Bejan numbers

A form of Bejan number — A dimensionless number: the ratio of heat transfer irreversibility to total irreversibility due to heat transfer and fluid friction: Be=(̇S'_(gen,,ΔT))/(̇S'_(gen,,ΔT)+̇S'_(gen,,Δp)), where ̇S'_(gen,,ΔT) is the entropy generation contributed by heat transfer and ̇S'_(gen,,Δp) is the entropy generation contributed by fluid friction.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Bejan number
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