15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
  Barcelona, 21–26 July 2002 
GLOBAL CONTROL OF THE BARCELONA SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR ENVIORNMENT PROTECTION
G. Cembrano°, J. Figueras°*, J. Quevedo*, V. Puig*, M. Salamero#, J. Martí#
° Instituto de Robótica e Informática Industrial (UPC-CSIC)
Parc Tecnológic de Barcelona, Edifici U
Llorens i Artigas 4-6, Planta 2 - 08028 Barcelona
gcembrano@iri.upc.es
* Dept. Enginyeria de Sistemes, Automàtica i Informàtica Industrial
Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña - Campus de Terrassa
Rambla Sant Nebridi, 10 - 08222 Terrassa
# Clavegueram de Barcelona S.A.
Acer, 16 - 08038 Barcelona

This paper deals with the use of optimal control techniques in the Barcelona urban drainage system, wich includes flow-diversion gates, detention tanks and a telemetry-telecontrol system. Optimal control is used to provide control strategies reducing the events of flooding and polluting discharges to the environment. The influence of rain prediction on the optimal control results analysed in this paper.
Keywords: Real-time control, Urban drainage, Predictive control, Optimal control, Environment protection
Session slot T-Mo-M13: Modelling and Control of Waste Water Treatment Plant/Area code 4d : Modelling and Control of Environmental Systems