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    <periodOfReport>2017-12-08</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KYE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001535929</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Voya Financial, Inc.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>230 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10169</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001577976</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Voya Holdings, Inc.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE ORANGE WAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WINDSOR</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06095</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000837010</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE &amp; ANNUITY Co</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE ORANGE WAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WINDSOR</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06095</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series B Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2017-12-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>200000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>25.02</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                    <value>0</value>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Subsidiary</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series C Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-08-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>800000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>25.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                    <value>0</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Subsidiary</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On December 8, 2017, the Issuer redeemed $30,000,000 of its Series B Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Most of the securities reported herein were directly beneficially owned by Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company, Security Life of Denver Insurance Company, ReliaStar Life Insurance Company and ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York, each a direct or indirect subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. and/or Voya Holdings Inc. With respect to the remainder of the securities reported herein, Voya Investment Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Voya Holdings Inc., in its capacity as investment adviser to a third-party owner of such securities, has been delegated certain voting rights pursuant to an investment management contract with such third party, making Voya Investment Management, LLC a beneficial owner of such securities solely for regulatory reporting purposes. Voya Holdings Inc. is a direct subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. Voya Financial, Inc. is the indirect beneficial owner of the securities reported herein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Securities reported herein are being terminated and reissued in connection with the Merger of KYE into Kayne Anderson Midstream/Energy Fund, Inc. on August 6, 2018. A separate Form 4 will be filed reporting ownership of the securities reissued under that Issuer.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jean Weng, SVP &amp; Corporate Secretary, Voya Financial, Inc.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-08-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jean Weng, SVP &amp; Assistant Secretary, Voya Holdings Inc.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-08-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jean Weng, SVP &amp; Assistant Secretary, Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-08-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
