Frontier Heat and Mass Transfer under Carbon Neutrality: Thermal-Mass Regulation of Energy Equipment, Intelligent Modeling, Simulation and Optimization

Submission Deadline: 28 February 2027 View: 24 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Dr. Huai Zheng

Email: huai_zheng@whu.edu.cn

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

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Research Interests: LED packaging, heat dissipation of electronic devices, complex flow control at microscale, micro-nano manufacturing

Dr. Bo Zhao

Email: zhaobo87@wust.edu.cn

Affiliation: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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Research Interests: phase change & multiphase heat-mass transfer,theory on clean combustion of solid fuels,treatment of pollutants in industrial flue gas, safe disposal of solid wastes, energy-saving assessment of engineering projects

Summary

Driven by global carbon neutrality strategies, energy-intensive industries urgently demand breakthroughs in high-efficiency heat and mass transfer to cut carbon emissions and improve energy utilization. Traditional thermal-mass design and operation rely heavily on empirical methods, which fail to accurately characterize complex multi-field coupling in industrial energy equipment, restricting low-carbon transformation. Emerging data-driven intelligent technologies provide powerful tools to resolve such bottlenecks, making integrated thermal-mass regulation, digital modeling and system optimization a core research frontier.

This special issue collects original research, review papers and engineering case studies covering three core themes: thermal-mass transfer mechanism and precise regulation of industrial energy equipment; intelligent modeling, multi-physics simulation and data-based optimization algorithms for thermal systems; low-carbon heat-mass transfer technologies supporting solid fuel clean utilization, flue gas treatment and solid waste disposal. We welcome submissions revealing fundamental mechanisms, proposing novel numerical frameworks, or presenting practical energy-saving industrial solutions, to build an academic platform linking thermal science theory and carbon-neutral engineering applications.

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