Design, optimization, and deployment of a waterworks pumping station control system
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A Modeling and Simulation Method for Preliminary Design of an Electro-Variable Displacement Pump
Published on: June 1, 2022
Dariusz Borkowski1, Andrzej Wetula, Andrzej Bień
1AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Measurement and Instrumentation, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland. borkows@agh.edu.pl
Abstract:
This article presents a summary of the development and realization of a custom control and monitoring system for a water supply facility consisting of fixed-capacity intake pumps, a reservoir tank, and variable-speed outtake pumps. Project realization included the design and building of control hardware, as well as the design and deployment of the intake pump switching algorithm. Details of the control system design with an emphasis on the pump switching algorithm are given. The stages of the system development, including process modeling, design goal formulation, optimization of control algorithm using genetic algorithms, simulation, and implementation, are presented. Finally, deployment and real-life results are shown.
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