Process Design and Performance Analysis of Heat Pumps
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 80
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heat pump; air conditioning; environment friendly refrigerants; thermal energy storage
Interests: heat pump; air conditioning; environment friendly refrigerants; boiling heat transfer
Interests: Heat pump; air conditioning; environment friendly refrigerants; thermal energy storage
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Processes, focusing on "Process Design and Performance Analysis of Heat Pumps". This Special Issue aims to bring together innovative research and advancements in the design of heat pumps for different applications, along with theoretical and experimental analyses of heat pumps in different contexts.
The Guest Editors invite contributions from academics, researchers, and professional engineers working on various aspects of heat pumps, whether in cooling or heating systems. Contributions are invited in the form of original research articles and critical review articles encompassing a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Design heat pumps using environmentally friendly refrigerants;
- Design and optimization of heat pump components;
- Innovations in heat pump technologies;
- Theoretical or experimental performance assessments of heat pumps;
- Integration of renewable energy sources with heat pumps;
- Coupling of thermal energy storage systems with heat pumps.
Dr. Tiago De Freitas Paulino
Dr. Luiz Machado
Dr. Willian M. Duarte
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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. Processes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- heat pump
- design
- performance analysis
- renewable energy
- thermal energy storage
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