Advanced Thermal Management in Aerospace Systems

Dear Colleagues, 

In aerospace systems, thermal management plays an increasingly important role. Thermal management systems integrate power and thermal management systems (PTMSs), fuel thermal management systems (FTMSs), engine systems, and flight vehicle structure systems. PTMSs may include secondary power systems, engine starting systems, environmental control systems, thermal control systems, anti-/de-icing systems, hydraulic systems, and lubrication systems. The FTMS not only provides fuel for the engine to produce power, but it may also use fuel as the heat sinks of the environmental control, hydraulic, and lubrication systems. For this purpose, measures to control fuel temperature need to be determined. The primary role of the thermal management for engines is engine cooling, especially the cooling of engine turbine and combustor walls. Supersonic and hypersonic flight vehicles need thermal protection systems to protect the structures from high temperature damage caused by aerodynamic heating. This Special Issue of Aerospace covers recent advances in aerospace thermal management science and technology.

An additional topic of interest in this Special Issue is the advancements in the application of thermofluids, especially heat transfer and fluid dynamics, to aerospace thermal management systems.

Prof. Dr. Xiande Fang
Dr. Zhanru Zhou
Guest Editors

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