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Feedforward versus feedback thinking for distillation column control

Abstract

Feedforward and feedback present two fundamentally different approaches to automatic control, and in this paper, we discuss how this applies to distillation column control. The focus in this paper is on adjusting the product split using temperature control. Applications include conventional distillation, complex dividing-wall (Petlyuk) arrangements and batch distillation.

Category

Academic chapter

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Digital / Mathematics and Cybernetics
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Date

31.08.2026

Year

2026

Publisher

Dechema

Book

Book of Fullpaper: 13th International Conference on Distillation & Absorption, 30 August - 2 September 2026, Salzburg Congress, Austria

ISBN

9783897462588

Page(s)

139 - 144

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