Handbook of Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization, and Scaleup

| Roman Characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Description | Equation where used |
| a | Concentration of component A | 1.6 |
| a | Vector of component concentrations ( N 1) | 2.38 |
| a(0 ) | Concentration just before the entrance of an open reactor | Exam. 9.3 |
| a(0 + ) | Concentration just after the entrance of an open reactor | Exam. 9.3 |
| a( L ) | Concentration just before the exit of an open reactor | Exam. 9.3 |
| a( L + ) | Concentration just after the exit of an open reactor | Exam. 9.3 |
| a( t, z) | Concentration of component A in an unsteady tubular reactor | 14.14 |
| a ? | Auxiliary variable, | Exam. 9.6 |
| a* | Dimensionless concentration | Exam. 2.5 |
| a* | Concentration of component A at the interface | 11.4 |
| a 0 | Initial concentration of component A | 1.23 |
| a b | Concentration of component A in the bubble phase | 11.46 |
| a batch( t) | Concentration in a batch reactor at time t | 8.9 |
| a c | Catalyst surface area per mass of catalyst | 10.38 |
| a e | Gas-phase concentration of component A in the emulsion phase | 11.45 |
| a equil | Concentration of component A at equilibrium | Prob. 1.13 |
| a full | Concentration of component A when reactor becomes full during a startup | Exam. 14.3 |
| a g | Concentration of component A in the gas phase | 11.1 |
| | Concentration of component A at the interface in the gas phase | 11.4 |
| a in | Inlet concentration of component A | 1.6 |
| a in( t) | Time-dependent inlet... |