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Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 282313, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/282313
Research Article

Cooling Performance Characteristics on Mobile Air-Conditioning System for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Ho-Seong Lee1 and Moo-Yeon Lee2

1Korea Automotive Technology Institute, 74 Yongjung-Ri, Pungse-Myun, Dongnam-Gu, Chonan-si 330-012, Republic of Korea
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dong-A University, 37 Nakdong-Daero 550 Beon-Gil Saha-Gu, Busan 604-714, Republic of Korea

Received 4 October 2012; Accepted 29 January 2013

Academic Editor: Hakan F. Oztop

Copyright © 2013 Ho-Seong Lee and Moo-Yeon Lee. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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