AI-Enabled Adaptive Process Control
Aspen DMC3™ from AspenTech is a cutting-edge solution that enables industries to sustain optimal process performance through AI-enabled adaptive process control. This technology revolutionizes the way companies operate, allowing them to meet market demand, maximize margins, and reduce energy consumption with agility. By leveraging the power of deep learning, Aspen DMC3™ helps develop more accurate and sustainable APC models that cover a wider operational range by combining both linear and nonlinear variables in a single model.
Adaptability and Optimization
With Aspen DMC3™, companies can adapt and optimize simultaneously, resulting in improved ROI and energy efficiency. The rapid deployment of controllers, continuous model improvement, and simplified workflows make it easier for engineers to use this technology effectively. This solution simplifies modeling, tuning, and optimization processes, enabling engineers to revolutionize model building with AI and streamline controller tuning with step-by-step wizards that specify linear and nonlinear optimization objectives.
Enhanced Performance Monitoring
Aspen DMC3™ offers enhanced performance monitoring capabilities, allowing for increased controller uptime by securely accessing, visualizing, and analyzing real-time key performance indicators (KPIs). In today's volatile environment, where operational excellence is essential, Aspen DMC3™ helps companies achieve and sustain significant improvements, including a 2-5% increase in throughput, a 3% boost in yield, a 10% reduction in energy consumption, and a greater than 50% decrease in product quality standard deviation.
Innovative Solutions for Operational Excellence
The Aspen Virtual Advisor (AVA) for DMC3 complements Aspen DMC3™ by offering AI-powered virtual advising that enhances operational decision-making. This virtual advisor provides answers to common process control questions, actionable guidance to users, and helps build operator trust while freeing up engineering time and resources. Aspen DMC3 Builder™, Aspen Inferential Qualities™, and Aspen GDOT™ are additional offerings that contribute to improved user interactions, accurate quality control, and enhanced margins with horizontally integrated planning, scheduling, and advanced process control.
Industry Applications and Case Studies
Aspen DMC3™ is applicable in various industries, including adaptive process control and advanced process control for upstream processes. Case studies like ExxonMobil's experiences utilizing adaptive process control and Qenos's benefits from Aspen DMC3™ highlight the practical advantages of embracing this technology. With on-demand webinars, white papers, and video resources, Aspen DMC3™ continues to drive progress in sustainability and operational excellence for asset-intensive industries.