Advanced Research on Heat Exchanger Networks and Heat Recovery: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "J: Thermal Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heat exchanger networks; heat transfers; energy saving; heat recovery; process integration
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Interests: geothermal; heat and transfer; oil and gas; energy systems analysis
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Interests: energy; process integration; heat pumps; digital twins; heat and mass transfer
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy is the one of the most important resources for modern society, with the use of energy defining the paradigm of economic development around the globe. Consequently, energy efficiency is a key issue in terms of both economic efficiency and environmental impact. Heat exchanger networks in different industries can recover processed heat energy, preventing additional fuel consumption in furnaces or electricity consumption for cooling cycles. Heat exchanger network synthesis, retrofitting, and optimisation comprise the long-term development goals that currently face new challenges. The industrial energy transition to renewable energies in line with low-carbon strategies guides new objectives towards heat exchanger network and heat recovery research. Both theoretical aspects and techno-economic criteria affect future industrial energy systems, wherein heat recovery plays a key role. This Special Issue aims to explore new advancements and prospective developments in heat exchanger networks, including topics such as network synthesis and optimisation, thermodynamic and thermal design, operation and maintenance, networks for industry electrification, digital twins of heat recovery systems, hydrogen-containing recovery systems, and the integration of renewable energies into heat recovery networks, among others.
Dr. Stanislav Boldyryev
Dr. Bohong Wang
Dr. Timothy Gordon Walmsley
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heat exchanger networks
- design and retrofit of recovery systems
- network modelling and optimization
- energy savings
- operation, maintenance, prediction
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