Modeling and Control of Distillation Column in a Petroleum Process

Table 3

Product quality depending on the change of the feed rates.

	Purity of the distillate product 𝑥𝐷 (%)	Impurity of the bottoms product 𝑥𝐵 (%)
Normal feed rate	96.54	3.75
Reduced feed rate 10%	90.23	0.66
Increased feed rate 10%	97.30	11.66