Conjugate Heat Transfer in Latent Heat Thermal Storage System With Cross Plate Fins
01 Oct 2015-Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)-Vol. 137, Iss: 10, pp 102302
About: This article is published in Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme.The article was published on 2015-10-01. It has received 9 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat transfer & Plate fin heat exchanger.
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