Philip Kiameh

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Kiameh, Philip.
Power generation handbook : selection, applications, operation, and maintenance /
Philip Kiameh.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-07-139604-7
1. Electric power production. I. Title.
TK1001 K52 2002
621.31 dc21 2002026524

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