Control systems
Get familiar with the needed skills for designing and selecting the control system elements (actuators, sensors, electronic equipment, algorithms and software), to ensure that the control system functions optimally.
Understand control systems and how to apply them in practice
Learn how a control system works and how to apply it in practice. In this course you will learn how to design and choose control system components (actuators, sensors, electronics, PID algorithm, feedforward and software). You learn how to choose the components in such a way that the whole system functions optimally.
Control systems usually are the basis for automation. The PID algorithm is the most commonly used tool. But how do you choose the components of the control system in such a way that everything works properly? This question is not easy to answer, and if the components are chosen incorrectly, it has extremely unpleasant consequences. In practice, the automated system often appears to function below the original expectation. In the most extreme case, the automated system will not function at all. In this course you will learn how to answer this question in a systematic way.
Control system design
During this course you will learn, in a hands-on manner:
- choosing the components in a control system
- understanding the properties of open loop and closed loop
- understanding and tuning the PID algorithm
- understanding the control system in the frequency domain
- how to apply advanced concepts, gain scheduling, filters, feedforward, master-slave, split-range and override control
During the course there are exercises on a test setup with PLC/Arduino and on simulation models. In addition, you can bring data from your own process and/or system to be controlled so that you can apply the above theory during the course to your own professional situation.
Intended for
The course is targeting people that wish to design a control system for any application, including motion systems, process, power systems, drones, wind turbines. It targets, among others, the following people:
- embedded engineers
- process engineers
- systems engineers
- PLC Programmers (e.g. Siemens, Allen Bradley, Bachmann, Phoenix)
- DCS Programmers (e.g. DeltaV, Siemens, Yokogawa)
Course leader
dr.ir. Jan Schuurmans PhD
“A course for both beginners and experienced professionals, with a theoretical part and a practical part, to train them in the latest techniques and methodologies in control-systems.”
This course is rated with an average of
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Why PAOTM
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The latest post-academic knowledge and skills
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Focused on questions that arise in a technical environment
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Interactive and directly applicable in practice
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Top teachers from science, research and business
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Program
Bij een incompany cursus wordt het programma in samenspraak vastgesteld. Hieronder zie je een basisprogramma.
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Ochtendprogramma dag 1
- Basisprincipes van procesbesturing
- Relatie van proces naar proces control - Lunch
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Middagprogramma dag 1
- Verschillende soorten processen (open-loop vs closed-loop)
- Definitie van belangrijke termen: setpoint, procesvariabele, actuators, sensoren, feedback en feedforward - Completion of day 1
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Ochtendprogramma dag 2
- wiskundige modellering van processen (lineaire e niet-lineaire systemen) o.a. Laplace transformatie
- white box, grey bod en black box modellen
- overdrachtsfuncties, blok diagrammen en systeempresentatie. Ontwerpen van regelsystemen.
- dynamische eigenschappen van systemen: tijdsconstanten, dead-time, demping, resonantie.
- hoe kom je aan een model?
- systeem indentificatie - Lunch
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Middagprogramma dag 2
- PID-regelaars (proportioneel, integrerend, differentierend)
- Afstellen van PID-regelaars (gesloten lus Ziegler-Nichols, open lus model gebaseerde modellen zoals Cohen-Coon)
- Geavanceerde regeltechnieken zoals PI-D, cascade control, feedforward en adaptieve regelaars - Completion of day 2
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Ochtendprogramma dag 3
- Superpositieregel voor lineaire systemen
- Bewerking met overdrachtsfuncties: serie, parallel en feedbacklus
- Afstemregels voor PID-regelaars zoals Ziegler-Nichols en Cohen-Coon - Lunch
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Middagprogramma dag 3
- Stabiliteitscriteria: Routh-Hurwitz, Nyquist, Bode-diagram
- Polen en nullen voor stabiliteit en dynamische analyse
- Root locus en frequentie domeinanalyse voor regelontwerp
- Reken- en simulatietools - Completion of day 3
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Ochtendprogramma dag 4
- Stabiliteitscriteria (Routh-Hurwith, Nyquist en Bode diagrammen)
- Evalueren van de prestaties van een regelsysteem (overshoot, settling time, steady-state error)
- Het optimaliseren van regelparameters voor een betere procesprestatie. - Lunch
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Middagprogramma dag 4
- Diagnostische methoden voor het identificeren van problemen in regelkringen
- Het begrijpen van storingen en afwijkingen in processen en hoe deze op te lossen - Closing and evaluation
Course leader
dr.ir. Jan Schuurmans PhD
“A course for both beginners and experienced professionals, with a theoretical part and a practical part, to train them in the latest techniques and methodologies in control-systems.”
This course is rated with an average of
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Dates and locations
Deze cursus wordt enkel incompany georganiseerd, er zijn dus geen data ingepland. Neem contact op met de programmamanager voor de mogelijkheden voor jouw organisatie.
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Investment
Een incompany cursus wordt in samenspraak samengesteld. Neem contact op met de programmamanager voor een offerte.
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In-company
Are several employees interested in the same course, do you want to enrich knowledge with the entire team or focus on your own practice? Then an in-company course could be interesting. We are happy to think along with you about the possibilities. PAOTM has extensive experience in organizing in-company courses in many technical fields for a wide range of companies. You can choose to have an existing course organized in-company for multiple employees. However, if you have a specific organizational or departmental issue, we can also design a unique course. For every customized request, we search our network at universities, knowledge institutes and the business community for the right teachers who can provide your team with the desired knowledge. We then put together a course based on your training needs, learning needs and organizational goals.
Curious about the possibilities? Contact one of our program managers or complete the form below. We are happy to make you a suitable offer.
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