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Vol: 51(65) No: 2 / June 2006        

Fuzzy Control of Micro Hydro Power Plant
Dimitar Lakov
Department of Intelligent Computer Technologies, Institute of Computer and Communication Systems – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Bonchev street, Bl. 2, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria, phone: +3592 8737 601, e-mail: lakov@iccs.bas.bg
Stanislav Vasilev
Department of Intelligent Computer Technologies, Institute of Computer and Communication Systems – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Bonchev street, Bl. 2, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria, phone: +3592 8737 601, e-mail: stnani@abv.bg


Keywords: MHPP, control modes, intelligent fuzzy logic control, hybrid control system.

Abstract
The paper presents a fuzzy intelligent approach for control of Micro Hydro Power Plant MHPP. The main idea of fuzzy intelligent approach is to combine expert knowledge with advanced control using fuzzy logic model. The aim of Intelligent The paper presents a fuzzy intelligent approach for control of Micro Hydro Power Plant MHPP. The main idea of fuzzy intelligent approach is to combine expert knowledge with advanced control using fuzzy logic model. The aim of Intelligent Control of MHPP application is twofold: firstly, to show improving of human machine interactions by system learning from operator’s expertise and secondly, to express an advanced technique associated with plant initialization and functioning in specific working conditions: initial tuning of system parameters, emerging situations, programable energy power production, ets. Two basic tasks are realized by fuzzy control: launching energy power generation and automatic goal tracing in uncertain, ambiguous defined conditions. Real sysytem implementation is based on advanced Beckhoff TwinCAT software system.

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