Control systems
Learn how to design and choose control system components such as actuators, sensors, electronics, algorithms and software, so that your technical machine functions optimally.
Understand control systems and how to apply them in practice
Control systems are a very important part of the use of technical machines. To understand them properly, an understanding of the complexity of control systems is required.
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.
After completing this course, you can immediately start improving your control systems, so that the machines in which control systems run, function better. With better machines you create added value in terms of quality, production speed and efficiency, energy savings and the environment. You also increase safety and reliability by preventing overload, malfunctions and accidents.
Enhancing the control system
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.
Modules
The course consists of modules. You can follow all modules as a whole or individual modules of your choice, depending on your knowledge needs.
– Module 1: Control Systems Basis
– Module 2: Mathematics for Control Systems
– Module 3: Advanced Control Systems
View the program and dates and locations for more information.
Intended for
The course is intended for professionals who wish to design a control system for any application, including motion systems, process, power systems, drones, wind turbines. The course is interesting for:
- 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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Program
- Welkom en registratie
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Control systems basis-dag 1 ochtend
• Defenities vereist voor control systems (waaronder actuatoren, sensoren, gemanipuleerde variabelen, open loop, closed loop)
• Systematische procedure voor het automatiseren van eenheden
• Systematische procedure voor het automatiseren van complete systemen/installaties - Lunch
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Control systems basis- dag 1 middag
• Systematische procedure voor het automatiseren van complete systemen/installaties
• Wiskundig hulpmiddel voor het koppelen van gemanipuleerde variabelen aan procesvariabelen
• Introductie tot control system selectie - Afsluiting Dag1- Module1
- Welkom en registratie
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Wiskunde voor control Systems-ochtend Dag 1
• Modelleringstechnieken (white box, black box, grey box)
• Lineaire versus niet-lineaire modellen, linearisatie, superpositie
• Laplace-transformatie
• Systeemidentificatie * - Lunch
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Wiskunde voor control systems- middag dag 1
• Overdrachtsfuncties, blokdiagrammen
• Analyse van overdrachtsfuncties in zowel het tijdsdomein als het frequentiedomein
• Stabiliteit, tijdconstanten, dode tijd, demping, resonantie - Afsluiting Dag1-Module2
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Wiskunde voor control systems- ochtend dag 2
• Loop transfer function
• Bodediagram
• Versterkingsmarge en fasemarge - Lunch
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Wiskunde voor control systems-middag dag 2
• Nyquist-diagram
• Ideale loop transfer functies
• Filter types: low pass, high pass, notch
•Toepassing op PID-afstemming en filterselectie - Afsluiting Dag2 - Module2
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Control systems basis - Dag 2 ochtend
• PID control
• PID transfer functions and implementations
• PID parameters and their effect * - Lunch
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Control system basis- dag 2 middag
• PID Tuning techniques: open loop methods *
• PID Tuning techniques: closed loop methods * - Afsluiting Dag2- Module1
- Welkom en registratie
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Advanced control systems en loop monitoring- ochtend
• Extending PID with filters
• Cascade control (Master-Slave)
• Feedforward *
•Decoupling
•Override control - Lunch
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Advanced control systems and loop monitoring- middag
• Gain scheduling
• Split range
• Model Predictive Control
•Loop diagnosis and monitoring - Discussie en afsluiting
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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Control systems
Module 1 - Control Systems Basis
Module 2 - Mathematics for Control Systems
Module 3 - Advanced Control Systems
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