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Hydro turbine prototype testing and generation of performance curves: fully automated approach. / Aggidis, George; Zidonis, Audrius.
In: Renewable Energy, Vol. 71, 11.2014, p. 433–441.

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Aggidis G, Zidonis A. Hydro turbine prototype testing and generation of performance curves: fully automated approach. Renewable Energy. 2014 Nov;71:433–441. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.043

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Aggidis, George ; Zidonis, Audrius. / Hydro turbine prototype testing and generation of performance curves : fully automated approach. In: Renewable Energy. 2014 ; Vol. 71. pp. 433–441.

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