ENEL Pilot: From a research testbed to a virtual educational laboratory

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4844-4853

  Lo Bello, Lucia ^a   Mirabella, Orazio ^a   Raucea, Antonino ^a   Capetta, Luciano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CESI RICERCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field buses; Process control; Test facilities.

Indexed keywords

CLOSED CIRCUIT; DISTRIBUTED PROCESS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FIELD BUS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REAL SYSTEMS; REGULATION LOOPS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; VIRTUAL DEVICES; VIRTUAL LABORATORIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PROCESS CONTROL; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TEST FACILITIES; WATER TREATMENT;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 77956602730     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2016414     Document Type: Article

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