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    Lucien Y. Bronicki

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Bronicki, L.Y. (2017). Power Generation from Dry Air. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_1028-1

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