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I am using the following functions to model a reactor of fixed volume, with inlet temp Ti, operating temp To and proportion of reactant in feed y_A. The reactor has an operating point dictated by the energy balance dH_gen=dH_rem. Over a range of To and y_A I want to solve dH_gen-dH_rem==o to find Ti at the operating point using the follow matlab code.
%defining constants
V=8.5;
P=3e5; %Pa
R=8.3145; %kJ/mol.K
Cp=1.09 %kJ/kgK
Mr_air=29e-3; %kg/mol
dH_1=-1850; %kJ/mol
dH_2=-1423;
dH_3=-3273;
F_ao=0.1; %molar flow rate of benzene
Ti=600:1:850;
y_A=0.001:0.0001:0.01;
hold on;
for i=1:numel(Ti)
for j=1:numel(y_A)
To = sym('To', [i j]);
k1(i) = 1e7.*exp(-12700./To);
k2(i) = 5e4.*exp(-10800./To);
k3(i) = 7e7.*exp(-15000./To);
t(j)=(V.*y_A(j).*P)./(F_ao.*R.*To);
X(j)=(t(j).*(k1(i)+k3(i)))./(1+t(j).*(k1(i)+k3(i)));
Y_B(j) = (k1(i).*t(j))./(((k2(i).*t(j))+1).*(1+(t(j).*(k1(i)+k3(i)))))
dH_gen(i,j)=-((V.*y_A(j)/F_ao.*P)./(R.*To)).*((((k1(i).*dH_1)+(k3(i).*dH_3)).*(1-X(j)))+(k2(i).*Y_B(j).*dH_2)); %enthalphy generated by exothermic reaction
dH_rem(i,j)=(Mr_air./y_A(j)).*Cp.*(To-Ti(i));%enthalphy change of process fluid
eqn(i,j) = dH_gen(i,j)-dH_rem(i,j);
solx = fzero(eqn(i,j),To)
end
end
From this, there is an error occurring when converting from sym to double: DOUBLE cannot convert the input expression into a double array. What does this mean and how do I fix this?

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