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An Optimal Fuzzy Approach to Automated Reservoir Management

Authors:Cavallo Alberto, Second University of Napoli, Italy
Di Nardo Armando, Second University of Napoli, Italy
Di Natale Michele, Second University of Napoli, Italy
Natale Ciro, Second University of Napoli, Italy
Topic:8.3 Modelling & Control of Environmental Systems
Session:Modeling and Control of Environmental Systems
Keywords: Management Systems, Fuzzy System, Hybrid model, GeneticAlgorithms, PID Fuzzy Controllers

Abstract

The paper addresses automated management policy for anartificial reservoir (dam). Two problems are faced: the control of the dam gate, that is a typical controlproblem, and the definition of the water flow to supply to theuser, that is a decision problem. A mathematicalmodel of the reservoir is deduced, and a PID controller with fuzzygains is designed to operate the dam gate. Ahybrid model of the reservoir is obtained inStateflow/Simulink, and a second fuzzy decision mechanism isimplemented to produce different water releasestrategies. A new cost functional is proposed, able to weightuser's desiderata (in terms of water demand) with water waste (interms of water demand) with water waste (interms of water spills). The parameters of the fuzzy system areoptimized by Genetic Algorithms, veryeffective due to the strong nonlinearity of the problem.