Advanced Thermal Engineering - Efficiency Enhancement, Emission Reduction, and Renewable Energy Integration

Advanced Thermal Engineering: Efficiency Enhancement, Emission Reduction, and Renewable Energy Integration provides a comprehensive overview of advanced thermal engineering and its applications in energy systems, focusing on environmental sustainability. This book offers in-depth information on technologies used to design and analyze thermal systems, discussing technical, economic, and environmental advantages and disadvantages of transitioning as technology evolves. Topics covered include heat transfer enhancement, renewable energy integration, emission reduction, waste heat recovery, nanotechnology, machine learning, environmental sustainability, case studies, and future trends. Other important points in the book include the interdisciplinary approach to thermal engineering, making it relevant for researchers, engineers, policymakers, and students.

Other sections address practical applications and future trends, offering a thorough treatment of efficiency enhancement, emission reduction, renewable energy integration, and emerging technologies. The book's focus on environmental and economic considerations also ensures it is pertinent to global citizens seeking an up-to-date understanding of advanced thermal engineering principles and practices.

List of contents

1. Introduction to advanced thermal engineering and its applications in energy systems
2. Heat transfer enhancement techniques for advanced thermal systems
3. Integration of renewable energy sources with thermal systems
4. Emission reduction technologies for thermal systems
5. Waste heat recovery and energy storage systems
6. Nanotechnology for advanced thermal engineering
7. Machine learning in advanced thermal systems
8. Environmental sustainability in advanced thermal engineering
9. Case studies and practical applications of advanced thermal engineering
10. Future trends and directions in advanced thermal engineering

About the author

Omid Mahian has received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Energy Conversion) and currently is a professor at School of Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Professor Mahian interests are solar desalination and application of nanotechnology for heat transfer enhancement that includes the increase of water evaporation rate. His Ph.D. dissertation was about the investigation of nanotechnology application for water evaporation rate enhancement in solar stills. He is currently an editorial board of Energy (Elsevier), Renewable Energy (Elsevier), senior associate editor of Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Springer) and associate editor of Journal of Thermal Science. He has published more than 150 peer reviewed articles in prestigious journals and serving as a potential reviewer in more than 100 international journals. Recently, he has focused on the methods for steam generation (water desalination) enhancement using nanoparticles. He has been selected as highly cited researcher since 2018.Avinash Alagumalai received his Ph.D. from Anna University, India, in 2019. He now is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMR Institute of Technology, India. His research interests primarily include renewable energies, biofuels, nanotechnology, and sustainability assessment. He published over 65 research and review articles in highly referred journals including Joule, Nano energy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Fuel, Renewable Energy, Science of the Total Environment, and so on. He is in the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Resources, Environment and Sustainability (Elsevier), Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering (Springer), Toxicology and environmental health sciences (Springer), Associate Editor of International Journal of Energy and Water Resources (Springer) and Junior Board Member of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects (Taylor & Francis).Somchai Wongwises is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangmod, Thailand. He received his Doktor Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hannover, Germany, in 1994. He has published more than 400 articles in archival journals and international conferences. His research interests include Renewable Energy, Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow, Heat Transfer Enhancement, and Thermal System Design. Professor Wongwises is the head of the Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Engineering, and Multiphase Flow Research Laboratory (FUTURE). Professor Wongwises has been selected as highly cited researcher since 2017.Jinjia Wei is currently dean of School of Chemical Engineering and Technology of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Winner of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor of Ministry of Education, and Scientific and Technological Innovation Leading Talent of National Ten- thousand Plan. He presided over 3 national key projects and several projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and others; He has published about 200 SCI papers. He gave 22 invited presentations in international conferences, published 4 monographs, and was authorized 22 national invention patents. He won 2 first-grade awards of science and technology at the provincial and ministerial level and 1 international academic award. Recently, he has focused on the membrane distillation of salt contained waste water with the aid of solar energy.

Product details

• Assisted by: Avinash Alagumalai (Editor), Omid Mahian (Editor), Jinjia Wei (Editor), Somchai Wongwises (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.11.2025
• EAN: 9780443315343
• ISBN: 978-0-443-31534-3
• Series: Emerging Technologies and Materials in Thermal Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, SCIENCE / Energy, Energy technology & engineering, Energy technology and engineering