Feedback control of water quality

Author

Polycarpou, Marios M. ; Uber, James G. ; Wang, Zhong ; Shang, Feng ; Brdys, Mietek

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

Volume

22

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

87

Abstract

Drinking water distribution networks (DWDN) are complex, large-scale systems designed to supply clean water to industrial and domestic users. To reduce the risk of human exposure to pathogens, drinking water is required to contain a small disinfectant residual. The most common disinfectant used in DWDN is chlorine because it is inexpensive and effectively controls a number of disease-causing organisms. The article formulates the water quality control problem and proposes a design approach based on parameter estimation and adaptive control techniques

Keywords

adaptive control; chemical variables control; chlorine; control system synthesis; feedback; large-scale systems; parameter estimation; quality control; water supply; Cl₂; DWDN; H₂O; QC; chlorine; complex large-scale systems; disinfectant residual; drinking water distribution networks; feedback control; water quality control; Adaptive control; Beverage industry; Electrical equipment industry; Feedback control; Humans; Large-scale systems; Organisms; Parameter estimation; Pathogens; Quality control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Control Systems, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1066-033X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCS.2002.1004013

Filename

1004013