Control and safety monitoring systems for large scale irrigation networks

澳大利亚灌溉渠道的水损失很大，但通过采用先进的控制和监测系统，可以大幅减少损失，从而带来显著的环境效益。由于灌溉网络的规模很大，控制和监测系统的设计是技术挑战，目前还没有好的方法。在本项目中，我们将开发设计方法，特别是将重点放在与数据通过无线电网络传输而产生的通信限制相关的问题上，以及集中式和分散式设计中稳健性和性能之间的权衡。

The water losses in irrigation channels in Australia are large, but they can be substantially reduced by employing advanced control and monitoring systems, leading to significant environmental benefits. Due to the large size of the irrigation networks, design of control and monitoring systems represents technical challenges for which there are currently no good methodologies. In this project we will develop design methodologies, and in particular we will focus on issues relating to the communication constraints arising since data are transmitted over a radio network and the trade off between robustness and performance in centralised and decentralised designs.