BEALE NUMBER FORMULA
The Beale number can be defined in terms of a Stirling engine’s operating parameters:
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- Bn= W o P V F
where:
- Bn is the Beale number
- Wo is the power output of the engine (watts)
- P is the mean average gas pressure (Pa) or ( MPa, if volume is in cm3)
- V is swept volume of the power piston (m3, or cm3, if pressure is in MPa)
- F is the engine cycle frequency (Hz)
Beale number is a parameter that characterizes the the performance of Stirling engines.It is often used to estimate the power output of a String Engine design.For engines operating with a high temperature differential,typical values for the beale number are in the range 0.11 to 0.15