Overview of the M-Cycle Technology for Air Conditioning and Cooling Applications
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The presented paper is a review of articles that in recent years have dealt with the possibilities of using the M-cycle for refrigeration purposes.
This paper can serve as a basic overview of the issue, but it does not contain any critical discussion or comparison of the technology’s benefits and what practical potential it can offer in the future. In addition, according to Fig. 7 it seems that interest of researchers in this issue has declined rapidly.
The English language must be improved, and the paper also mentions that the technology could be used for water desalination and distillation, power generation and NOx reduction, but none of this is discussed further in the article.
In conclusion, this is a weak review that lacks its own critical view on the matter at hand and its benefits are arguable. I would recommend the authors to greatly extend and rework the article and provide a critical discussion on the topic.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
thank you for your contribution and suggestions. With this paper I would like to respond you on your suggestions.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Review Comments for Manuscript Number: energies-1600567-peer-review-v1
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Overview of the M-Cycle technology for air conditioning and cooling applications |
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The authors present an overview of M-Cycle in some air conditioning and cooling applications. It provides a good discussion and some solutions to current used systems. The research is well and will help the researchers in the field. I suggest the authors have their discussion with the previous paragraphs and keep the Summery in one section. In addition to pointing out their conclusions in the summary.
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Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
thank you for your contribution and suggestions. With this paper I would like to respond you on your suggestions.
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Reviewer 3 Report
The article "Overview of the M-Cycle technology for air conditioning and cooling applications" is written on 15 pages, applies knowledge from 56 literary sources, contains 1 table and 14 pictures, which is fine. The pictures are illustrative, clear. This article attempts to summarize M-Cycle technologies for air conditioning and refrigeration applications. It has individual parts: 1. Introduction 2. M-Cycle principle of operation 3. M-Cycle HVAC systems 4. M-Cycle cooling 5. Discussion and summary I appreciate that there is a nomenclature at the end, which improves the readability and clarity of the article. I have comments on the post: When there is a nomenclature at the end, it was not necessary to list what the marks in the picture mean (lines 78.79 ...) I do not know whether it is necessary to list the exact numbers of patents (see lines 100-104). That is not clear. I will leave the modifications to the author's discretion. I support the publication of the article in the journal under consideration.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
thank you for your contribution and suggestions. With this paper I would like to respond you on your suggestions.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
The authors managed to improve their paper and it is now suitable for publication. I would only suggest expanding the nomenclature with all the acronyms used throughout the paper.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
We appreciate your support, contribution and all comments.
In final version of manuscript we will include extended nomenclature and again we will revise text to eliminate possible minor errors.
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