Sistema inteligente para o controle de pressão De redes de distribuição de água abastecidas Por bombas associadas em paralelo

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Barros Filho, Emânuel Guerra de
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Brasil; Engenharia Mecânica; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Sistemas de bombeamento; Redes neurais artificiais; Eficiência energética e hidráulica; Pumping Systems; Artificial neural networks; Energy and hydraulic efficiency; ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA MECANICA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/8967

The objective of this research is to develop an intelligent system based on artificial neural networks for water distribution systems that operate with pumps associated in parallel. The system aims at process automation and the definition of operating state for electric motors (on, off or with partial rotation), aiming at the same time the pressure control and reduction of electric power consumption. The developed intelligent system is a generic one, which allows the application of control structure in similar processes, and it was applied in a fully instrumented test rig that emulates a real system of water supply. The results showed that the performance of the artificial neural network is quite satisfactory, and thus can be successfully implemented in other similar water distribution systems in order to reduce consumption of water and electric energy, decrease costs of maintenance, and increase the degree of reliability of operational procedures.