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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
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Effectiveness Study of a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Operated with Nanofluids at Different Mass Flow Rates

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Pages 699-713 | Received 25 Jun 2013, Accepted 01 Sep 2013, Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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