Szukana fraza: [Abstract = "Distillation processes reveal complicated multivariable nonlinear dynamics for which it is difficult to design a high\-performance control system. This paper proposes an adaptive control scheme for a distillation column. The proposed adaptive system consists of a multi variable receding\-horizon predictive controller using a transfer function model and a recursive least\-squares \(RLS\) based estimator. Simulations show a consistent closed\-loop performance despite the uncertain nonlinear characteristics of the distillation column."]