Multicomponent reaction analysis and control

Claim 1

IN AN OPERATION WHERE MIXTURES INVOLVING N-CONSTITUENTS ARE PROCESED TO PRODUCE OUTPUT COMPOSITIONS UNDER CONTROLLED PROCESS CONDITIONS WHEREIN THE RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF SAID N-CONSTITUENTS OF EACH OF N-1 DIFFERENT STARTING MIXTURES ARE KNOWN TO REPRESENT COMPOSITIONS ALONG STRAIGHT LINE REACTION PATHS LEADING TO EQUILIBRIUM AND WHICH ARE ORTHOGONAL ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER IN COMPOSITION SPACE, THE METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE CONSTANTS WHICH DEFINE THE RATE OF CHANGE OF ONE CONSTITUTE TO ANOTHER IN THE COURDE OF SAID PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES MEASURING THE RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF SAID N-CONSITUENTS AT AT LEAST TWO POINTS ALONG ONE REACTION PATH OTHET THAN SAID STRAIGHT LINE REACTIONS PATHS TO IDENTIFY THE RATIOS OF REACTION RATES FOR ALL SAID N-CONSTITUENTS RELATIVE TO ONE OF SAID N-CONSTITUENTS, IN RESPONSE TO SAID MEASURING, GENERATING FUNCTIONS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RELATIVE RATE CONSTANT MATRIX K'' FOR ANALYSIS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SAID N-CONSTITUENTS UNDER SAID CONDITIONS BY FORMING