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Experimental analysis on passive cooling of flat photovoltaic panel with heat sink and wick structure

Parkunam NDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lakshmanan PandiyanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, India
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Navaneethakrishnan GDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, India
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Arul SDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, India
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Vijayan VDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, India
Pages 653-663 | Received 18 Sep 2018, Accepted 21 Dec 2018, Published online: 14 Mar 2019

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