Neural machine translation (NMT) offers a novel alternative formulation of translation that is potentially simpler than statistical approaches. However to reach competitive performance, NMT models need to be exceedingly large. In this paper we consider applying knowledge distillation approaches (Bucila et al., 2006; Hinton et al., 2015) that have proven successful for reducing the size of neura...

The paper considers the effect of feed plate location on the interactions in a seven plate binary distillation column. The mathematical model of the distillation column is deduced based on the equations of mass and energy balances for each stage, detailed model for both reboiler and condenser, and heat transfer equations. The Dynamic Relative Magnitude Criterion, DRMC is used to assess the inte...

Membrane distillation is an emerging water distillation technology that offers several advantages compared to conventional water desalination processes. Although progress has been made to model and understand the physics of the process, many studies are based on steady-state assumptions or are computationally not appropriate for real time control. This paper presents the derivation of a novel d...

It has been shown that entanglement distillation of Gaussian entangled states by means of local photon subtraction can be improved by local Gaussian transformations. Here we show that a similar effect can be expected for the distillation of an asymmetric Gaussian entangled state that is produced by a single squeezed beam. We show that for low initial entanglement, our largely simplified protoco...

Information distillation aims to analyze and interpret large volumes of speech and text archives in multiple languages and produce structured information of interest to the user. In this work, we investigate cross-lingual information distillation, where nonEnglish (source language) documents are searched for user queries that are in English (target language). We propose to perform distillation ...

The stringent quality requirement of petroleum products in highly competitive markets makes on-line controlling of distillation composition essential. In this paper, a novel method using sensitivity matrix analysis and kernel ridge regression to implement on-line estimation of distillation compositions is proposed. In the approach, the sensitivity matrix analysis is presented to select the most...

A new, general method for the determination of batch distillation regions of heteroazeotropic distillation is suggested. The method proposed, which means the extension of the method of Pham and Doherty, takes into consideration the possibility of the withdrawal of any fraction of either liquid phase from the decanter as distillate. The simplified and rigorous simulation calculations were carrie...

INTRODUCTION In Japan, Pilot Plant of the HIDiC was built in 2005. It was commercial base scale and already achieved the consecutive distillation for 1000 hours. The energy consumption of the pilot HIDiC was only about 70% of that of a conventional distillation column. The HIDiC can lower reboiler and condenser load by heat exchange between rectifying section and stripping section. Therefore, i...

The synthesis of complex distillation columns has remained a major challenge since the pioneering work by [Sargent, R.W.H., & Gaminibandara, K. (1976). Optimal design of plate distillation columns. In L.C.W. Dixon (Ed.), Optimization in action. New York: Academic Press]. In this paper, we first provide a review of recent work for the optimal design of distillation of individual columns using tr...

Essential oils are considered as very complex natural mixtures containing numerous components at quite various concentrations. Lythrum salicaria has not been previously subjected to examination of its volatile oil. The present study was carried out to evaluate the essential oil composition of the flowering aerial parts of the plant by using c...