Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: Variable/quantity registry and naming conventions, with symbol markup.

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Note that the same variable markup "symbol" (which is not necessarily a Mathematica Symbol) is sometimes used for a variable or quantity used in different contexts; the different documentation provides information for usage as an argument in a particular function:

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SysML4Mathematica: Psychrometrics (humid air physics) Air Conditioning scenarios in graphical Systems Modeling Language (SysMLv1.x) and Mathematica
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[CONVENTION, NAMING]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: A suffix '$a' indicates a DRY air component variable, quantity, or function. A suffix '$da' indicates a HUMID air mixture quantity PER dry air.
[CONVENTION, NAMING]{STRONG} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: A suffix '$g' in a water-related variable name refers to water vapour (a special case of gas) or steam. A suffix '$f' refers to liquid (fluid) water. [Although a gas is a fluid.]
[CONVENTION, NAMING]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: A suffix '$ha' indicates a HUMID air mixture variable, quantity, or function or a PER humid air mass quantity.
[CONVENTION, NAMING]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: A suffix '$sat' indicates a humid air mixture quantity at saturation (relative humidity = 1 or degree of saturation = 1).
[CONVENTION, NAMING]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: A suffix '$wat$i' indicates water (liquid or vapour) flow TO (into) the humid air mixture. A suffix '$wat$o' indicates water (liquid or vapour) flow FROM (out of) the humid air mixture.
[CONVENTION, NAMING]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: A suffix '$wat' indicates a water-related variable, quantity, or function (note that 'w' is reserved for the humidity ratio).
[CONVENTION]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: Convention: 'Q' indicates the energy GAINED BY the system as heat energy transfer; 'W' indicates the work DONE BY the system on its external surroundings.
[CONVENTION]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: Humidity ratio (absolute humidity) is indicated by a lower case 'w' and measured in mass (water) / mass (dry air) units, so the SI and IP representations are equal Real (without an explicit unit system)
[CONVENTION]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: Relative humidity is indicated by a lower case 'r' and measured as a Real fraction (rather than as a Percentage). [Some tables and plots do SHOW the relative humidity as a Percentage.]
[CONVENTION, NAMING]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: The term 'steam' (indicated in variable names with a suffix '$s') is reserved for water vapour created through boiling.
[CONVENTION]{STRICT} Webel: Psy/MPsy: Psychrometrics for Mathematica: Transferred heat (energy "Q") has field names with lower case 'qTot', 'qSen', 'qLat'. Heat rates (energy per time) have field names 'qDotTot', 'qDotSen', 'qDotLat' (to avoid clashes with Mathematica core)
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