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Development of Passive Fuel Cell Thermal Management Technology 无源燃料电池热管理技术的发展

7th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference Pub Date : 2009-06-14 DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-4656

K. Burke, Ian J. Jakupca, Anthony J Colozza

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