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Advances in PLC‐based irrigation canal automation
Author(s) -
Burt Charles M.,
Piao Xianshu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
irrigation and drainage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1531-0361
pISSN - 1531-0353
DOI - 10.1002/ird.106
Subject(s) - automation , upstream (networking) , irrigation , control (management) , computer science , office automation , downstream (manufacturing) , field (mathematics) , variety (cybernetics) , engineering , operations management , artificial intelligence , mathematics , mechanical engineering , operating system , telecommunications , ecology , pure mathematics , biology
A short history of canal automation is given. PLC‐based canal automation is relatively new. Advances in PLC‐based canal automation are listed. Also listed are some of the remaining challenges. Recent advances have been made in understanding unsteady flow simulation procedures, the form of the control algorithms used, the tuning procedures for these control algorithms, and the field programming of the algorithms into PLCs. The experiences of the Cal Poly Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC) in automating a variety of canals with upstream and downstream control are given. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.