Industrial Chemical Process Design

| A i | K i/heavy key K i (HKK) | |
| D | overhead distribution | |
| D i | distributed overhead comp i mol frct | |
| HKK | K of IC5 | |
| K | equilibrium factor of each component | |
| K i | component K value | |
| L | reflux rate | |
| L 1 | R M * R O * D | |
| MN | minimum number of theoretical stages | |
| MW | molecular weight | |
| N | number of column theoretical stages | |
| N m | minimum stages | |
| P | pressure, psia | |
| P c | critical pressure, psia | |
| P r | reduced pressure ( P/ P c) | |
| Q | feed condition (1.0 for bubble point, 0 for dew point) | |
| R | L 1/ D | |
| R | L/ D | |
| R M | minimum reflux ratio ( L/ D) | |
| R O | R/ R M | |
| S | N + 1 | |
| S m | N m + 1 | |
| T | temperature, F | |
| T c | critical temperature, F | |
| T R | reduced temperature ( T/ T c) | |
| U i | feed comp i mol frct | |
| V 1 | L 1 + D | |
| X | component liquid phase mole fraction, liquid feed | |
| X( H) | heavy key mole fraction in distillate | |
| X( L) | light key mole fraction in distillate | |
| Y | component vapor phase mole fraction, liquid feed | |
| Z( H) | heavy key mole fraction in bottoms | |
| Z( L |