Print Email Facebook Twitter Application of Feed Forward Controller on Delta-Mendota Canal Title Application of Feed Forward Controller on Delta-Mendota Canal Author Bruggers, M.R. Contributor Van Overloop, P.J.A.T.M. (mentor) Dijkstra, S. (mentor) Brouwer, R. (mentor) Burt, C.M. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Water Management Programme Water Resources Date 2004-12-09 Abstract The presence of water makes life possible on this planet. Our existence and our economical activities are very dependent on this resource. Proper management of the available water is therefore essential. This research is part of the operational level of quantitative water management, which concerns the daily operation of the water system infrastructure (sluices, gates, pumping stations, etc.). It is done in collaboration between the Delft University of Technology and the Irrigation Training and Research Center in San Luis Obispo, California. The research object is the southern part of the Delta-Mendota Canal (DMC) between the O’Neill Forebay and the Mendota Pool and flows through the western part of the San Joaquin Valley, California. These 75 km of the DMC are divided by nine check structures, creating eight reaches with an average length of 9.4 km. The canal was completed in 1951 and is mainly essential for irrigation supply. The upstream controlled structures consist of three parallel radial gates and two short crested weirs. At the downstream end of each reach an irrigation district has its turnouts located, to distribute water from the canal to the users. The controlled irrigation system cannot respond fast enough to large downstream water demands, resulting in water level deviations in the downstream reservoir. With a faster response, the size and duration of the water level deviations can be reduced. Several requirements apply: 1. the 'solution' has to be an additional component to the controller so that the robustness of the present control system is not affected; 2. only the measuring points upstream of each check structure may be used and 3. the communication frequency is limited to once every 5 minutes. One solution is found in a feed forward controller in combination with re-tuned constants. An alternative solution is formed by a temporary flow controller, but special attention is necessary when dealing with varying turnout flows. Subject feed forwardcontrolleractuatorfeed backDelta MendotaITRCoperational water controlwater controlwater management To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6b76a274-7eb8-4a64-83ea-b9a571087bdf Embargo date 2014-03-19 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2004 Bruggers, M.R. Files PDF Bruggers_2004.pdf 5.59 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6b76a274-7eb8-4a64-83ea-b9a571087bdf/datastream/OBJ/view