Editorial: Industrial waste heat recovery

The growing energy demands has led to a soaring level of greenhouse gas (GHG) production, with the implementation of EU legislations, the production of GHG and waste is being curbed but with an economic disadvantage. Multiple industries face losing their competitive edge due to the restrictions currently in place due to the inability to readily burn fossil fuels. With developments of thermal and physical waste management, multiple companies are utilising waste heat technologies to recapture previously lost energy to be used in other applications. The spectrum of papers in this special issue can be split into two main themes recovering energy to be used in other applications such as waste heat recovery applications and thermoacoustic engines and energy conversion via pyrolysis. Such technologies featured in the special edition reflect the growing need for a solution to reduce the production of greenhouse gases but also lower the level of global warming.

[1]  Anna Stoppato,et al.  Heat transfer fluid and material selection for an innovative Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage system , 2018 .

[2]  J. Danielewicz,et al.  The performance of a novel flat heat pipe based thermal and PV/T (photovoltaic and thermal systems) solar collector that can be used as an energy-active building envelope material , 2016 .

[3]  H. Jouhara,et al.  Investigation of warm gas clean-up of biofuel flue and producer gas using electrostatic precipitator , 2018 .

[4]  M. Dębowski,et al.  Biohydrogen production at low load of organic matter by psychrophilic bacteria , 2017 .

[5]  N. Fidorów,et al.  Three-dimensional numerical model of heat losses from district heating network pre-insulated pipes buried in the ground , 2016 .

[6]  J. Danielewicz,et al.  Experimental and analytical performance investigation of air to air two phase closed thermosyphon based heat exchangers , 2014 .

[7]  H. Jouhara,et al.  Experimental investigation of an inclined-condenser wickless heat pipe charged with water and an ethanol–water azeotropic mixture , 2013 .

[8]  H. Jouhara,et al.  Use of pyrolytic gas from waste tire as a fuel: A review , 2017 .

[9]  Hussam Jouhara,et al.  Thermal performance characteristics of a wraparound loop heat pipe (WLHP) charged with R134A , 2013 .

[10]  Hussam Jouhara,et al.  Heat pipe based thermal management systems for energy-efficient data centres , 2014 .

[11]  Artur J. Jaworski,et al.  Thermoacoustic micro-electricity generator for rural dwellings in developing countries driven by waste heat from cooking activities. , 2017 .

[12]  H. Jouhara,et al.  An investigation into the use of the heat pipe technology in thermal energy storage heat exchangers , 2017 .

[13]  Ahmed Mohammed Hamood.  Two-stage thermoacoustic electricity generator with push-pull linear alternator , 2016 .

[14]  Hussam Jouhara,et al.  Experimental investigation of a thermosyphon based heat exchanger used in energy efficient air handling units , 2012 .

[15]  S. Tassou,et al.  Techno-economic assessment of Joule-Brayton cycle architectures for heat to power conversion from high-grade heat sources using CO2 in the supercritical state , 2018 .

[16]  Yongliang Li,et al.  Heat transfer behaviour of supercritical nitrogen in the large specific heat region flowing in a vertical tube , 2017 .

[17]  G. Bianchi,et al.  Experimental and theoretical investigation of a flat heat pipe heat exchanger for waste heat recovery in the steel industry , 2017 .

[18]  Abdul-Ghani Olabi,et al.  Mixed numerical - Experimental approach to enhance the heat pump performance by drain water heat recovery , 2018 .

[19]  Evina Katsou,et al.  Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe , 2017 .

[20]  Massimo Milani,et al.  Numerical analysis of the heat recovery efficiency for the post-combustion flue gas treatment in a coffee roaster plant , 2017 .