Waste Heat Recovery
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2018) | Viewed by 350
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Interests: heat exchangers; two phase flow; electronics cooling; thermal storage; thermodynamics; HVAC&R
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Interests: thermal machines; thermoeconomics; organic Rankine cycles; heat pumps
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is undeniable that the current energy landscape is in a transition towards a sustainable future. We see two complementary approaches in this transition: integration of renewable energy sources and investments in energy efficiency. Thanks to growing environmental awareness and an increased difficulty to exploit traditional energy sources, new technological innovations are being deployed. However, it is shocking to see that large amounts of excess heat in industry and transport systems (i.e. waste heat) remains unused while it has the potential to increase energy efficiency. As such we invite authors to submit papers on:
Waste heat to useful heat, in which waste heat is used directly in heating networks, industrial processes or converted to other temperature levels (heat pumps, adsorption/absorption cooling, etc.)
Waste heat to power, in which waste heat is used in heat-to-power conversion systems. This includes, among others, organic Rankine cycles (ORC), thermoelectric/thermoacoustic generators and Kalina cycles both applied in stationary and in transport applications.
Waste heat to energy storage, in which waste heat is stored to be used in waste heat to power or waste heat to useful heat concepts in order to match supply and demand.
The contributions may include, but are not limited to, system analysis and integration, component design and evaluation, techno-economic and thermo-economic analyses, operation and control of waste heat recovery systems. Both experimental and theoretical studies are welcome.
Prof. Michel De PaepeDr. Steven Lecompte
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waste heat to useful heat
- waste heat to power
- waste heat to storage
- organic Rankine cycle
- thermal energy storage
- thermoelectric generators
- expander design
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