3. Public Parameters and Variables
With the exception of the array KTable(:) and the
PARAMETER NMaxReacSpc and NMax3bSpc, all
other variables are counters representing the number of species or chemical
reactions satisfying some condition.
These counters are interrelated and other useful values can be deduced from the available counters. The following values have not been explicitly defined and can be useful:
N° of neutral excited species =
NnVX-NnVN° of charged non-excited atomic and molecular species =
NnC-NnVX- 1N° of electron collision direct processes =
NKea-NSKeaN° of gas collision processes between atoms and molecules =
NKgas-NKeaN° of reverse gas collision processes between atoms and molecules =
NReverse-NSKea
When the input file is read, the species and chemical reactions are classified and sorted. The new order follows the classification shown in Figure F-2 and Figure F-3 for, respectively, species and chemical reactions.
Figure F-2. Representation of the ordering of species in PLASMAKIN. The electrons have the highest index of the charged species. Region (a) represents the neutral, excited species and region (b) the charged non-excited atomic and molecular species.
Figure F-3. Representation of the ordering of reactions in PLASMAKIN. Regions (a) and (b) represent, respectively, the number of direct and reverse gas collision processes between atoms and molecules.
| Caution |
The values of these counters are set by PLASMAKIN and should not be modified by the user program. |
- Table of Contents
KTable-- Translation table for reaction coefficient indexesNCasc-- Number of cascade levelsNCh-- Number of charged speciesNChX-- Number of excited charged speciesNKea-- Number of rate coefficients for electron collision reactions in the gas phaseNKgas-- Number of gas phase reactionsNKReac-- Total number of reactionsNKRImp-- Number of radiation imprisonment reactionsNMax3bSpc-- Maximum number of 3rd body species for 3-body reactionNMaxReacSpc-- Maximum number of particles taking part in a reactionNnC-- Number of neutral species with constant concentrationNnTV-- Total number of species with variable concentrationNnV-- Number of non-excited neutrals with variable concentrationNnVX-- Total number of neutrals with variable concentrationNPhot-- Number of photon speciesNReverse-- Number of reverse reactionsNSKea-- Number of superelastic electron collision reactionsNSpecies-- Total number of speciesNKSurf-- Number of surface reactions