Advanced Process Control

Model Predictive Control that maximises throughput, minimises energy consumption, and maintains product quality — all while respecting operational constraints in real time.

MAVEN APC Controller Interface

Powerful Control Capabilities

Everything you need for advanced multi-variable process control.

Model Predictive Control

Dynamic MPC engine that predicts process behaviour and optimises control moves across multiple time horizons.

Optimisation Objectives

Configure economic optimisation targets including throughput maximisation, energy minimisation, and quality targets.

MV / CV / DV Management

Comprehensive management of manipulated variables, controlled variables, and disturbance variables with constraint handling.

Step Testing

Automated step-test procedures for model identification with configurable step sizes, durations, and sequencing.

Safety Interlocks

Built-in safety constraint handling with configurable high/low limits, rate-of-change limits, and emergency shutdown integration.

Real-Time Dashboard

Live monitoring of controller performance, model predictions, and constraint status with trend visualisation.

From Model to Control

1. Process Modelling

Build dynamic process models through step testing or historical data analysis. MAVEN APC identifies the relationships between your manipulated and controlled variables automatically.

  • Automated step-test sequencing
  • Sub-space model identification
  • Model validation and diagnostics
APC Process Model

2. Controller Configuration

Configure your MPC controller with economic objectives, constraint priorities, and tuning parameters. The intuitive interface makes setup straightforward for control engineers.

  • Drag-and-drop variable configuration
  • Constraint priority ranking
  • Economic objective weighting
APC Controller Configuration

3. Real-Time Optimisation

Once deployed, the controller continuously optimises your process, pushing against constraints to maximise economic benefit while maintaining safe, stable operation.

  • Steady-state optimisation at every cycle
  • Dynamic constraint handling
  • Automatic bad-value detection
APC Real-Time Optimisation

Under the Hood

Control AlgorithmModel Predictive Control (MPC)
Model TypeFinite Step Response / State Space
Execution RateConfigurable (1s – 60s)
Max Variables100+ MVs / CVs per controller
CommunicationOPC DA, OPC UA, Modbus TCP
PlatformWindows Server 2016+
IntegrationDCS, SCADA, Historian
SafetyIEC 62443 compliant architecture

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