Modelling and Control of Water Supply Systems

Abstract A dynamical mathematical model of a water supply plant based on lumped parameters is described. A concept of its control system is proposed that ensures output pressure stabilisation under conditions of variable water consumption and variable water recourses. The control system consists of inner control loops which control the flow of each pump station and of a superimposed control loop that controls the output pressure of the water supply plant. The pressure controller calculates the cumulative reference value of the water flow for all controlled pumps and from this value an algorithm for the flow distribution calculates the reference flow for each inner loop, taking into account the level of water accumulation in each water well. Control performances of output pressure obtained by a conventional PI controller and a fuzzy logic based controller are compared.