Environmental impacts of the extant linear carbon economy and aspects of conservation of resources demand a transformation to a circular carbon economy (CCE). In view of this transformation, carbon-containing plastic products should be reused and recycled to prevent or minimize the release of...

Due to a broad consensus in the engaging of global economic integrations, host countries encounter a number of challenges, especially in international capital mobility. Foreign direct investment (FDI) becomes a pillar for economic development. This study explores which Association of Southeast...

Due to a broad consensus in the engaging of global economic integrations, host countries encounter a number of challenges, especially in international capital mobility. Foreign direct investment (FDI) becomes a pillar for economic development. This study explores which Association of Southeast...

This paper proposes a novel method for assessing the predictability of energy market time series, by predicting the entropy of the series. According to conventional entropy-based analysis where the entropy is always ex-post estimated), high entropy values characterize unpredictable series, while...

Dual-media molten-salt thermocline thermal energy storage (TES) systems can be used to maintain constant power production at Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants independent of weather changes at costs less than that of traditional two-tank molten-salt storage systems. The flow distribution is...

This paper presents an environment-friendly adsorption chiller using Zeolite FAM Z01–water pair as opposed to the conventional silica gel and water pair. The adsorbent, zeolite, is thinly coated onto the surfaces of fin-tube heat exchanger for faster rates of heat and mass transfer. Another...