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word 4, key word 5, key word 6, key word 7, inserting any reference in this section. In the Keywords section, please enter words or
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formula equation, figure and table. leave 10 pts spacing between them instead of 20 pts.
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The number of pages for the manuscript must be no more
than ten, including all the sections. Please make sure that the The heater tube. This device is used as the electrical
whole text ends on an even page. Please do not insert page resistance for providing heat input. D.C. voltage is applied at
numbers. Please do not use the Headers or the Footers the…
because they are reserved for the technical editing by editors.
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page, instead, move the heading to the top of the next page.
3. SECTION HEADINGS

The way that section titles and other headings are 4. MORE DETAILS ABOUT PAPER TITLE AND
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4.1 Paper title
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Paper titles should be written in upper-case and lower-case “Kelvin-meters”.
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short formulas that identify the elements are fine (e.g., “Nd– used for percentages and degrees Celsius (e.g., 35%, 234°C).
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be abbreviated. 6. TABLES AND FIGURES

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Different affiliations shall be listed in separate lines. Do
not insert any punctuation at the end of each affiliation. If all (1) Briefly and descriptively title each table and caption
the authors are affiliated to the same organization, type that each figure. Place figure captions below the figures whereas
affiliation just once. table titles above the tables. Please do not include captions as
part of the figures or put them in “text boxes” linked to the
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To match authors and their own affiliations, please insert figures.
numerical superscripts, i.e., “1, 2, 3, 4 …” followed by a space, (2) All the table titles and figure captions should be
after name and, correspondingly, before affiliation. If all the centered, Times New Roman font and 10 pts in size. Just
authors are affiliated to the same one organization, any capitalize the first letter of words, phrases and sentences
number is no need. which are included in tables and figures.
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superscript asterisk (*). You may offer emails of all co- writing: e.g., Table 1 or Figure 1 (instead of Tab. 1 or Fig. 1).
authors. But in the final version of your manuscript, only one If possible, place tables and figures in the order mentioned in
valid email of the corresponding author will be kept. the text, at top or bottom of page, as close as possible to text
reference.
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the equation flush left, without indenting it. spread over two consecutive pages (first an even numbered,
(3) Numbering: Make sure that placing and numbering then an odd-numbered page) turned by 90, without repeating
of equations is consistent throughout your manuscript. the heading. Here is an example:
References to the equations should be as Eq. (1). Make the
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Heading1 Heading 2 Heading 3

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Please use the SI set of units as much as possible. aligned in relation to those borders of the table above it no matter what the
Wherever the application domain uses a different set of units table size is. 4. Please distribute your notes evenly between the margins.
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for year (annum) is depreciated and the use of “y” is
encouraged instead. Similarly, “h” should be used for hours Please make sure that the captions are on the same page
instead of “hr” and “t” instead of “ton” or “tonne”. It is with the relevant figures and tables. Please keep captions
important to take care of the case in which the measurement short – taking preferably one line. If a caption is a complete
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punctuation at the end. encourage you to identify in your papers the articles of
Figures and captions must be centered. Any word, number, similar research published in past issues of the journal. Please
shape and symbol on figures must be discernible when the do a literature check of the papers published in the journal in
page zoom level stands at 120%. We suggest that you use one recent years.
of the following Open Type fonts: Times New Roman, Literature included in your references list must all be
Helvetica, Arial, Cambria, and Symbol, when preparing your mentioned in the text. Please number all the pieces of
figures. literature in the order of their appearance in the text and mark
Various figures can be accepted. Several examples cited them with Arabic numerals in square brackets, such as [1],
from papers published in previous IIETA journal issues are as [2], [3]. Please do not make these numerals superscript either
follows. Please pay special attention to how much line in the text or in the references list.
spacing is allowed in different cases: The digital object identifier (DOI) should be attached to
the end of a reference if the reference has one indeed. You
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You may imitate the following examples to prepare your
references:

[1] Magrini, A., Lazzari, S., Marenco, L., Guazzi, G.

