Model 18: Binary Distillation
Condenser
Inputs
States
L1
Tray 21
Tray 40
Tray 1
Feed
Distillate
Bottoms
Q
Reboiler
Diehl, M., "Real-Time Optimization for Large Scale
Nonlinear Processes", PhD thesis, University of Heidelberg, 2001.
M. Diehl, I. Uslu, S. Schwarzkopf, F. Allgöwer, H.G.
Bock, R. Findeisen, E.D. Gilles, A. Kienle, J.P. Schlöder, and E. Stein: Real-Time Optimization for Large Scale Processes:
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of a High Purity Distillation Column In Groetschel, Krumke, Rambau (eds.): Online Optimization
of Large Scale Systems: State of the Art, Springer, 2001.
States
are xA, V, and T at each stage