Short Communications Reply to Comments on ’derivation of an Index for Evaluating Economics of Cogeneration Systems and Its Applications’

Derivation of an Index for Evaluating Economics of Cogeneration Systems and Its Applications

In this paper, a simple index for evaluating the economics of cogeneration systems (CGS) is first derived. Second, various strategies to improve the economics of a CGS is generally discussed. Finally, the impacts of the change in various factors determining the economics of a CGS are investigated, by taking a CGS composed of gas turbines and a waste heat boiler for district heating and cooling ...

How to reply to referees' comments when submitting manuscripts for publication

Background: The publication of articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals is a fairly complex and stepwise process that involves responding to referees’ comments. Little guidance is available in the biomedical literature on how to deal with such comments. Objective: The objective of this article is to provide guidance to notice writers on dealing with peer review comments in a way that maxim...

Reply to the Comments on "Chemistry of Pyrolysis and Kinetic Studies of Shea Nut (Vitellaria Paradoxa) Shells Activated Carbon for Textile Wastewater Treatment"

Investigating the Factors Affecting Energy Intensity in Iran with an Emphasis on the Information and Communications Technology Index

The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze factors affecting the energy intensity in provinces of Iran with emphasis on information and communications technology (ICT) index, during the period from 2010-2015. Weighted Average Least Square (WALS) method and information criteria have been applied to select the model; so that, based on WALS method, six variables among various effectiv...

The Effects of Openness and Globalization on Inflation: An ARDL Bounds Test Approach

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis first proposed by Romer (1993); suggesting that inflation is lower in more open economies. According to this hypothesis, central banks have a lower incentive to engineer surprise inflations in more-open economies because the Phillips curve is steeper. Furthermore, Comparing with other empirical studies, this paper has used the new KOF...