“…As shown in Figure 7, V out,top and L in,top represent the outlet vapor flowrate and inlet liquid flowrate at the top of the pre-fractionator; y out,top,B and x out,top,B represent the middle component mole fractions of the corresponding streams; L out,botm and V in,botm represent the outlet liquid and inlet vapor flowrate at the bottom of the pre-fractionator, respectively; x out,botm,B and y in,botm,B represent the middle component mole fractions of the corresponding streams. From Equations (15) and (16), parameters R B,top and R B,botm are related to the liquid and vapor split ratio. Note that the summation of R B,top and R B,botm is 1.…”