Real time adaptive closed loop control of reservoirs with the High Aswan dam as a case study

Journal Article · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Water Resour. Res.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/WR019i001p00033· OSTI ID:5495955

Bras, R L; Buchanan, R; Curry, K C

An algorithm is presented to introduce real time streamflow forecasts in reservoir operation. The adaptive control technique can handle situations where stream flow transition probabilities and system objectives are continuously updated and changing over finite transient periods before achieving steady state conditions. As a case study, streamflow forecasting and adaptive control are used in the High Aswan Dam, Egypt, to minimize losses due to irrigation deficits, power production deficits, and flood damages. Results are extensively compared to those obtained using a traditional steady state stochastic dynamic programming approach and those obtained using the heuristic operational policy of High Aswan Dam.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge
• OSTI ID: 5495955
• Journal Information: Water Resour. Res.; (United States), Vol. 19:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

13 HYDRO ENERGY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DAMS
CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL
ALGORITHMS
EGYPTIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
FORECASTING
IRRIGATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
POWER GENERATION
TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS
WATER RESERVOIRS
AFRICA
CONTROL
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EQUIPMENT
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MATHEMATICS
SURFACE WATERS
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