Latest Advances in Heat Transfer and Energy Storage for Sustainable Technologies
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "J1: Heat and Mass Transfer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermal management; thermal comfort; nanofluids; phase change materials for heat transfer, energy conversion and storage
Interests: thermal storage integrated heat pump systems; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); aerodynamics; thermal management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global transition towards energy efficiency and sustainability has driven rapid advancements in thermal management and energy storage technologies. As emerging systems such as electric vehicles, renewable energy installations, data centres, aerospace platforms, maritime systems, and power electronics become more compact, powerful, and energy-dense, effective heat regulation and energy storage are increasingly essential to ensure system performance, safety, and longevity.
This Special Issue highlights recent developments in heat transfer enhancement and thermal energy management, spanning innovations in both materials and system-level approaches. Areas of interest include high-performance phase change materials, nanofluids and hybrid nanofluids, thermally conductive composites, and advanced heat exchanger designs. Enhanced cooling technologies such as liquid and two-phase flow systems, vapour chambers, and hybrid passive–active thermal management strategies are also covered. Contributions involving machine learning, artificial intelligence, and advanced control methods for real-time thermal regulation and predictive optimisation are encouraged.
Furthermore, this Special Issue presents advances in energy storage technologies, including latent and sensible heat storage, thermochemical storage, and integrated electrothermal and hybrid systems. Research on waste heat recovery, energy flexibility, and the integration of thermal storage with renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaic and photovoltaic–thermal systems is also in scope.
We welcome original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and application-focused studies demonstrating progress in material development, system integration, numerical modelling, experimental validation, and performance analysis. Target applications include electric and hybrid vehicles, power electronics, high-density computing, industrial waste heat recovery, building-integrated energy systems, renewable energy platforms, and aerospace and maritime thermal management systems.
Dr. Tehmina Ambreen
Dr. Arslan Saleem
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermal management
- energy storage
- phase change materials (PCM)
- heat transfer enhancement
- nanocomposites
- electric vehicles (EVs)
- waste heat recovery
- latent and sensible heat storage
- smart cooling systems
- renewable energy integration
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