Most studies of open canal automation concentrated on the control of single canal pool or
cascaded multiple canal pools, neglecting the hydraulic coupling effects between the main …

Agricultural irrigation accounts for the largest proportion of freshwater use worldwide, and
canal automation potentially improves conveyance efficiency in irrigation canal systems. In …

Irrigation canals transport water from water sources (such as large rivers and lakes) to water
users (such as farmers). Irrigation canals are typically very large in nature, covering vast …

Abstract The Integrator Delay (ID) model is widely used for advanced controller design in
canal automation projects, assuming that all offtakes are aggregated into one at the most …

Automatic canal control is essential to improve water utilization efficiency in irrigation
districts. Water level error in the model used by the control algorithm significantly impacts …

This paper presents the application of a distributed model predictive controller (DMPC) to
the control of an accurate model of an actual irrigation canal in Spain. The canal is modeled …

Abstract Model Predictive Control (MPC) stands a real-time water level control method
employed in large-scale irrigation water canals. The efficacy of MPC relies, to a certain …

Most studies about the automatic control of open canal irrigation systems only focus on the
distant downstream water level, which ignores the fact that the offtakes may be located …

Model predictive control (MPC) is a popular control algorithm in the process control industry
that is particularly suited to the automatic control of irrigation water delivery systems because …

Irrigation canals are large-scale systems, consisting of many interacting components, and
spanning vast geographical areas. For safe and efficient operation of these canals …