Conventional and Alternative Power Generation

Notation

A text covering a broad range of topics will unavoidably require a large nomenclature. In general, parameters are introduced along with their units in the text. However, there are a few cases where the reuse of a symbol in a different context has become necessary to maintain coherence. The listings below highlight the reuse of a parameter by indicating, in brackets, the chapter of its subsequent reoccurrence.

Occasionally, differentiation may require an extended subscript. For example, amb – ambient, comb – combustion, gen – generated etc. Notation such as this is self‐evident and will not be included in the list below.

English Symbols

A	area	m2
a	wave amplitude	m
BF	buoyancy flux parameter	m4/s3
C	capacitance	Farad
Cp	specific heat capacity at constant pressure	kJ/kg K
Cv	specific heat capacity at constant volume	kJ/kg K
c	concentration	kg/m3
DA	diffusion coefficient	m2/s
d	diameter	m
d	distance (8)	m
E	electric potential	volts
EF	electric field	volts/m
F	force	N
F	Faraday's constant (8)	kJ/kmol V
f	frequency	Hertz
	Gibbs energy	kJ, kJ/kmol
g	gravitational acceleration	m/s2
H, h,	enthalpy	kJ, kJ/kg, kJ/kmol
H, h	height (5, 6)	m
h	Planck's constant (8)	Js
I	current	amps
Im	moment of inertia	kg m2
Is	insolation	kWh/annum
KH	Henry's coefficient	Pa
L	length	m
L	self‐inductance (8)	Henrys
M	molar mass	kg/kmol
m,	mass, mass flow rate	kg, kg/s
N	rotational speed	rpm ...