Chemical Kinetics Catalytic Oxidation of 3-Hexanol

In this case, the unknown parameter vector k is the 2-dimensional vector [k, k2]T. There is only one independent variable (xi=t) and only one output variable. Therefore, the model in our standard notation is 

Modified Reaction Time (t) (h kg/kmol) Partial Conversion (y)  

Equations 4.17 and 4.18 are used to evaluate the model response and the sensitivity coefficients that are required for setting up matrix A and vector b at each iteration of the Gauss Newton method. 

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