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Thesis for degree: Licentiate of Engineering

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Nomenclature<br />

a lattice direction, –<br />

AV surface area-to-volume ration, m 2 /m 3<br />

Bi Biot number, –<br />

c lattice speed <strong>of</strong> sound, lu/ts<br />

c T total concentration, mol/m 3<br />

c p specific heat at constant pressure, J/(kg·K)<br />

C concentration, mol/m 3<br />

Da Darcy number, –<br />

D ij Maxwell-Stefan binary diffusion coefficient, m 2 /s<br />

D thermal diffusion coefficient, kg/(m·s)<br />

E activation energy, kJ/mol<br />

e lattice speed, lu/ts<br />

f a particle density distribution function, –<br />

f eq equilibrium distribution function, –<br />

F <strong>for</strong>ce vector, N/m 3<br />

F Faraday constant, 96485 C/mol<br />

F gravitational <strong>for</strong>ce, mu·lu/ts 2<br />

h enthalpy, kJ/mol<br />

h heat transfer coefficient, W/(m 2·K)<br />

h v volume heat transfer coefficient, W/(m 3·K)<br />

i current density, A/cm 2<br />

i 0 exchange current density, A/cm 2<br />

J mole flux, mol/(m 2 s 1 )<br />

J* dimensionless mole flux, –<br />

k thermal conductivity, W/(m·K)<br />

k reaction rate constant, mol/(m<br />

3·bar<br />

2·s)<br />

k c mass transfer coefficient, m/s<br />

k´´ pre-exponential factor, 1/(·m 2 )<br />

K e equilibrium constant, Pa 2 or dimensionless<br />

M j molecular weight <strong>of</strong> species j, kg/mol<br />

N number <strong>of</strong> grid points, –<br />

N iter number <strong>of</strong> iterations, –<br />

Nu Nusselt number, –<br />

n e number <strong>of</strong> electrons transferred per reaction, –<br />

P pressure, bar<br />

p partial pressure, Pa<br />

v

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