Heat Transfer in the Industry

A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521). This special issue belongs to the section "Heat and Mass Transfer".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 403

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Dear Colleagues,

Heat transfer plays a key role in numerous industrial processes, from manufacturing to energy production, chemical processing, and beyond. Recent advancements in both experimental and numerical techniques have significantly improved our understanding of thermal transport phenomena, leading to the development of more efficient, sustainable, and innovative industrial systems. The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together original research that addresses the challenges and opportunities of heat transfer across a wide range of industrial applications.

Topics of interest for this Special Issue include the following:

  • Advanced heat exchanger design and optimization;
  • Phase-change phenomena in industrial applications (e.g., boiling, condensation);
  • Heat transfer in additive manufacturing and advanced manufacturing techniques;
  • Thermal management in industrial energy systems;
  • Innovations in cooling and heating systems for industrial use;
  • Experimental techniques for studying heat transfer in complex industrial systems;
  • Computational modeling and the simulation of heat transfer in industrial environments;
  • Energy-efficient heat transfer solutions in the context of sustainability.

Dr. Paloma Martínez-Merino
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • industrial heat transfer
  • thermal management
  • energy efficiency
  • heat exchangers
  • phase-change heat transfer
  • computational thermal modeling
  • experimental heat transfer techniques
  • sustainable thermal systems

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Enhancing Thermal Comfort in Buildings: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Multi-Layer Encapsulated Phase Change Materials–Integrated Bricks for Energy Management
by Farzad Ghafoorian, Mehdi Mehrpooya, Seyed Reza Mirmotahari and Mahmood Shafiee
Fluids 2025, 10(7), 181; https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids10070181 - 10 Jul 2025
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Thermal energy storage plays a vital role in enhancing the efficiency of energy systems, particularly in building applications. Phase change materials (PCMs) have gained significant attention as a passive solution for energy management within building envelopes. This study examines the thermal performance of [...] Read more.
Thermal energy storage plays a vital role in enhancing the efficiency of energy systems, particularly in building applications. Phase change materials (PCMs) have gained significant attention as a passive solution for energy management within building envelopes. This study examines the thermal performance of encapsulated PCMs integrated into bricks as a passive cooling method, taking into account the outdoor climate conditions to enhance indoor thermal comfort throughout summer and winter seasons. A computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) analysis is performed to compare three configurations: a conventional brick, a brick with a single PCM layer, and a brick with three PCM layers. Results indicate that the three-layer PCM configuration provides the most effective thermal regulation, reducing peak indoor temperature fluctuations by up to 4 °C in summer and stabilizing indoor temperature during winter. Also, the second and third PCM layers exhibit minimal latent heat absorption, with their liquid fractions indicating that melting does not occur. As a result, these layers primarily serve as thermal insulation—limiting heat ingress in summer and reducing heat loss in winter. During summer, the absence of the first PCM layer in the single-layer configuration leads to faster thermal penetration, causing the brick to reach peak temperatures approximately two hours earlier in the afternoon and increasing the temperature by about 5 °C. Full article
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