Research and Development in Heat and Mass Transfer and Refrigeration Systems
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 2157
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heat and mass transfer processes; cogeneration and trigeneration-energy polygeneration; absorption and mechanical compression refrigeration; energy, exergy and financial analysis of energy systems; application of machine learning of energy engineering; renewables energy
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Interests: refrigeration; HVAC; wind turbine; anomaly detection; reliability; vibration; artificial intelligence
Interests: heat and mass transfer; CFD simulations; polygeneration; numerical simulation; solar and wind energies; vibration
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Refrigeration systems and heat pumps represent essential technologies for countries' social and economic development. In this context, these systems can be divided into three major groups on the basis of the kind of refrigeration cocnerned: vapor compression refrigeration, absorption refrigeration, and adsorption refrigeration. Significant advances in the state of the art have been developed in the search for energy, financial and environmental improvements. Recently, there has been a series of works searching for new refrigerant fluids in the chaos of refrigeration systems by mechanical compression due to the environmental limitations of contemporary refrigeration modalities, making efforts to develop natural fluids. In the case of absorption and adsorption refrigeration systems, the search for new mixtures of works and combinations of components can help with the sources of activation of this equipment system, makin them more efficient and attractive from financial and environmental points of view. These pieces of equipment represent the main components in polygeneration plants and have been developed to meet cold and heat demands, such as those of air conditioning process, local heating, temperature, and humidity control in data centers and industries, among others, an objective which has been a constant concern among researchers around the world. Another important aspect related to this equipment is linked to the use of sustainable inputs, such as photovoltaic/thermal solar energy, biofuel energy, and wind energy, intending to seek inputs that do not harm the environment and improve the energy efficiency of industrial and residential refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
This Special Issue, entitled “Research and Development in Heat and Mass Transfer and Refrigeration Systems,” invites high-quality studies which focus on the latest technological advances in refrigeration systems, the optimization of refrigeration components, and sustainable applications. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Heat and mass transfer studies in condensers, generators, evaporators, and absorbers;
- Control system for vapor compression systems;
- Innovative compressor technologies Photovoltaic/thermal solar cooling applications;
- Properties of new refrigerants, working mixtures for absorption refrigeration systems;
- Energy, exergetic, and exergoeconomic analyses directed to refrigeration systems integrated into polygeneration plants;
- Development of new concepts for refrigeration systems; development and optimization of heat exchangers.
Prof. Dr. Alvaro Antonio Ochoa Villa
Dr. Gustavo De Novaes Pires Leite
Dr. José Ângelo Peixoto Da Costa
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Processes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- mechanical refrigeration systems
- sorption refrigeration systems
- working fluids
- advanced technology of refrigeration
- heat exchangers
- solar refrigeration
- heat and mass transfer
- control strategies
- thermoeconomic analysis
- environmental impacts
