Modeling and control in open-channel irrigation systems: A review

G Conde, N Quijano, C Ocampo-Martinez - Annual Reviews in Control, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is the most important element of food production, and the easiest and most cost-
efficient way to transport it is through open-channel irrigation systems (OCIS). These types of …

Modeling and control of fuel cell/supercapacitor hybrid source based on differential flatness control

P Thounthong, S Pierfederici, JP Martin… - IEEE Transactions …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) with energy storage (ES) device (s) could result in improved
lifetime, performance, fuel economy, and reduced cost. This paper presents the utilization of …

[PDF][PDF] On solving covering problems

O Coudert - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Design Automation …, 1996 - dl.acm.org
The set covering problem and the minimum cost assignment problem (respectively known
as unate and binate covering problem) arise throughout the logic synthesis ow. This paper …

Performance investigation of linear and nonlinear controls for a fuel cell/supercapacitor hybrid power plant

P Thounthong, P Tricoli, B Davat - … Journal of Electrical Power & Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, linear proportional–integral (PI) and nonlinear flatness-based controllers for dc
link stabilization for fuel cell/supercapacitor hybrid power plants are compared. For high …

Model based-energy control of a solar power plant with a supercapacitor for grid-independent applications

P Thounthong - IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a design for a renewable-energy hybrid power plant that is fed by a
photovoltaic (PV) source with a supercapacitor (SC) storage device and is suitable for …

A new control law based on the differential flatness principle for multiphase interleaved DC–DC converter

P Thounthong, S Pierfederici - IEEE Transactions on Circuits …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents an innovative control law for a distributed dc generation supplied by a dc
power source, here, a fuel cell (FC) generator. Basically, an FC is always connected with a …

Analysis of differential flatness-based control for a fuel cell hybrid power source

P Thounthong, S Pierfederici… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an innovative control law for distributed dc generation supplied by a fuel
cell (FC)(main source) and supercapacitor (auxiliary source). This kind of system is a …

A novel non-linear model-based control strategy to improve PEMFC water management–The flatness-based approach

C Damour, M Benne, B Grondin-Perez… - international journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the area of PEMFC, water management and thus membrane humidity still remains one of
the most challenging issues affecting PEMFC efficiency and lifetime. In this investigation, an …

Distributed linear-quadratic control of serially chained systems: application to a water delivery canal [applications of control]

JM Lemos, LF Pinto - IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Networks are prevalent in many human activities such as communication, transport, energy,
and water delivery and drainage. Large networks that spread over wide-space areas cross …

Delivery-oriented hierarchical predictive control of an irrigation canal: Event-driven versus time-driven approaches

A Sadowska, B De Schutter… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present the concept of a hierarchical predictive controller used for irrigation
canals. The motivation behind this paper is the need in the field of irrigation to deliver water …