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Design of a Tunnel Supervisory Controller using Synthesis-Based Engineering

Authors :
Moormann, Lars
Maessen, Patrick
Goorden, Martijn A.
van de Mortel-Fronczak, J.M.
Rooda, J.E.
Control Systems Technology
EIRES Eng. for Sustainable Energy Systems
Source :
ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, WTC2020 and 46th General Assembly, Proceedings, 573-578, STARTPAGE=573;ENDPAGE=578;TITLE=ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, WTC2020 and 46th General Assembly, Proceedings
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
ITA Library, 2020.

Abstract

Nowadays, each tunnel is equipped with a supervisory controller that ensures correct cooperation between the tunnel subsystems, such as lighting, ventilation, and emergency detection sensors. Practice has shown that traditional design methods require a lot of manual effort, which is error-prone, time consuming, and costly. Therefore, an alternative design method is explored. In this paper, three methods for designing a supervisory controller are discussed: traditional engineering, model-based engineering, and synthesis-based engineering. They are assessed based on three criteria, being the quality of the controller, the variability of the time-to-market, and the evolvability. The synthesis-based engineering method turns out to be the most appropriate design method. In a case study, a supervisory controller for a roadway tunnel in the Netherlands is designed using synthesis-based engineering and validated using simulation-based visualization. This case study shows that SBE is a suitable design method for designing a tunnel supervisory controller.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, WTC2020 and 46th General Assembly, Proceedings, 573-578, STARTPAGE=573;ENDPAGE=578;TITLE=ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, WTC2020 and 46th General Assembly, Proceedings
Accession number :
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