) , Antonio Salterain (2) , Eduardo Ayesa (2) , Ion Irizar (2) , Alain Castro (2) , Mathias Lujan (3) , Philippe Charbonnaud (3) , Pascale Chiron (3) , Jean-Luc Trouvat (4)

1 ESAII - Departament d'Enginyeria de Sistemes, Automàtica i Informàtica Industriall [Barcelona]
2 Universidad de Navarra - (Pamplona - Spain)
3 LGP - Laboratoire Génie de Production
4 CACG - Compagnie d'aménagement des côteaux de Gascogne

This paper proposes the use of predictive optimal control as a suitable methodology to manage efficiently transport water networks. The predictive optimal controller is implemented using MPC control techniques. The Arrêt-Darré/Arros dam-river system located in the Southwest region of France is proposed as case study. A high-fidelity dynamic simulator based on the full Saint-Venant equations and able to reproduce this system is developed in MATLAB/SIMULINK to validate the performance of the developed predictive optimal control system. The control objective in the Arrêt-Darré/Arros dam-river system is to guarantee an ecological flow rate at a control point downstream of the Arrêt-Darré dam by controlling the outflow of this dam in spite of the unmeasured disturbances introduced by rainfalls incomings and farmer withdrawals.

Mots clés: Decision support; Optimal control; Predictive control; Water systems

Domaines: Optimisation et contrôle [math.OC]

Vicenc Puig, Juli Romera, Joseba Quevedo, Claudia Cardona, Antonio Salterain, et al.. Optimal predictive control of water transport systems: Arrêt-Darré/Arros case study. Water Science and Technology, 2009, vol. 60, pp. 2125-2133. ⟨10.2166/wst.2009.525⟩. ⟨hal-00854454⟩