An improved matrix method for generating distillation configurations with (N−1) and less than (N−1) columns was proposed for the separation of an N-component mixture into essentially pure product streams based on the concepts of streams matrix and 0–1 matrixes proposed by Agrawal. In contrast with the matrix method developed by Agrawal, the present method removes the intermediate process centered on the splits, and complex column configurations, allowing the direct generation of multi-feeds and multi-product streams. Furthermore, certain configurations that cannot be generated directly and that are missing in the matrix method are obtained. Through rigorous simulations and optimization, we have demonstrated that these configurations have the potential to outperform certain existing configurations.

提出了一种改进的矩阵方法，用于生成具有（N -1）个和少于（N -1）个色谱柱的蒸馏构型，用于分离N根据Agrawal提出的物流矩阵和0–1矩阵的概念，将各种组分混合成基本上纯的产品物流。与Agrawal开发的基质方法相比，本方法省去了以分流和复杂的塔构型为中心的中间过程，从而可以直接生成多进料和多产物流。此外，获得了某些无法直接生成且矩阵方法中缺少的配置。通过严格的仿真和优化，我们证明了这些配置具有超越某些现有配置的潜力。