Cooling Technologies and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Refrigeration applications, mostly based on vapor compression systems, contribute significantly to global climate change. While refrigeration is necessary for the appropriate development of humanity, it is predicted that an increase in the number of refrigeration applications will worsen the issue of climate change. Hence, energy-efficient systems with a lower contribution to global warming are required. In recent years, research and development in new working fluids, technologies, and methodologies has provided an opportunity to transition from vapor compression systems based on fluorine fluids to more sustainable solutions. We look forward to your submissions, which will be peer-reviewed by international colleagues with broad expertise in this specific topic. The topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to the following:

• Vapor compression systems
• Natural refrigerants
• Transcritical cycles
• Subcooling in vapor compression systems 
• Expansion work recovery
• Absorption systems
• Low GWP refrigerants
• Environmental metrics for refrigeration applications 
• Batteries and electronic devices cooling
• Not in-kind technologies: magnetic, electrocaloric, elastocaloric and barocaloric refrigeration
• Peltier cells
• Thermoacoustic refrigeration
• Heat pumps
• Refrigerated transport
• Cold chain
• Phase-change materials
• Mobile thermal storage 
• Intelligence control in refrigeration systems
• Hybrid cooling systems
• Simultaneous heating and cooling
• Data center cooling
• Solar refrigeration 
• Ejectors
• Waste heat revalorization
• Smart cooling grid
• Vaccine and medicine preservation
• Food storage
• Gas liquefaction
• Refrigeration cycle for the production of liquid nitrogen
• Cold and energy storage
• Cooling with liquid nitrogen
• Refrigeration systems and refrigeration technologies for healthcare
• Thermal insulation for refrigeration systems
• Innovative materials for refrigeration and cooling technologies

Prof. Dr. Ciro Aprea
Dr. Adrián Mota Babiloni
Prof. Dr. Juan Manuel Belman-Flores
Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Llopis
Dr. Angelo Maiorino
Dr. Jaka Tušek
Dr. Andrej Žerovnik
Topic Editors