Multiple Model Identification for a High Purity Distillation Column Process Based on EM Algorithm

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">Variable</td><td align="center">Description</td><td align="center">Unit</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">1 </td><td align="center"><span style="width: 10.7px;"><svg height="11.175" id="M2" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 10.7 11.175" width="10.7" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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t29.5 81.5l72 387l7.5 40.5t1 26.5t-4 18t-15.5 10t-24 6t-37 4l8 28h461z" id="x1D439"></path></g>
</svg></span></td><td align="center">Feed rate </td><td align="center"> kmol/min </td></tr><tr><td align="left">2 </td><td align="center"><span style="width: 23.612499px;"><svg height="15.6125" id="M3" style="vertical-align:-2.29482pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 23.612499 15.6125" width="23.612499" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg></span></td><td align="center">Distillate top product composition </td><td align="center"> mole fraction </td></tr><tr><td align="left">3 </td><td align="center"><span style="width: 20.112499px;"><svg height="11.375" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-0.11285pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 20.112499 11.375" width="20.112499" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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q0 16 13.5 31.5t28.5 15.5q12 0 17 -11q5 -10 25 -10q22 0 57.5 36t89.5 111l-40 108q-22 58 -36 58q-21 0 -67 -57l-19 20q81 107 125 107q17 0 30 -22t39 -88l22 -55q68 92 108.5 128.5t74.5 36.5q20 0 32.5 -14t12.5 -30z" id="x1D465"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,9.565,11.112)"><path d="M594 511q0 -122 -171 -157l1 -2q158 -33 158 -159q0 -52 -34.5 -95t-90.5 -65q-76 -33 -217 -33h-223l8 28q63 5 79.5 19t26.5 72l83 426q9 48 -2.5 60t-77.5 17l6 28h259q195 0 195 -139zM499 509q0 59 -37 83t-91 24q-36 0 -51 -9q-17 -9 -22 -44l-35 -195h62
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</svg></span></td><td align="center">Distillate bottom product composition </td><td align="center"> mole fraction </td></tr><tr><td align="left">4 </td><td align="center"> LT </td><td align="center"> Reflux flow </td><td align="center"> kmol/min </td></tr><tr><td align="left">5 </td><td align="center"> VB </td><td align="center"> Boil-up flow </td><td align="center"> kmol/min </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Notation of the distillation column in reflux and boil-up construction.

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Table 1: Multiple Model Identification for a High Purity Distillation Column Process Based on EM Algorithm 