Heat and Mass Transfer in Heat pipe for Solar Energy Utilization System: Fundamentals and Applications

Submission Deadline: 01 June 2025 View: 45 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editors

Dr. Weiwei Wang

Email: wangb9107@whu.edu.cn

Affiliation: School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, China

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Research Interests: sustainable and green building energy, heat pipe, TE cooling, CFD, electronic cooling, energy storage

Prof. Fuyun Zhao

Email: fyzhao@whu.edu.cn

Affiliation: School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University

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Research Interests: inverse problems, fluid dynamics, built and urban ventilation environment, sustainable and green building energy

Prof. Mikhail A. Sheremet

Email: sheremet@math.tsu.ru

Affiliation: Laboratory on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, Tomsk State University, Russia

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Research Interests: heat and mass transfer, natural and mixed convection, fluid flow and heat transfer in nanofluids, heat and mass transfer in porous media, heat and mass transfer in phase change materials, turbulent fluid flow and heat transfer, radiation heat transfer, numerical analysis, heat transfer and flow pattern in electronic systems, computational fluid dynamics

Summary

This Special Issue of FHMT-Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer aims to publish a collection of articles focused on the importance of heat and mass transfer with heat pipe in lower grade systems, including solar energy, geothermal energy, air energy, etc. Special attention will be given to practical and experimental research articles reporting significant innovations. Articles reporting advances in theoretical and simulation methods are welcome once results are fully validated using appropriate experimental data, as well as those reporting application of numerical or theoretical methods for the analysis of new technology and materials and innovative designs.

The aim of the special issue is to present advanced research on the role of heat and mass transfer mechanisms with heat pipe in various lower grade energy systems. This includes cutting-edge work in solar-thermal energy, geothermal energy extraction, hydrogen production, and thermal energy storage.  The issue will cover experimental studies, computational modeling, and practical applications that address challenges and improve efficiency in lower grade energy systems.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

Nanofluids and their applications;

Heat pipe;

Heat storage systems;

Renewable energy systems;

Computational fluid dynamics;

Heat exchangers;

Thermal management.

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