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1.12. NOMENCLATURE
Dimensions
in MLTq
C Number of components
D Diameter L
F Stream flow rate MT 1
f General function
f i General function (design relationship)
f 1 , f 2 ... General functions (design relationships)
L Length L
N d Degrees of freedom in a design problem
N 0 Degrees of freedom (variables free to be selected as design variables)
d
N r Number of design relationships
N v Number of variables
T
P Pressure ML 1 2
P p Inequality constraints
2 3
q Heat input, flash distillation ML T
T Temperature q
v j Variables
v 1 , v 2 ... Variables
x 1 ,x 2 ... Variables
 Equality constraint function
 Inequality constraint function
Suffixes
1 Inlet, flash distillation
2 Vapour outlet, flash distillation
3 Liquid outlet, flash distillation