X.X.X Development /Relations among Dimensionless Groups

Rate of change Rate of change Rate of change Generation / Boundary Condition(s) (Interphase transfer)
of mass/unit of mass by of mass by unit volume Empirically Concentration Max flux
volume convection /unit molecular (chemical determined flux specified (1, 2b)a specified (2a, 4)a
Mass Balance
volume transfer reactions) specified (3)a
(diffusion) / unit
volume
Symbols c  c0 N1  N 2

ci    c i v       J1  R i NA x  0  Kc or or
t c1  c 2 NA  N0
Dimensionsb C CV VC DC 1
 R i  KC 
 L L L2 L
 
Mass
  LV
   Peclet <
D KL
>    Sherwood
D
Damköhler I

R i L2
>    Damköhler II
DC

Rate of change Rate of change Rate of change of Generation / Empirically Velocity Momentum flux
of momentum of momentum momentum by volume determined flux specified (1, 2b)a specified (2a, 4)a
Momentum
/unit volume by convection molecular (external forces specified (3)a
Balance
/unit volume transfer (viscous i.e. gravity)
transfer)/volume
Symbols "Inertial Forces" Pressure x 0
"Viscous Forces" or
v0 1  2
 g gradient 
    
or
   vv  
or
v  v1  v 2   0
t - L
Dimensionsb V V 2 V 2 V g P
 
1 
Schmidt


 L L L2 L L
LV
  Reynolds <
  
V2
   Froude <
gL
 P   L 
> f   2 
  Friction Factor
 L   V 
Lewis

 L
>    Bingham
v
V 2 L
>    Weber <   L  


Rate of change of Rate of change Rate of change Generation / Other terms: Empirically Concentration Max flux
energy/unit of energy by of energy by unit volume (i.e. rev. & irrev. determined flux specified (1, 2b)a specified (2a, 4)a
Energy Balance volume convection/unit diffusion chemical transfer, viscous specified (3)a
volume (conduction) / reactions, etc.) dissipation, etc.
Prandtl

unit volume
Symbols Cp T T  T0 q1  q 2
   Cp Tv      q  SR q x  0  hT or or
t T1  T2 q  q0
Dimensionsb TCp T VC p T VC p kT 1
 SR   hT 
 L L L2 L

hV
>    Nusselt
K
h
>    Stanton
C p V
VC p L
   Heat <
k Peclet

SR  L
>  Damköhler III
VCp T

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