A New Approach to the Identification of Distillation Column Based on Hammerstein Model

Table 1

Nominal operating conditions and the column parameters.

Number of trays	15
Feed tray number	8
Column diameter	10.8 cm
Weir height	2 cm
Weir length	8.3 cm
Feed composition	0.308
Feed flow rate	1 kmol/h
Distillate composition	0.98
Distillate flow rate	0.31 kmol/h
Bottoms flow rate	0.69 kmol/h
Reflux flow rate	1.09 kmol/h
Reflux drum holdup	0.015 m^3
Reboiler holdup	0.007 m^3
Mol. weight of methanol	32 kg/kmol
Mol. weight of water	18 kg/kmol