Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper proposes a Robust Model Predictive Control (RMPC) method for energy-efficient and reliable pump scheduling in Water Distribution Networks (WDNs), accounting for model uncertainties and demand forecast errors. Building on a previous robust control approach, this extended method uses a linear model with bounded disturbances and optimizes affine disturbance-based pump schedules over a receding horizon. The optimization complexity is reduced from ${\mathcal{O}}\left({{N^6}}\right)$ to ${\mathcal{O}}\left({{N^3}}\right)$ via a sparse reformulation. When applied to the Randers WDN in Denmark, the method surpasses traditional MPC variants in meeting constraints while maintaining comparable economic performance.
Institutions: Aalborg University, Imperial College London
Language: English
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7123346409
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