Sustainable Thermal Energy Storage and Efficient Heat Utilization
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 12
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of low-carbon and sustainable energy systems requires efficient technologies for energy storage, conversion, recovery and utilization. Thermal energy storage and efficient heat utilization are key approaches for improving the flexibility of renewable energy systems, reducing energy waste and enhancing the overall efficiency of industrial processes, buildings and power systems.
Sustainable thermal energy storage covers sensible heat storage, latent heat storage, thermochemical heat storage, sorption-based storage and hybrid storage technologies. These technologies can be widely applied in solar thermal systems, industrial waste heat recovery, building heating and cooling, heat pumps, thermal management and integrated energy systems. Meanwhile, efficient heat utilization, including heat recovery, heat upgrading, cascade utilization and process integration, is essential for reducing primary energy consumption and carbon emissions.
This Special Issue on “Sustainable Thermal Energy Storage and Efficient Heat Utilization” seeks high-quality original research articles, reviews and short communications focusing on recent advances in thermal energy storage materials, heat transfer enhancement, system integration, modeling, optimization and practical applications.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Sensible, latent, thermochemical and sorption-based thermal energy storage;
* Phase change materials and composite thermal storage materials;
* Solar thermal storage and renewable-energy-driven heating/cooling systems;
* Industrial waste heat recovery, storage and cascade utilization;
* Heat pumps, absorption systems and heat upgrading technologies;
* Advanced heat exchangers and heat/mass transfer enhancement;
* Building thermal energy storage and thermal regulation;
* Thermal management for electronics, batteries and energy equipment;
* Modeling, simulation, control and optimization of thermal storage systems;
* Energy, exergy, economic, environmental and life-cycle assessment;
* Demonstration and practical applications of heat storage and utilization technologies.
We warmly invite researchers to contribute their latest findings and perspectives to this Special Issue.
Dr. Chong Zhai
Prof. Dr. Dong Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable thermal energy storage
- efficient heat utilization
- phase change materials
- thermochemical energy storage
- sensible and latent heat storage
- waste heat recovery
- heat transfer enhancement
- heat pumps
- renewable energy integration
- energy and exergy analysis.
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