Note: Bold typeface indicates vector
Ap Particle projected area [E6.7]
b Buoyancy factor [E6.5]
Bm Mass transfer number
CD Drag coefficient [E6.8]
Cp Specific heat capacity
Dp Drag function [E6.6]
F Frössling correction for mass transfer
Fs Particle solid fraction
g Gravitational acceleration (vector)
Hfg Latent heat of vaporisation
K Turbulence kinetic energy
k Thermal conductivity
L Latent heat of solidification
mp Mass of a particle
Nu Nusselt number
Re Particle Reynolds number (Re = )
T Temperature
TL Liquidus temperature
Ts Solidus temperature
W Molecular weight
m Solidification index
Dte Eddy lifetime [E6.10]
Dtr Eddy crossing-time [E6.12]
Dte Lagrangian time-step
a
Particle heat transfer coefficientU Instantaneous continuous-phase velocity
U'c Fluctuating continuous-phase velocity (Section 6.6.1)
Uc Continuous-phase velocity
Up Particle velocity
xp Particle position
Yvs Mass fraction of vapour at droplet surface
Yvoo Mass fraction of vapour in surroundings
e
Rate of dissipation of turbulence kinetic energyf
c Continuous-phase propertyW
Angular speed of rotation of the co-ordinate system [E6.13]n
c Continuous-phase kinematic viscosityr
Density
Subscripts
p particle
v vapour
s particle solid phase
l particle liquid phase
c continuous phase