Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP160100666

Funded Activity Summary

Automatic control systems for low-energy pipelines in irrigation networks. Automatic control systems for low-energy pipelines in irrigation networks. This project aims to design automated pipelines to distribute irrigation water from backbone open-channels to end-users. Automation can make irrigation networks more efficient, which is important for food security and the environment. Automation is expected to achieve low-energy distribution, in line with the gravity-powered operation of typical open-channel networks. The main challenges are the development of suitable models for designing outlet-flow control systems, optimization-based outlet-flow scheduling methods for ensuring operation within hydraulic constraints, and system monitoring techniques. This project will design automatic control systems to enable low-energy water distribution from open-channels to end-users by pipes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-12-2016

End Date: 01-07-2021

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $470,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Calculus of Variations, Systems Theory and Control Theory | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Signal Processing | Control Systems, Robotics and Automation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Water Services and Utilities |

Other Keywords

Calculus of Variations, Systems Theory and Control Theory | Control Systems, Robotics and Automation | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Signal Processing | Water Services and Utilities

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