Plug-and-Play Model Predictive Control for Water Supply Networks with Storage

This paper addresses cost optimal control of pumping stations in water distribution networks with elevated reservoirs. We consider a topology in which a single pumping station and a single elevated reservoir is present in the network. This configuration is often seen at smaller water utilities. Typically, advanced network models and staff with control experience are not available at such utilities, therefore we pursue a plug-and-play approach that identifies a reduced network model from measurements and use the obtained model in an economic model predictive control (economic MPC) scheme. (C) 2017, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.