Every good regulator of a system must be a model of that system.
R. C. Conant & Ashy (1970), Int. J. System Science, Vol. 1, pp.89-97.
Our philosophy
About Tai-Ji Control
Tai-Ji Control B.V. was founded in 1996 by Prof. Yucai Zhu. Our company owns core technologies in system identification, model predictive control (MPC), real-time optimization (RTO), PID tuning, real-time database and soft sensor. Our solutions are used by Exxon Mobil, Saudi Aramco, Bayer, BASF, Total, Statoil, Linde, Air Liquide, Supcon and more. The software supports Windows and Linux-based domestic OS, meeting local substitution needs.
We provide APC/RTO implementation, maintenance and consulting for petrochemical, coal chemical, power, cement, non-ferrous metals, steel, data centers, and HVAC. With 30 years of R&D, our team delivers world-leading process model identification, control and real-time optimization technologies with a succesful track record across industries.
Founder & CEO Yucai Zhu
1982: B.Sc. in Automatic Control, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
1985: M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
1990: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
1991: Co-founded IPCOS (Netherlands)
1993–1996: Senior Engineer at Setpoint & AspenTech
1996: Founded Tai-Ji Control (Netherlands)
1998–2011: Researcher, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Neterlands
2011: Professor at Zhejiang University, China