Frontiers in Energy - Call for Papers: “Special Issue on Thermo-mechanical Energy Storage Technologies”
Frontiers in Energy, a journal of transactions of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), is a peer-reviewed international journal launched by Higher Education Press, CAE, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, co-published by Higher Education Press and Springer. It aims to promote rapid communication and dialogue among researchers, scientists, engineers, and policymakers working in the area of energy. Frontiers in Energy has been indexed by SCI, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, CSCD, etc., attracting a large readership worldwide.
Energy storage is the key to addressing the challenges of variable renewable energy generation and waste heat availability, as well as the mismatch between energy supply and demand in time and space. Meanwhile, thermal energy is considered as one of the most important sectors of the entire energy transmission, conversion and storage chain and acts as a link between primary and secondary energies. Thermo-mechanical energy storage technologies based on heat transfer and heat-work conversion are attracting increasing attention from a diverse range of academic, industrial, government and policy stakeholders, in particular for low-cost and large-scale applications. Generally, thermo-mechanical energy storage technologies can be categorized into compressed-air energy storage, liquid-air energy storage, Carnot battery (also known as pumped-thermal energy or electricity storage). To promote these promising energy storage technologies and provide a platform for researchers to communicate the up-to-date progress, Frontiers in Energy is launching a Special Issue entitled “Thermo-mechanical Energy Storage Technologies”.
This Special Issue aims to report recent advances, case studies, and practices in thermo-mechanical energy storage technologies. Submitted manuscripts (Communication, Full Paper, Minireview/Review, Viewpoints, News & Highlights, Perspective, etc.) should not have been published previously nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a peer-review process.
Topics for Special Issue:
1. Multi-scale fundamental mechanisms within thermo-mechanical energy storage technologies
• Thermodynamics;
• Fluid mechanics;
• Heat and mass transfer;
• Phase change (solid-liquid, solid-solid, gas-liquid and solid-gas);
• Chemical reaction;
• Thermal stress;
• Heat-work conversion;
• Aerodynamics;
• Dynamics of machinery.
2. Heat storage materials, heat transfer fluids and encapsulation materials
• Calculation and design of thermophysical, chemical and mechanical properties;
• Advanced material preparation and characterization;
• Life-cycle and cost assessment;
• Novel composite materials;
• Effective capsulation methods.
3. Key components in thermo-mechanical energy storage systems
• Structure design and optimization;
• Operation management and analysis;
• Thermo-economic assessment;
• Any related component is included, such as thermal stores, compressors, expanders, turbomachines, heat exchangers, reactors, combustors and so on.
4. Thermo-mechanical energy storage systems and their integration analyses
• Thermodynamic optimization;
• Thermo-economic analysis;
• System operation and management;
• Integration with renewable energy and waste heat/cold;
• The integrated development into low-carbon and smart energy systems.
Lead Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. André D. THESS, German Aerospace Center DLR and Stuttgart University, Germany
E-mail: andre.thess@dlr.de (this opens in a new tab)
Guest Editors
Prof. Dr. Mingjia Li, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
E-mail: mjli@bit.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab)
Research Prof. Dr. Kai WANG, Zhejiang University, China
E-mail: kaiwang19@zju.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adriano SCIACOVELLI, University of Birmingham, UK
E-mail: a.sciacovelli@bham.ac.uk (this opens in a new tab)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Chris QIN, Washington State University, USA
E-mail: chris.qin@wsu.edu (this opens in a new tab)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Steven LECOMPTE, Ghent University, Belgium
E-mail: steven.lecompte@ugent.be (this opens in a new tab)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yao ZHAO, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
E-mail: zhaoyao@sjtu.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab)
The submission website for this journal is located at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fie (this opens in a new tab). Full manuscripts should be prepared based upon the editorial and formatting guidelines provided in the instructions for authors for Frontiers in Energy, which can be accessed from the website: www.springer.com/11708 (this opens in a new tab). It should be noted that it is important that authors select “Special Issue: Thermo-mechanical Energy Storage Technologies” when you reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process.
Deadline for full manuscript submission is 31 May 2024.
For more information, please contact:
zhaoyao@sjtu.edu.cn;
rqliu@sjtu.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab).