NOTATION

NOTATION
121
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DAB
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P
P
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area, m2
packing surface area per unit volume, 1/ m
heat capacity at constant pressure, kJ / kg. K
concentration of species i, kmol/ m3
diameter, m
hydraulic equivalent diameter, m
particle diameter, m
diffusion coefficient for system d-B, m2/ s
drag force, N
friction factor
mass velocity, kg/ m2. s
acceleration of gravity, m/ s2
Chilton-Colburn j - factor for heat transfer
Chilton-Colburn j - factor for mass transfer
thermal conductivity, W/ m. K
mass transfer coefficient, m/s
length, m
mass, kg
mass flow rate, kg/ s
molecular weight, kg/ kmol
molar flow rate, kmol/ s
pressure, Pa
heat transfer rate, W
volumetric flow rate, m3/ s
heat flux, W/m2
gas constant, J / mol. K
temperature, "C or K
time, s
volume, m3
velocity, m/ s
superficial velocity, m/ s
terminal velocity, m/ s
work, J ; width, m
rate of work, W
rectangular coordinate, m
difference
porosity
surface roughness of the pipe, m
viscosity, kg/ m. s
kinematic viscosity, m2/ s
density, kg/ m3
122 CHAPTER 4. EVALUATION OF TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS
Overlines
N per mole
per unit mass
Bracket
(4 average value of a
Superscript
sat saturation
Subscripts
A, B
b
ch
f
i
in
LM
out
C
Pb
W
00
species in binary systems
bulk
transition from laminar to turbulent
characteristic
film
species in multicomponent systems
inlet
log-mean
out
packed bed
wall or surface
free-stream
Dimensionless Numbers
Archimedes number
Prandtl number
Nusselt number
Reynolds number
Reynolds number based on the diameter
Reynolds number based on the hydraulic equivalent diameter
Reynolds number based on the length
Reynolds number based on the distance x
Schmidt number
Shenvood number
Stanton number for heat transfer
Stanton number for mass transfer
REFERENCES
Bedingfield, C.H. and T.B. Drew, 1950, Analogy between heat transfer and mass
transfer. A psychometric study, Ind. Eng. Chem. 42, 1164.