Abstract
Advanced control theory is usually associated with the use of abstract mathematical tools. It requires much time and a good theoretical background to understand and explain these tools. In ordinary university courses or in continuing professional education organized by employers, it is not easy to meet these requirements. Widely used system simulation and virtual experiments can be a good aid to increase clarity, but they cannot fully demonstrate the problems that a control designer or user may encounter in practical implementation. A laboratory scale plant has been designed for this purpose in the framework of research activities focused on hybrid systems. It exhibits most of the hybrid phenomena typical of process control applications. The plant is also equipped with industrial control hardware, so that educational (as well as research) experiments can be carried out implementing advanced hybrid control algorithms in conditions close to real world applications. The instrumentation provides a remote web access facility. A mathematical and technical description of the pilot plant is included here, and this will enable readers to consider whether a similar device could be useful for their own educational and/or research purposes. Some examples of experimental results are also given.
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