Fuzzy and PD controller based intelligent control of spillway gates of dams

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Baǧiş, Aytekin

Affiliations: Department of Electronic Engineering, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey. Tel.: +352 437 49 37 32255; Fax: +352 437 57 84; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: In this paper a new and efficient control method based on the integration of classical proportional-derivative controller and a fuzzy logic controller proposed for real-time operation of spillway gates of a reservoir during any flood of any magnitude up to the probable maximum flood. In order to demonstrate the high performance of the proposed method, we simulate the control system using different probable overflow hydrographs. The results of the proposed control method are compared with the results of the conventional control methods. The results obtained from the simulations indicate that the proposed method exhibits high performance over the conventional reservoir flood operation with much more desirable results.

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 25-36, 2003