(2017). A procedure to evaluate the most suitable
integrated solutions for increasing energy performance
of the building’s envelope, avoiding moisture problems.
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[2] Bejan, A. (2015). Constructal thermodynamics.
Figure 1. Cavity geometry Constructal Law & Second Law Conference, Parma, pp.
S1-S8.
[3] Chen, W.K. (1993). Linear Networks and Systems.
Wadsworth, Belmont, 123-135.
[4] Costa, T., Zarante, P., Sodré, J. (2013). Simulation of
aldehyde formation in ethanol fuelled spark ignition
engines. In: Sens, M., Baar, R. (eds) Engine Processes.
(a) Temperature field Expert Verlag, Berlin.
[5] Bentley, R.E. (1998). Handbook of Temperature
Measurement Vol. 3: The Theory and Practice of
Thermoelectric Thermometry. Springer Science &
Business Media.
[6] Williams, J.O. (1993). Narrow-band analyzer. Ph.D.
(b) Velocity vector field dissertation. Department of Electronic Engineering,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Figure 2. Three heat sources [7] SIMUL8 Corporation. SIMUL8 – Process Simulation
Software. http://www.simul8.com/, accessed on Jan. 17,
2015.
7. CONCLUSIONS [8] Reber, E.E., Michell, R.L., Carter, C.J. (1988). Oxygen
absorption in the earth’s atmosphere. Technical Report
It is mandatory to have conclusions in your paper. This TR-0200 (4230-46)-3. Aerospace Corporation, Los
section should include the main conclusions of the research Angeles, California, USA.
and a comprehensible explanation of their significance and [9] Motorola Semiconductor Data Manual. (1989).
relevance. The limitations of the work and future research Motorola Semiconductor Products Inc., Phoenix, USA.
directions may also be mentioned. Please do not make
another abstract.
NOMENCLATURE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Each paper should have a separate nomenclature section
that lists in detail and unambiguously all the symbols used in
Acknowledgement section is not numbered and presented the text and their definitions. Do not use the same symbol for
after the conclusion. Use the singular heading even if you two or more different meanings or definitions; similarly, do
have many acknowledgments. Avoid expressions such as not use more than one symbol for one variable/parameter.
“One of us would like to thank ...” Instead, write “This work Each dimensional symbol must have SI units mentioned at
is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant the end. All dimensionless groups and coefficients must be
numbers: xxxx, yyyy).” indicated as dimensionless after their definitions. All Latin
symbols (dimensional and dimensionless) should be listed in
an alphabetic order. All Greek symbols follow the Latin
REFERENCES symbols. Subscripts and superscripts follow Greek symbols
and should be identified by a minor heading. Symbols that
cannot be typed should be entered in black ink. Symbols p nanoparticle
should be italicized throughout the text. f fluid (pure water)
Please make a nomenclature originally in a table and then nf nanofluid
hide all the borders so that the symbol column and the APPENDIX
meaning column can be aligned from the top down. A
template for nomenclature is as follows. (1) Appendix. If there is an Appendix section in your
NOMENCLATURE paper, please place the section after Nomenclature and follow
the format of the text body.
B dimensionless heat source length (2) Footnotes. It is recommended that footnotes be
CP specific heat, J. kg-1. K-1 avoided.
g gravitational acceleration, m.s-2 (3) Permissions. You are responsible for making sure that
k thermal conductivity, W.m-1. K-1 you have the right to publish everything in your paper. If you
Nu local Nusselt number along the heat source use material from a copyrighted source, you may need to get
permission from the copyright holder. You need to seek
Greek symbols permission to use a figure or table if it has not been changed
in any substantive way from the original or if it does not plot
 thermal diffusivity, m2. s-1 or compile data readily available to anyone. You need to seek
 thermal expansion coefficient, K-1 permission to quote material if you use it in a way
 solid volume fraction competitive with the original material, that is, if your use of
Ɵ dimensionless temperature the material will harm the rights of the original publisher
µ dynamic viscosity, kg. m-1.s-1 and/or author. This criterion holds true regardless of the
length of the quote. If the quoted material will not be used
Subscripts competitively, you need only to cite the original source.
Please consult your own legal adviser if you have any
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