Innovations in Waste Heat Recovery in Industrial Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Energy is an indispensable cornerstone of social development, and its demand is ever-increasing with the development of the economy. Nowadays, the scarcity of fossil energy resources, severe environmental pollution, and the low-carbon transition of the energy structure are common issues for the international community. To alleviate the above-mentioned problems, countries worldwide are vigorously developing renewable energies, researching advanced materials, increasing fossil fuels’ utilization efficiency, and improving energy system performance. Considering the large amount of low- and medium-grade heat that exists in renewable energies and industrial fields, many technologies, such as the Kalina cycle, the osmotic heat engine, the trilateral flash cycle, the organic Rankine cycle, absorption refrigeration, and the thermoelectric generator, are potential choices.

This Special Issue will focus on waste heat power generation and comprehensive utilization, efficient waste heat recovery devices, advanced thermal management technology, clean and efficient industrial production and innovation, and other scientific and technological research. It will include research on experiments, simulations, and theoretical analyses of waste heat recovery in steel, chemicals, power, pulp and paper, oil and gas processing, etc. Additionally, with the enormous progress in computer science, artificial intelligence technology is being employed in this field.

We invite submissions to this Special Issue to collect the latest developments and applications on Innovations in Waste Heat Recovery in Industrial Processes in different fields. Original research and review articles are welcome.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Waste heat power generation technologies;
• Waste heat comprehensive utilization;
• High-efficient waste heat recovery device design;
• Advanced thermal management for industrial processes, such as steel and chemicals;
• Clean and efficient industrial production and innovation;
• Advanced thermodynamic systems for waste heat recovery;
• Carbon reduction potential and sustainability analysis for waste heat recovery.

Prof. Dr. Qibin Li
Dr. Shukun Wang
Guest Editors

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• waste heat recovery
• power generation
• thermal management
• energy conversion
• clean industrial production
• thermodynamic systems
• carbon reduction potential