Advances in Thermal Energy Storage and Applications—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This is the second edition of the previously successful Special Issue “Advances in Thermal Energy Storage and Applications”.

As an important type of technology for the construction and development of low-carbon, safe and efficient energy supply systems, thermal energy storage has broad application prospects in renewable energy utilization, power grid peak shaving and valley filling, industrial waste heat recovery, building energy conservation, thermal management for vehicles and power electronics, etc. Thermal energy storage could effectively solve the mismatch between the supply and demand of thermal energy with regard to time, space or intensity, as well as enhance system or device energy utilization. In recent years, thermal energy storage technologies, including sensible heat storage, latent heat storage, and thermochemical heat storage, have been deeply studied in different fields of heat utilization. With the enrichment of thermal storage scenarios and the improvement of the scale and quality of thermal storage, it is urgent and important to develop advanced thermal storage technologies that can realize efficient space–time transfer and utilization of thermal energy.

This Special Issue will present the latest research on new materials, systems, devices and methods for advanced thermal energy storage, as well as investigations into heat transfer, flow and physical and chemical mechanisms. Scholars are invited to submit original research, review, and perspective articles on the topics of interest for publication, which include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Configuration design and optimization of high-efficiency thermal storage systems;
• Preparation and optimization of materials with high thermal energy storage density;
• Enhancement of the thermal and chemical stabilities of thermal storage material;
• Thermodynamic and economic analyses of thermal storage systems;
• Control of heat charging and discharging of thermal storage systems and devices;
• Heat transfer control and enhancement of thermal storage devices;
• Single-phase and multi-phase flow control of thermal storage devices;
• Operation strategy optimization of thermal storage systems;
• Smart fault detection and diagnosis of thermal storage systems;
• Advanced simulation and testing approaches.

Dr. Panpan Song
Dr. Siyu Zheng
Dr. Hongsheng Jiang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.