ABSTRACT
SECTION I/2 The reactions are
2CO + O2 2CO2, 2C3H6 + 9O2 6CO2 + 6H2O.
Let us introduce the notation
aT = [CO O2 CO2 C3H6 H2O] = [C O D P W] .
The key component vector is
aTk = [CO C3H6] = [C P] .
The stoichiometric matrix is written as
ν =
⎡ ⎢⎢⎢⎢⎣
−2 0 −1 −9 +2 +6
0 −2 0 6
⎤ ⎥⎥⎥⎥⎦
.
