Advanced Interfacial Heat and Mass Transfer in Phase-Change Energy Systems

Submission Deadline: 15 April 2027 View: 158 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Dr. Nian Xu

Email: xn1967003966@163.com

Affiliation: School of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, China

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Research Interests: phase-change heat transfer, boiling heat transfer enhancement, condensation heat transfer, micro/nanoscale heat transfer, interfacial transport phenomena, porous and composite surfaces, spray cooling, droplet impact heat transfer, molecular dynamics simulations, advanced thermal management

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yunqi Li

Email: liyunqi_2020@163.com

Affiliation: School of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, China

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Research Interests: renewable energy utilization, solar energy harvesting, photothermal interfacial evaporation, interfacial heat and mass transfer, advanced thermal management

Dr. Wenlong Dong

Email: wldongxz@163.com

Affiliation: School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Tongling University, Tongling, China

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Research Interests: low-carbon and zero-carbon fuel combustion, heat and mass transfer in energy conversion systems, combustion kinetics, soot formation mechanisms, molecular dynamics simulations, reaction mechanisms of sustainable fuels

Prof. Dr. Ning Zhang

Email: n.zhang@yangtzeu.edu.cn

Affiliation: Department of New Energy Science and Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, China

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Research Interests: porous media reconstruction, pore-scale multiphase flow, multiphysics numerical simulation, transport phenomena in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Summary

Phase-change heat transfer and interfacial transport phenomena play critical roles in advanced thermal management, energy conversion, and high-heat-flux applications. With the rapid development of high-power electronics, renewable energy systems, hydrogen technologies, and low-carbon energy conversion processes, achieving efficient heat and mass transfer at solid–liquid, liquid–vapor, and multiphase interfaces has become increasingly important. However, the complex interactions among surface structures, fluid dynamics, phase-transition processes, and molecular-scale mechanisms remain challenging to fully understand and regulate.

This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for recent advances in fundamental mechanisms, experimental investigations, and numerical simulations of advanced heat and mass transfer processes in phase-change energy systems. Contributions focusing on innovative enhancement strategies, multiscale modeling approaches, and emerging applications are particularly encouraged.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
· Boiling and condensation heat transfer enhancement;
· Interfacial transport phenomena in multiphase systems;
· Micro/nanoscale heat transfer and molecular dynamics simulations;
· Porous, composite, and nanostructured surfaces for thermal management;
· Spray cooling and droplet impact heat transfer;
· Bubble dynamics and mass transfer in energy conversion processes;
· Heat and mass transfer mechanisms in low-carbon and sustainable energy systems.

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