Clean energy technologies and energy systems for industry and power generation: current state, recent progress and way forward
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Besenic, Tibor
Vujanovic, Milan
Besagni, Giorgio
Duic, Neven
Markides, Christos N
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This vision article accompanies a Special Issue of Applied Thermal Engineering dedicated to the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) conference series held during 2022, including the 5th SEE SDEWES Conference Vlore, 3rd LA SDEWES Conference Sao Paulo, and 17th SDEWES Conference Paphos. The article discusses a selection of papers presented at these conferences and selected for publication in Applied Thermal Engineering, all connected by a focus on clean energy technologies and systems for the advancement of sustainable thermal energy systems. This research area covers a wide range of technologies but is primarily focused on the power generation sector, energy storage and utilization, efficiency improvements, sustainable technical solutions, and the facilitation of the robust integration of renewable energy resources into wider energy systems. Additional work on previously established research topics is also present, but new directions have crystallized, especially research into thermal management for power devices and microelectronics. Based on the recent contributions to the research field presented in the included papers, this vision article discusses the development and application of cutting-edge technological solutions and identifies the challenges that require focused attention. Current shortcomings of developing and established technologies will be developed by the underlying fundamental research, reduction of prohibitively high costs, expansion of operating conditions, and the inclusion of advanced control approaches, sophisticated combinations of renewable energy sources, and modeling tools for system investigations. Scientists, researchers, and engineers can benefit from the summary of the topics at the forefront of the research field and find guidelines and ways forward for future research activities.
Date Issued
2024-10-01
Date Acceptance
2024-07-07
Citation
Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024, 254
ISSN
1359-4311
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
Applied Thermal Engineering
Volume
254
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. This is the author’s accepted manuscript made available under a CC-BY licence in accordance with Imperial’s Research Publications Open Access policy (www.imperial.ac.uk/oa-policy)
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Subjects
COOLING SYSTEMS
Energy & Fuels
Energy efficiency
Energy storage
Energy technologies
Engineering
Engineering, Mechanical
FLOW
HEAT-TRANSFER PERFORMANCE
Industrial decarbonization
INTEGRATION
Mechanics
NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS
OPTIMIZATION
Physical Sciences
Power generation
PUMP
Science & Technology
SELECTIVE CATALYTIC-REDUCTION
STORAGE
Technology
Thermal processes
Thermodynamics
TO-GAS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
123903
Date Publish Online
2024-07-08