Experimental and Numerical Study of Heat Pump and Heat Exchanger
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "J: Thermal Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2024 | Viewed by 131
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heat pump system; porous medium; thermodynamics
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Interests: heat transfer; nanofluids; hydrogen production; photo-thermal conversion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable development is confronted with three key problems: the energy shortage, the rapidly growing world population, and the increasingly serious environmental pollution. Heat pumps have attracted significant attention in recent years because of their advantages: (a) high operating efficiency, (b) high energy-saving potential, and (c) low greenhouse gas emission. The heat pump adopts the low-grade medium (like the air, water, and ground) and then produces the high-grade medium (such as the heating gas, hot water, and saturated steam). The highest temperature at present that a heat pump can obtain is about 160 oC, and the temperature is still increased to receive more extensive applications. Heat pumps including geothermal heat pumps, air-source heat pumps, and water-source heat pumps are gradually applied to replace the heat and cold generation systems that are not neutral for the environment.
Heat exchangers are significant components to extract and convert thermal energy for the heat pump, and they include the evaporator, condenser, horizontal heat exchanger, vertical heat exchanger, and direct contact heat exchanger. The evaporator heat transfer efficiency is susceptible to frost and dirt, and the horizontal and vertical heat exchangers are easily influenced by the heat exchanger layout, filling materials in the well, and so on. Therefore, it is important to improve the heat exchanger efficiency and heat pump performances by experimental and numerical methods.
We invite scientific researchers, engineers, and policymakers to contribute original research articles as well as review articles which will stimulate the continuing efforts toward understanding the fundamentals and applications of heat pumps and heat exchangers. All submissions are expected to have original ideas and new approaches. Topics to be covered with respect to heat pumps and heat exchangers in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to the following:
- Novel heat pump system
- Heat pump thermodynamic optimization
- Heat pump applications
- New heat exchanger design
- Heat exchanger enhancement
- Other related topics
Dr. Wenke Zhao
Dr. Lei Shi
Dr. Zhaohui Ruan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heat pump
- heat exchanger
- novel configuration
- efficient operation
- performance improvement
