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Research Article

Investigation of heat transfer augmentation and friction factor in twisted tape-based earth-to-air-heat exchanger: a CFD-based analysis

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Article: 2277311 | Received 06 Mar 2023, Accepted 06 Sep 2023, Published online: 28 Nov 2023

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