Advanced Heat Transfer Technologies for the Design, Operation and Optimization of Steam Power Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The steam power system is the fundamental mechanism for heat and power conversion. This Special Issue, entitled “Advanced Heat Transfer Technologies for the Design, Operation and Optimization of Steam Power Systems”, seeks contributions related to this subject, in areas including heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, heat exchangers with high efficiency, performance simulation, control, prognostics and the health management of the steam power system, etc. We invite researchers to submit both original research papers and review papers to this Special Issue. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Heat transfer enhancement, multiphase flow, heat and mass transfer, microscale heat transfer, and the heat and mass transfer characteristics of porous materials in steam power systems;
2. Combined cycles, advanced cycles, and thermoeconomics analyses of steam power systems;
3. The design, performance simulation, and optimization of complex and novel steam power systems;
4. Mechanical analyses of steam power systems;
5. The performance prediction, status monitoring, fault diagnosis, and health management of steam power systems.

Prof. Dr. Baozhi Sun
Prof. Dr. Yanjun Li
Dr. Jianxin Shi
Guest Editors

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