Fig. 1 Modules composing the PITSTOP simulator and exchange of actions and information with the user More

Fig. 2 The GVE 160 steam generator in the IES laboratory More

Fig. 3 Layout of the GVE 160 steam generator More

Fig. 4 Relationship between mass flow and head for the GVE 160 centrifugal pump; comparison between approximated function m ˙ ( H ) and experimental points measured on the real system More

Fig. 5 Comparison between measured and simulated pressure trend of the main saturated water tank More

Fig. 6 Comparison between measured and simulated m ˙ SV More

Fig. 7 Comparison between measured and simulated trends of steam pressure for Test A More

Fig. 8 Trends of p and T during the demonstration scenario More

Fig. 9 Comparison between measured and simulated trends of steam pressure for Test B More

Fig. 10 Trends of m ˙ l,in and L during the demonstration scenario More

Fig. 11 Two actuators and the corresponding gestures that can be made to interact with them: ( a ) handle—grasp and arm rotate and ( b ) knob—grasp and hand rotate More

Fig. 12 The VR environment showing the sequence of actuators for a given task, visualized upon the user voice command “show sequence” More

Fig. 13 A user turning a switch with the VR equipment adopted in the PITSTOP project More

Fig. 14 Diagram of the communication between user, VR environment, and dynamic model, when the user profile is set to “operator” and the use mode is set to “learning” More

Fig. 1 A schematic of the lab-scale reactor used for co-pyrolysis More

Fig. 2 Comparing temporal evolution of ( a ) H 2 , ( b ) CO, ( c ) CH 4 , and ( d ) CO 2 flowrates from individual pyrolysis of chicken manure and cow manure More

Fig. 3 Evolution of H 2 flowrate with time from co-pyrolysis of chicken manure and cow manure with cow manure content (CMC) of ( a ) 20%, ( b ) 40%, ( c ) 60% and ( d ) 80% compared to weighted sum of separate pyrolysis More

Fig. 4 Variation of cumulative H 2 yield from co-pyrolysis of chicken manure in various fractions of CMC More