Applied Thermal Engineering
A section of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Section Information
Applied Thermal Engineering is open to receiving high-quality state-of-the-art reviews, original full research, short communications, and case studies, covering all technologies based on heat transfer processes. Therefore, challenging works dealing with applied thermodynamic problems up to real applications are welcomed in this section. Both theoretical and experimental works with rigorous and replicable methodology can be submitted in this section.
Both basic and applied research and anything in between is acceptable in this section, and many different applications can be covered, such as domestic, commercial, industrial, marine, aeronautics, aerospatial, transport, primary/secondary/tertiary sector, and clean energy. Download Section Flyer
Subject Areas
- Heat transfer problems
- Convective
- Conductive
- Radiation
- Heat exchangers
- Energy conversion
- Heat-to-power
- Power-to-heat
- Combined heat and power
- Combined cold, heat and power
- Hydrogen energy
- Combustion
- Internal combustion engines
- Gas turbines
- Boilers
- Fire research
- Combustion pollutant control
- Detonation, explosion and supersonic combustion
- Novel combustion technologies
- Cycles
- Rankine
- Brayton
- Stirling
- Absorption
- Adsorption
- Mini- and micro-channels
- Heat transfer technologies
- Heat pipe
- Heat pump (different temperatures)
- Micro-electronics cooling
- Zero-emission technologies
- Photovoltaic thermal energy
- Renewable energy
- Energy storage
- Phase change materials
- Fuel cells
- 4E analysis
- Energetic
- Exergetic (including advanced)
- Economic
- Environmental
- Exergoeconomic and/or exergoenvironmental
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Applied Thermodynamics (Deadline: 20 August 2026)
- Novel Developments in Fluid Flow and Energy Transfer (Deadline: 20 August 2026)
- Solar Thermal Energy: Conversion, Storage, and Utilization (Deadline: 20 September 2026)
- Recent Process of Cooling System for Batteries: Material, Simulation and Application (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- Simulation and Analysis of Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer, and Mass Transfer (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- New Challenges in Thermodynamics (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Thermal and Environmental Control Technologies in Marine Engineering (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Urban Thermal Comfort and Microclimate: From Research to Sustainable Design (Deadline: 20 November 2026)
- Advances and Perspectives in Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Nuclear Safety (Deadline: 20 November 2026)
- Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation (Deadline: 20 November 2026)
- 5th Anniversary of the Section "Applied Thermal Engineering"—Recent Advances in Sustainable Energy and Solid Waste Management (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Modern Trends and Applications in Thermal Energy Storage (Deadline: 20 January 2027)
- Advances in Combustion Science and Engineering (Deadline: 20 January 2027)
- Thermal Management and Thermal Effects in Railway Systems (Deadline: 20 February 2027)
- Recent Advances in Thermal Engineering and Sustainable Energy Systems (Deadline: 20 February 2027)
- Thermal Comfort in Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Recent Research on Heat and Mass Transfer (Deadline: 20 March 2027)
- Thermal Analysis and Its Applications in Materials Science and Engineering (Deadline: 10 July 2027)
