Kristian D. Kvam
University College of Southeast Norway, Porsgrunn, Norway
Beathe Furenes
Skagerak Kraft, Porsgrunn, Norway
Åsmund Hasaa
Skagerak Kraft, Porsgrunn, Norway
Alexander Z. Gjerseth
University College of Southeast Norway, Porsgrunn, Norway
Nils-Olav Skeie
University College of Southeast Norway, Porsgrunn, Norway
Bernt Lie
University College of Southeast Norway, Porsgrunn, Norway
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp17138360Published in: Proceedings of the 58th Conference on Simulation and Modelling (SIMS 58) Reykjavik, Iceland, September 25th – 27th, 2017
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 138:48, p. 360-367
Published: 2017-09-27
ISBN: 978-91-7685-417-4
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
In 2013, Skagerak Kraft AS started a project to automate
control of the floodgates in cooperation with the
University College of Southeast Norway, Porsgrunn
(USN). A prototype of a system was installed in June
2014 using an MPC control algorithm due to the hard
and soft concession constraints. However, the model of
the system was found to give a poor description of
severe floods during a major flood in September 2015.
This article details some adjustments done to the
original model of the system. The paper also describes
the introduction of a database to handle information for
the system, and some uses of such a database.
The updated model shows improvement in floodhandling
but other parts of the system model need to be
reviewed. The database was successfully integrated in
testing, it is to be added to the live server at a later stage.
flood management, hydropower plant,
MATLAB, MPC, SQL database, simulation.
