Application of hybrid modeling and control techniques to desalination plants

One of the most recent and most intense efforts in control theory deals with handling systems whose behavior of interest is determined by interacting continuous and discrete dynamics. This approach can be applied not only to intrinsic hybrid processes but also to other systems as for example continuous processes with supervisory logic, multi-model control systems, switching control, etc. In this paper, hybrid systems are briefly introduced and possible applications to desalination plants are given by means of illustrative examples.