Effects of delta-shaped obstacles on the thermal performance of solar air heater

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bekele, Adisu ^a   Mishra, Manish ^a   Dutta, Sushanta ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

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EID: 84855281839     PISSN: 16878132     EISSN: 16878140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/103502     Document Type: Article

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