FINITE-VOLUME AND FINITE-ELEMENT HYBRID TECHNIQUE FOR THE CALCULATION OF COMPLEX HEAT EXCHANGERS BY SEMIEXPLICIT METHOD FOR WALL TEMPERATURE LINKED EQUATIONS (SEWTLE)

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