Klaudia Horváth
Dr. Klaudia Horváth is an expert in the field real-time control of water systems. She has more than 10 years of research background on application of model predictive control on irrigation canals, lakes, waterways. She is currently working on operational flood forecasting systems in combination with real-time control operations, such as hydropower systems. She also worked on scenario studies of water distribution based on optimization. Her expertise is analyzing water systems and provide solutions about real-time control and flood forecasting using RTC-Tools and Delft-FEWS software.
Working experience
| 2015-present | Deltares | Medior advisor/researcher Operational Water Management |
| 2014-2015 | Incas3 | Modeller for drinking water systems |
| 2013-2014 | Higher School of Engineering and a Research Centre from the French Ministry of Industry, Douai | Reseracher on model predictive control of navigation channels |
| 2010-2013 | Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona | PhD position, Dissertation: Model predictive control of resonance sensitive irrigation canals |
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JIP Slim Malen - Smart drainage of Dutch lowland
The Netherlands, 2016-2018
Positions held: researcher
Main project features: It is possible to save 60% of the pumping costs with smarter water management.
Activities performed: The component of hydraulic structures for RTC-Tools optimization software have been developed with colleagues. Pilot project for Waterboard Rivierenland is developed: an optimzation model in RTC-Tools is created and connected to a FEWS system. Year 2015 was calculated with the optimized pump control and without and results were compared
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RTC-Tools simulation model for reservoir management
United States, 2016-2018
Positions held: researcher
Main project features: Implementing a simulation model built by RTC-Tools in Linux based FEWS system for National Weather Service.
Activities performed: The code for a simulation model for Mud Mountain reservoir was written. The simulation capabilities of RTC-Tools have been extended.
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Efficient on the fly probabilistic verification
The Netherlands, 2019
Positions held: researcher
Main project features: Use ensemble forecast to calculate advice over controlling sluice gates.
Activities performed: Ensemble model predictive control is implemented on Lake Volkerak using RTC-Tools. The water level has to be kept between certain bounds while making decisions on when to release water to the sea through a gate. For the sea water level forecast a ten-member ensemble was used.
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Convex modeling of pumps in order to optimize their energy use
K. Horváth B. P.M. van Esch, D. Vreeken, I. Pothof and J. Baayen . Convex modeling of pumps in order to optimize their energy use, Water Resources Research, 55.
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Categorization of trapezoidal open channels based on flow conditions for the choice of simple models
Klaudia Horváth Bart P.M. van Esch, Jorn Baayen and Ivo Pothof. Categorization of trapezoidal open channels based on flow conditions for the choice of simple models. La Houille Blanche, 4:56-64, 2018
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Gray-box model of inland navigation channel: Application to the Cuinchy-Fontinettes reach
Klaudia Horváth, Eric Duviella, Joaquim Blesa, Lala Rajaoarisoa, Yolanda Bolea, Vicenç Puig, and Karine Chuquet. Gray-box model of inland navigation channel: Application to the Cuinchy-Fontinettes reach. Journal of Intelligent Systems, 23(2):183-199, 2014.
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Experimental comparison of canal models for control purposes using simulation and laboratory experiments
Klaudia Horváth, Eduard Galvis, José Rodellar, and Manuel Gómez. Experimental comparison of canal models for control purposes using simulation and laboratory experiments. Journal of Hydroinformatics, 0(0):0, 2014
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New offset-free method for model predictive control of open channels
Klaudia Horváth, Eduard Galvis, José Rodellar, and Manuel Gómez. New offset-free method for model predictive control of open channels. Control Engineering Practice, 41:13-25, 2015.
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Is it better to use gate opening as control variable than discharge to control irrigation canals?
Klaudia Horváth, Eduard Galvis, Manuel Gómez, and José Rodellar. Is it better to use gate opening as control variable than discharge to control irrigation canals? Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 0(0):04014054, 0.
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Model predictive control based on an integrator resonance model applied to an open water channel
Peter-Jules van Overloop, Klaudia Horváth, and Boran Ekin Aydin. Model predictive control based on an integrator resonance model applied to an open water channel. Control Engineering Practice, 27(0):54-60, 2014
Activities
| 2019-present | Member | Task Committee of Modelling and Control of Environmental Systems of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC, TC 8.3) |