Recent Advanced in Heat Transfer Efficiency

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, energy supply, clean energy, renewable energy, energy consumption and storage, environmental issues such as global warming, and sustainable development constitute important challenges. In this wide framework, a possible answer is to improve the efficiency of heat exchange. In fact, in many technological applications connected to the use of energy, the development and application of knowledge, theories, and advanced technologies on heat transfer plays a crucial role. Many different activities can be addressed, such as the use of new operating fluids, the optimization of heat exchangers and storage systems, and the development of heat pumps and their application. Concerning this latter topic, for instance, particular attention should be paid to integration with other low-enthalpy energy sources, since in many industrial processes recovery heat could be available. Moreover, concerning the use of new operating fluids, attention has to be paid to both fluids that have less of an impact on the environment, such as the use of carbon dioxide, and the use of nanofluids, which allows the heat transfer rate to be improved.

In this framework, this Energies Special Issue is devoted to the frontier state of the art and to the new perspectives in heat transfer efficiency. Papers addressing, but not limited to, the following topics are welcomed:

• Nanofluids and their applications;
• Heat pumps;
• Heat exchangers;
• Heat storage systems;
• Computational fluid dynamics.

Dr. Eugenia Rossi Di Schio
Dr. Paolo Valdiserri
Guest Editors

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• nanofluids
• heat pumps
• heat exchangers
• heat storage systems
• CFD