Impact of changing parameters
| Parameter changed | Sharpness of velocity next to BP (KLP61F direction) | Position of BP mole fraction | Sharpness of velocity next to BP (Ncd direction) |
| ↑/↓ | decrease/increase | left/right | increase/decrease |
| ↑/↓ | increase/decrease | right/left | decrease/increase |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/unchanged | right/left | unchanged/unchanged |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/unchanged | left/right | unchanged/unchanged |
| ↑/↓ | decrease/increase | left/right | decrease/increase |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/decrease | unchanged/right | unchanged/unchanged |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/unchanged | left/right | unchanged/decrease |
| ↑/↓ | increase/decrease | right/left | unchanged/decrease |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/unchanged | unchanged/left | unchanged/unchanged |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/decrease | unchanged/wider region | increase/decrease |
| Parameter changed | Sharpness of velocity next to BP (KLP61F direction) | Position of BP mole fraction | Sharpness of velocity next to BP (Ncd direction) |
| ↑/↓ | decrease/increase | left/right | increase/decrease |
| ↑/↓ | increase/decrease | right/left | decrease/increase |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/unchanged | right/left | unchanged/unchanged |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/unchanged | left/right | unchanged/unchanged |
| ↑/↓ | decrease/increase | left/right | decrease/increase |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/decrease | unchanged/right | unchanged/unchanged |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/unchanged | left/right | unchanged/decrease |
| ↑/↓ | increase/decrease | right/left | unchanged/decrease |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/unchanged | unchanged/left | unchanged/unchanged |
| ↑/↓ | unchanged/decrease | unchanged/wider region | increase/decrease |
BP, balance point. The effects of parameter changes (with respect to those in Fig. 2 A) on the mole fraction–velocity plot are font coded as follows: parameters for which a small (<20%), an intermediate (20–100%), and a large (>100%) change results in significant alteration on the plot are marked in bold, regular, and italic fonts, respectively. Note that parameters were changed one at a time and not simultaneously.