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Review of Solar Cooling Technologies

Yunho Hwang
,
Reinhard Radermacher
,
Ali Al Alili Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
&
Isoroku Kubo Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Pages 507-528 | Received 20 Nov 2007, Accepted 11 Dec 2007, Published online: 25 Feb 2011

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