Glossary#

The following abbreviations are used in Cantera, both in documentation and in the names of variables and classes:

CK

Chemkin

CSTR

Continuous stirred tank reactor

CT

Cantera

CTI

Cantera Input (Removed in Cantera 3.0)

CTML

Cantera Markup Language (Removed in Cantera 3.0)

DAE

Differential algebraic equation

EOS / EoS

Equation of state

HKFT

Helgeson-Kirkham-Flowers-Tanger

HMW

Harvie, Møller, and Weare

IAPWS

International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam

IDT

Ignition delay time

MFTP

Mixture Fugacity ThermoPhase

NTC

Negative temperature coefficient

ODE

Ordinary differential equation

PDSS

Pressure-dependent standard state

PFR

Plug flow reactor

PSR

Perfectly stirred reactor

RT

Product of the universal gas constant (R) and the temperature

SHE

Single half-electrode

SP

Surface Problem

SS

Standard state

SSTP

SingleSpeciesTP (ThermoPhase)

STIT

SpeciesThermoInterpType

VCS

Villars Cruise Smith

VPSS

Variable Pressure Standard State

VPSSTP

Variable Pressure Standard State ThermoPhase

wrt

with respect to

WSR

Well-stirred reactor