Apparatus for interactive self-modeling mixture analysis
First Claim
1. Apparatus for controlling a process wherein starting material undergoes a reaction over a period of time to produce reaction products, said apparatus comprising:
- a) process spectrometer means operatively associated with said process for providing spectrographic data from said process;
b) programmed computer means operatively connected to said process spectrometer means for analyzing said spectrographic data to determine pure variables relating to the reaction products and for comparing the determined pure variables to predetermined pure variables; and
c) control means operatively associated with said process and operatively connected to said computer means for controlling the process in a manner determined by the result of the comparison.
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Abstract
An apparatus for analyzing spectral data of a mixture having a plurality of components by determining the pure variables, each of which has a contribution from only one of the mixture components, includes a programmed computer for performing steps of a) providing spectral data of the mixture, b) determining purity values of variables from said data to provide a first purity spectrum, c) finding the maximum of the purity values to determine the first pure variable, d) calculating a determinant-based weight function with respect to said first pure variable, e) multiplying the first purity spectrum by the determinant-based weight function to provide a second purity spectrum, f) finding the maximum in the second purity spectrum to yield the second pure variable, g) repeating steps d),e) and f) for successive determinant-based weight functions with respect to preceding pure variables to provide successive purity spectra from which successive pure variables are found. The pure variables so determined are compared and the results of the comparison used control a process in which the mixture undergoes a reaction.
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1. Apparatus for controlling a process wherein starting material undergoes a reaction over a period of time to produce reaction products, said apparatus comprising:
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a) process spectrometer means operatively associated with said process for providing spectrographic data from said process; b) programmed computer means operatively connected to said process spectrometer means for analyzing said spectrographic data to determine pure variables relating to the reaction products and for comparing the determined pure variables to predetermined pure variables; and c) control means operatively associated with said process and operatively connected to said computer means for controlling the process in a manner determined by the result of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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