Heat Transfer Enhancement in Sustainable Energy Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "J1: Heat and Mass Transfer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 April 2026 | Viewed by 76
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global transition towards sustainable energy systems is paramount for addressing climate change and ensuring energy security. A critical but often limiting factor for the performance, reliability, and compactness of these systems—which range from concentrated solar power and advanced nuclear reactors to fuel cells and high-density electronics—is the efficient management of thermal energy. Enhancing heat transfer efficiency directly translates to higher energy conversion rates, improved system longevity, reduced material costs, and greater overall sustainability. This has spurred intensive research into advanced heat transfer approaches, including the development of novel materials, innovative surface geometries, and sophisticated multi-physics modelling techniques.
With this Special Issue, we aim to collate and disseminate cutting-edge research and comprehensive review articles on recent advancements in heat transfer enhancements that are specifically used for sustainable energy applications. We seek to explore both fundamental developments and applied innovations that push the boundaries of thermal efficiency. Our goal is to provide a platform for researchers and engineers to share insights that can lead to more efficient, compact, and cost-effective sustainable energy technologies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids: Nanofluids, ionic liquids, and molten salts for high-temperature applications.
- Phase Change Materials (PCMs): PCMs thermal energy storage (TES) and passive thermal management.
- Enhanced Surfaces and Geometries: Micro-channel heat sinks, turbulators, porous media, and fractal flow passages.
- Boiling and Condensation Enhancement: Structured surfaces, coatings, and their application in heat exchangers and power cycles.
- Multi-Scale and Multi-Physics Modelling: Advanced CFD, lattice Boltzmann methods, and coupled thermo–fluid–structural simulations.
- Heat Transfer in Renewable Energy Systems: Enhancements in solar thermal collectors, geothermal systems, photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems, and thermal management of fuel cells.
- Waste Heat Recovery: Advanced heat exchangers and thermodynamic cycles for industrial and vehicular waste heat recovery.
- Additive Manufacturing for Heat Transfer: Design and fabrication of optimized, complex heat transfer components.
- Experimental Techniques and Validation: Novel methods for measuring and validating enhanced heat transfer performance.
Dr. Tooraj Yousefi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heat transfer enhancement
- thermal management
- sustainable energy systems
- nanofluids
- phase change materials (PCM)
- computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- waste heat recovery
- advanced heat exchangers
- multi-physics modelling
- renewable energy
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