On the Comparison of Predictive Control and Command Governor Approaches for Operational Management of Drinking Water Networks: A Case Study

Abstract

This paper evaluates the application of command governor (CG) strategy for the operational control of drinking water networks (DWN) given their large-scale and complex nature, the permanent and relevant effect of the disturbances (water demands) and their marginal stability feature. Moreover, the performance improvement offered by CG is compared with the application of model predictive control for the same management purposes and in the same context. The paper also discusses the effectiveness of both strategies and highlights the advantages of each approach. The Barcelona DWN is considered as case study for the undertaken assessment analysis.

Centralized and Distributed Command Governor Approaches for Water Supply Systems Management

“…Moreover, in many cases it is possible to provide optimal setpoints only to existing regulatory controllers, which is the task performed by CG strategies [10]. In [11], a preliminary centralised CG solution (CCG) for the optimal management of DWSS has been proposed and compared with a centralised MPC scheme. Centralised solutions require to have a global dynamical model of the DWSS.…”

A distributed command governor strategy for the operational control of drinking water networks

“…In [10], a centralized CG solution for the operational control of DWNs has been proposed and compared with a centralized MPC scheme. Centralized solutions require a global dynamical model of the system for control design.…”