Special Issue on Low-Carbon Thermal Energy Science and Technology
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
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The issue will include but is not limited to the following themes: Fundamentals of energy transport, conversion, and storage in thermal energy systems; Advances in thermal energy engineering pertinent to low-carbon technologies; Complex system-level analysis of low-carbon thermal processes; Multi-mode heat transfer and/or mass transfer phenomena in energy conversion and storage.
All submitted papers should include some commentary or analysis on how the technology affects the carbon intensity of the phenomena under study.
This Special Issue is an outgrowth of a recent symposium on Low Carbon Thermal Energy Science and Technology (Istanbul, October 2025). Contributors from this event are particularly encouraged to submit papers, but original Research Articles are also solicited from the broader heat and mass transfer research community. Review Papers will be explicitly solicited by the Guest Editors and should not be submitted without invitation.
Topic Areas
THE SCOPE OF THIS ISSUE INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:
- Mass, momentum, energy, and charge transport in single and multiphase systems in complex thermal energy systems
- Transport phenomena in reactive flows in thermal energy systems
- Thermodynamics and transport phenomena of non-equilibrium processes in thermal energy systems
- Thermophysical and thermochemical characterization of renewable energy materials in thermal energy systems
- Solar-thermal and radiative energy modeling and applications
- Biomass and geothermal energy conversion
- Thermal management of energy storage systems
- Sustainable heat for fuel and materials processing
- Industrial process heat and efficiency
- Techno-economic analysis of energy systems and related policy considerations
Submission Instructions
Papers should be submitted electronically to the journal through the ASME Journal Tool. If you already have an account, log in as an author and select Submit Paper. If you do not have an account, you can create one here.Once at the Paper Submittal page, select the Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, and then select the Special Issue on Low-Carbon Thermal Energy Science and Technology.
Papers received after the deadline or papers not selected for the Special Issue may be accepted for publication in a regular issue.
Guest Editors
Wojciech Lipinski, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus (w.lipinski@cyi.ac.cy)
M. Pinar Mengüc, Özyeğin Üniversity, Türkiye (pinar.menguc@ozyegin.edu.tr)
Ilker Tari, Isik University, Tūrkiye (ilker.tari@isikun.edu.tr)