Waste Recovery Heat Systems for Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

Heat power dissipation to the environment occurs in energy conversion systems within a wide range of applications. In internal combustion engines, which are still a major source of motive power in the world, waste heat of exhaust gas can be as high as 40%. This issue is, however, present in alternative propulsion solutions, such as in electric vehicles, where thermal management issues are recurrent and require urgent efficient solutions. Overall, high-power dissipation systems can be found in electronic applications but also in energy conversion systems such as in the cooling of solar pannels. In many of these cases, the dissipated heat is wasted by being released into the environment, leading to an overall decrease of the energetic efficiency of the system. Accordingly, several waste recovery solutions are being devised to reuse the high power loads that dissipate into the enviroment. In many of them, compactenss is a relevant issue, so that innovative solutions involving micro-fabrication, complex fluids, and engineered micro-and-nano structured surfaces are becoming effective tools in the design of recent energy waste recovery systems.

In this context, this Special Issue, entitled “Multi-Scale Waste Heat Recovery Systems for High-Power Heat Dissipation Applications”, was proposed for the international journal Energies, which is an SSCI and SCIE journal (2018 IF = 2.707). This Special Issue mainly covers original research and studies related to the above-mentioned topics, including but not limited to waste-recovery systems in vehicles, waste recovery systems in solar applications, and waste recovery solutions in energy conversion systems. Innovative solutions involving micro-and nano-fabrication solutions, use of complex fluids (e.g., nanofluids), and of enhanced interfaces are also welcome. Papers selected for this Special Issue are subjected to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

I am writing to invite you to submit your original work to this Special Issue. I am looking forward to receiving your outstanding research.

Dr. Ana Sofia Moita
Prof. António L. N. Moreira
Guest Editors

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• Waste heat recovery systems
• High-power dissipation systems
• Waste heat recovery in advanced cooling technologies
• Micro-and-nano solutions for energy conversion systems.