Thermal Power Systems and Alternative Energy
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "J: Thermal Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 7699
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermal power systems; refrigeration and air conditioning; after treatment for gasoline and diesel engine emissions; alternative energy sources, recovery, utilization and environmental sustainability; lubricants, tribology and materials; artificial intelligence in engineering problems
Interests: automobile engineering; engineering thermodynamics; thermal engineering; energy engineering; energy conversion; renewable energy; energy environment; thin films and nanotechnology; renewable energy technologies
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Interests: salinity gradient power generation systems; osmotic heat engine; desalination; water desalination systems; process optimization and integration; ultrapure water for steam power plants; carbon capture; post-combustion carbon capture systems; engine performance; SI engine performance and emission evaluation for alternative fuels; solar thermal powered desalination systems; renewable power integrated desalination systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the steep surge in energy demand along with intense industrialization and population of the world, the advancement in techniques for improving thermal power systems will remain attractive among scientists. Vital factors to counter thermal energy requirement and distribution involve the economics, design, working, prediction, and optimization of thermal power systems. Furthermore, the outcomes of such systems rely on the planned energy resource (solar energy, fossil fuels, hydroxy gas, geothermal and nuclear power, waste incineration, and biofuels). Special thermal power systems are also developed to generate thermal energy for district heating and other industrial purposes in addition to electricity generation. Prominently, in the conversion systems powered by fuels, pollutants appear in the exhaust gases owing to partial combustion and inappropriate mixing of fuel and air, which may yield steady degradation of functional attributes of plant life. Therefore, an inclusive appreciation is also essential for exergy, energy, entropy, and enviro-economic analyses of thermal systems powered with various energy sources to reduce the various losses along with pollutants. This Special Issue intends to promote the advancement made not only in conventional thermal power systems but also alternative energy systems with substantial prospective. The Special Issue will publish both original and review articles.
The potential topics of interest for the Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Biogas utilization in thermal energy systems;
- Geo-thermal energy systems;
- Heat Engines;
- Impact of heat sink on performance;
- Hydrogen usage for power generation;
- Alternative Fuels;
- Solar thermal energy systems;
- Prediction and optimization of performance;
- Emissions reduction;
- Energy and entropy analysis;
- Exergetic analysis;
- Enviro-economic analysis;
- Solar thermal powered desalination systems;
- Renewable power integrated desalination systems;
- Osmotic heat engine.
Dr. Muhammad Usman
Prof. Dr. Md. Abul Kalam
Dr. Muhammad Wajid Saleem
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biogas utilization in thermal energy systems
- geo-thermal energy systems
- heat Engines
- impact of heat sink on performance
- hydrogen usage for power generation
- alternative Fuels
- solar thermal energy systems
- prediction and optimization of performance
- emissions reduction
- energy and entropy analysis
- exergetic analysis
- enviro-economic analysis
- thermal desalination
