After testing both discontinuous and continuous start-up strategies, they are evaluated. As the discontinuous start-up strategy is considered not suitable for the pilot column, only the continuous start-up strategy is covered further. To understand the reason for this decision, the reader is referred to Section 3. To investigate the influence of the time of the feed introduction, two additional scenarios are distinguished. In the first case (scenario ii), the feed is introduced, before the reboiler mixture is at boiling temperature, whereas in the second case (scenario iii), the feed is only introduced after the reboiler mixture has already reached boiling temperature.