Vinyl chloride polymerization in microdroplet reactor - Les thèses en ...

List of symbols
LIST OF SYMBOLS
Latin letters
A - Frequency factor
Bo - Bond number
Ca - Capillary number
D m Specific length scale
D km.m 3 Density
De - Dean number
D x m 2 .s -1 Self-diffusion coefficient of specie y
D x,0 m 2 .s -1 Pre-exponential factor
∆E kJ mole -1 Apparent activation energy
f - Darcy coefficient
f g - Droplet generation frequency
f I - Initiator efficiency
G
f
H , x
- Fractional hole free volume of pure component at T g
g m.s -2 Gravitational acceleration
∆H p kJ.mol -1 Polymerization heat
[I] mole.L -1 Initiator concentration
J
Parameter defined in the model
k - Constant from Weisbach equation
k L mol -1 s -1 Effective rate constant
K - Solubility constant
K* - Precipitation parameter
K’ de s -1 Radical desorption rate constant
K app m 2 .s -1 Apparent reaction rate constant
K chem m 2 .s -1 Intrinsic reaction rate constant
K d s -1 Initiator decomposition rate constant
K diff m 2 .s -1 Diffusion contribution to the rate constant
K f L.mole -1 s -1 Chain transfer rate constant
K I - Initiator partition coefficient
K p L.mole -1 s -1 Propagation rate constant
K t m 3 .kmole -1 min -1 Termination rate constant
L m Specific length
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