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      <journal-title-group><journal-title>SET Proceedings</journal-title></journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2978-4387</issn>
      <publisher><publisher-name>Caravel Press</publisher-name></publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.65582/set.2012.147</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2012.147</article-id>
      <title-group><article-title>Modeling Demand and Price Changes in Distributed Generation of Electrical Energy Using a System Dynamic Approach: Case of Iran</article-title></title-group>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Nourbakhsh</surname><given-names>S.H.</given-names></name>
        <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
      </contrib>
      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Fahimi</surname><given-names>M.</given-names></name>
        <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Ameri</surname><given-names>M.</given-names></name>
        <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/>
      </contrib>
      <aff id="aff1">Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology</aff>
    </contrib-group>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><day>02</day><month>09</month><year>2012</year></pub-date>
      <volume>11</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <isbn publication-format="electronic">978-1-995850-02-3</isbn>
      <fpage>1430</fpage>
      <lpage>1439</lpage>
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        <date date-type="received"><string-date>2 September 2012</string-date></date>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>© 2012 Copyright WSSET</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2012</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract><p>In this paper by means of a system dynamics model, we have addressed the issue of pricing and demand of the distributed generation of electricity in combined heat and power plants in Iran while considering environmental issues which has not been discussed in literature before. We proposed a model based on the relations between supply, price, and demand, considering the efficiency and pollution penalties, and investments in distributed energy generating gas CHP plants. Analysis of our model reveals that for the next twenty years the demand, price, and supply of the DG energy will increase relative to the total energy generated, with demand and price fluctuating due to seasonal changes. Our work uncovers the rich dynamic complexity of energy sector and can serve as a good example of applying systems thinking principles to complex real world problems.</p></abstract>
      <conference>
        <conf-date>2 to 5 September 2012</conf-date>
        <conf-name>11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies</conf-name>
        <conf-acronym>SET2012</conf-acronym>
        <conf-num>11</conf-num>
        <conf-loc>Vancouver, Canada</conf-loc>
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