Novel Technologies and Sustained Advances of Heat Pump System
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "J: Thermal Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 April 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editor
Interests: extreme hydrophobic; low temperature and low dimensional interfacial phase transformation dynamics; heat pumps; super-hydrophobic; refrigerating engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heat pumps are not only increasingly being integrated for traditional space heating in buildings but are also rapidly expanding into emerging applications, including industrial process heating, agricultural drying, temperature management in data centers and district energy stations. This trend has accelerated advancements in refrigerants, cycle architectures, compression technologies, smart control systems and materials, leading to heat pumps that achieve higher efficiency, wider operating temperature ranges, lower environmental impact and improved intelligent connectivity. The growing deployment of heat pumps in extreme climates and critical processes has further stimulated research into system reliability, lifecycle monitoring and grid interaction capabilities, giving rise to more sophisticated intelligent diagnostics, operational maintenance and system integration technologies.
This Special Issue focuses on recent advancements in heat pump systems, including their theoretical foundations, design methodologies, modeling techniques, practical applications, integrated control strategies and condition monitoring approaches.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Low-temperature heat pump technology
- High-efficiency heat pump cycle architectures
- Advanced compression technologies
- Innovative manufacturing processes for heat pumps
- Multi-unit integrated operation strategies for heat pumps
- Advanced modeling and simulation methods for heat pump systems
- Predictive control and fault diagnosis of heat pumps
- Optimal design of key components in heat pump systems
- Life cycle assessment and environmental impact evaluation of heat pumps
Dr. Zhiping Yuan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heat pump
- refrigerant
- compression
- environmental impact
- cycle
- design
- simulation
- application
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