Advanced Technology for Solar Thermal Cooling, Heating, and Energy Storage—2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 45
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solar thermal cooling; vapour-compression refrigeration systems and heat pumps; cold thermal energy storage; solid adsorption refrigeration system
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Interests: solar thermal cooling; ejector refrigeration system
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The path towards achieving a more sustainable future is possible with the development of technologies that facilitate various human needs. Solar technology, as one of the leading decarbonising technologies, is growing much faster than any other energy technologies in history, fast enough to completely displace fossil fuels from the global economy by 2050. Solar energy plays a major role in the green energy supply of the future, both locally for individual homeowners and in the form of large power stations.
A key area of interest is solar thermal cooling via sorption or thermomechanical cycles, which often provides valuable co-generated heating and maximizes system efficiency. Furthermore, overcoming the intermittency of solar resources is vital. This Special Issue aims to highlight innovations in sorption, thermochemical, and phase-change material storage to ensure a reliable and dispatchable thermal energy supply.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the theory, design, controlling, modelling, case study, validation, and measurements of all types of energy conversion systems. Papers focused on solar thermal technologies related to cooling and heating systems or energy storage are highly welcome.
Topics of interests for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- All aspects of solar thermal technologies related to cooling and heating systems, including thermal-sorption (adsorption and absorption) and thermomechanical systems.
- All aspects of solar-sourced energy storages, including sorption and thermochemical heat storages.
- Solar dissociative evaporative cooling technology.
- Hybrid solar cooling technology.
- Multi-use solar systems for heating, cooling, and power generation.
- Phase-change material in solar thermal storage.
- Numerical modelling of transient system performance, particularly for thermal storage and hybrid solar cycles.
- Fault-tolerant strategy and control framework.
Dr. Jay Wang
Dr. Dingli Duan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solar energy
- solar thermal cooling
- sorption system
- energy storage power generation
- evaporative cooling
- fault-tolerant
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