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Thermal Diffusion

The Improvement of Thermal Diffusion Performance in the Modified Frazier Scheme by Increasing the Column Heights at a Constant Ratio

Ho-Ming YehEnergy and Opto-Electronic Materials Research Center, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, New Taipei, Taiwan
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Chii-Dong HoEnergy and Opto-Electronic Materials Research Center, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, New Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Liu-Yi ChenEnergy and Opto-Electronic Materials Research Center, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, New Taipei, Taiwan
Pages 17-25 | Received 26 Feb 2013, Accepted 17 Jul 2014, Published online: 25 Sep 2014

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