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Experimental Heat Transfer
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Research Article

Experimental hydrothermal characteristics of concentric tube heat exchanger with V-cut twisted tape turbulator using PCM dispersed mono/hybrid nanofluids

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Pages 421-442 | Received 06 Apr 2020, Accepted 18 May 2020, Published online: 16 Jun 2020

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