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Expand Up @@ -47,4 +47,17 @@ need to do that, and everything in the flowsheet is nice and consistent - one li
used in one list of streams, one lost of unit operations etc.

I am sure that I'll keep on tinkering with this for some time still. At the very least to add more
reconciliation algorithsm, and maybe a few more unit operations. I am VERY open to ideas and collaborators.
reconciliation algorithms, and maybe a few more unit operations. I am VERY open to ideas and collaborators.

### A note on the reconciliation algorithm

There are many algorithms that will modify the stream compositions to get a perfect closure. I am NOT a fan...
In my work, we deal with complex streams from Fischer-Tropsch Syntheses. This means potentially hundreds of
components, but practically at least 60+. These stream compositions have several constraints - they must obey
an Anderson-Schultz-Flory distribution, certain ratios of paraffin : olefin : carbonyl : alcohol : acid : ... etc.
Opening up the stream compositions to modification not only make the problem extremely high-dimensional, but, is
extremely likely to break all of these constrains. Better, thus, to only modify the stream flows and do the best
you can with the available analyses.

This is why the existing algorithm looks the way it does. Adding any other algorithm is of course not a problem,
but also not a priority. If anyone feels they really need some other methods, PRs would be more than welcome.

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