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TJ-201-3 - Workshop on Matrikon TaiJi's Advanced Tools


Objective

This workshop will allow you to master the powerful tools provided in the Matrikon TaiJi package. It will also be a good opportunity to improve your control loop optimization ski.

Who should attend

Anyone who has taken the pre-requisite TJ-101-3 course and wants to use the powerful tools included in Matrikon TaiJi software.

Schedule

From 8:30 am to 12:00 pm and from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, each day.

Content

Day 1

Introduction:

  • Matrikon TaiJi: 5 steps to optimize loops
  • Control loops
  • Noise, disturbances, load
  • Control objectives
  • Process types
  • Process model
  • Choice of tuning objectives
Frequency domain vs. time domain:
  • Introduction
  • Definitions
  • Terminology
  • Frequency response
  • Natural frequency
  • Bode diagram
Tuning control loops using Matrikon TaiJi:
  • Hysteresis check
  • Valve or final element sizing
  • Noise level
  • Characterization, linearization, asymmetry
  • Filtering
  • Aliasing
  • Selecting tuning parameters
  • Robustness vs. performance
Day 2

Matrikon TaiJi's advanced tools:
  • Sampling time
  • Interactions, RGA matrix
  • Feedforward
  • Cascade loops
  • Linearity correction with the characterization
  • Asymmetry compensation exercises
Troubleshooting tools:
  • Power spectral density
  • Cross correlation
  • Auto-correlation
  • Tips and tricks
Evaluation tools:
  • Statistical analysis
  • Hysteresis check
  • Simulation
Day 3

Mastering Matrikon TaiJi through pratical exercises:
  • Process optimization examples
  • Improving performance
  • Troubleshooting loops
  • Tips and tricks
  • Simple and multiple loops
  • Cascade loop
  • Interacting loop
  • Feedforward tuning with Matrikon TaiJi
Special controllers:
  • PID, special algorithms and structures
  • IMC and Dahlin controllers
  • Smith predictor
  • Fuzzy + PID
  • Others
Process control, economics and practice:
  • Tuning methods comparison
  • Time to tune loops
  • Robustness and perfomance
  • Practical rules
  • Good optimization and maintenance practices

Conclusions

Software used

  • Matrikon TaiJi (latest version)
  • Matrikon Control Performance Optimizer (latest version)

 

Please note that each participant must have a laptop computer. If necessary, we can rent you one, at your cost.