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Smart Materials and Devices in Heat and Mass Transfer

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 1777

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Tadeusz Bohdal

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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, Raclawicka 15-17 Street, 75-620 Koszalin, Poland
Interests: heat transfer; heat exchangers; two-phase flows; boiling; condensation; minichannels
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Prof. Dr. Marcin Kruzel

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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, 75-620 Koszalin, Poland
Interests: heat transfer; heat exchangers; phase-change materials; 3D printing; TPMS
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a new Special Issue in Materials titled “Smart Materials and Devices in Heat and Mass Transfer”. The use of intelligent manufacturing technologies is the future of industry. The constantly growing demand for energy forces designers of energy devices to use more innovative solutions, both in terms of material properties and geometry. These needs are met by broadly understood innovative materials that increase the performance of energy machines, i.e., heat exchangers, while reducing their weight. Smart materials also include future-proof Latent Functional Thermal Fluids, i.e., working fluids based on phase-change materials, which are useful wherever there is a need to receive high-density heat fluxes. Phase-change materials used in many branches of the global economy are also the subject of interest in this Special Issue. This Special Issue is devoted to but not limited to the following topics:

  • phase-change materials
  • microencapsulation
  • heat exchangers
  • phase transitions (also boiling and condensation)
  • 3D printing
  • triply periodic minimal surface
  • latent functional thermal fluids
  • thermal storage
  • energy efficiency.

Prof. Dr. Tadeusz Bohdal
Prof. Dr. Marcin Kruzel
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • TPMS
  • LFTF
  • thermal storage
  • heat exchangers
  • microencapsulation

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Design and Heat Transfer Analysis of Graphene-Based Electric Heating Solid Wood Composite Energy Storage Flooring
by Bo Guan, Wen Qu, Xinchi Tian, Zihao Zhang, Guoyu Sun, Siman Zhou, Xiaoyu Feng, Chengwen Sun and Chunmei Yang
Materials 2025, 18(3), 698; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18030698 - 5 Feb 2025
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Due to severe global energy issues and the widespread demand for high-quality winter heating, this study designed a new type of graphene-based electrically heated solid wood composite floor. This flooring maintains the convenience of a traditional floor installation while providing users with a [...] Read more.
Due to severe global energy issues and the widespread demand for high-quality winter heating, this study designed a new type of graphene-based electrically heated solid wood composite floor. This flooring maintains the convenience of a traditional floor installation while providing users with a more comfortable living experience. Additionally, the low-temperature heating and temperature regulation system further reduces energy consumption, offering a new perspective for green home living. This paper introduces the overall structure and temperature control system of the graphene-heated solid wood composite flooring. Based on the above reasons, the working mechanism and heat transfer process of the graphene-heated flooring were analyzed, and a mathematical model was established. Furthermore, simulations of flooring with different thicknesses were conducted to determine temperature rise curves and corresponding times. Finally, a comparative experimental verification was conducted on the thermodynamic performance of the solid wood composite graphene flooring. The results showed that in the case of a floor with an 18 mm thickness, the time for the surface layer of the floor to reach 22 °C is 27 min; the time to reach 26 °C is 56 min; and that the time to reach 28 °C is 109 min. The time required to return to 22 °C after the power has been switched off is 25 min. The results also showed that one hour after the power was turned off, the surface temperature of the floor was still above 20 °C. The study shows that the graphene-heated flooring can be used to achieve high-quality heating. Full article
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Transition Boundary from Laminar to Turbulent Flow of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry—Experimental Results
by Krzysztof Dutkowski, Marcin Kruzel and Martyna Kochanowska
Materials 2024, 17(24), 6041; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17246041 - 10 Dec 2024
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An ice slurry or an emulsion of a phase change material (PCM) is a multiphase working fluid from the so-called Latent Functional Thermal Fluid (LFTF) group. LFTF is a fluid that uses, in addition to specific heat, the specific enthalpy of the phase [...] Read more.
An ice slurry or an emulsion of a phase change material (PCM) is a multiphase working fluid from the so-called Latent Functional Thermal Fluid (LFTF) group. LFTF is a fluid that uses, in addition to specific heat, the specific enthalpy of the phase change of its components to transfer heat. Another fluid type has joined the LFTF group: a slurry of encapsulated phase change material (PCM). Technological progress has made it possible for the phase change material to be enclosed in a capsule of the size of the order of micrometers (microencapsulated PCM—mPCM) or nanometers (nanoencapsulated PCM—nPCM). This paper describes a method for determining the Reynolds number (Re) at which the nature of the flow of the mPCM slurry inside a straight pipe changes. In addition, the study results of the effect of the concentration of mPCM in the slurry and the state of the PCM inside the microcapsule on the value of the critical Reynolds number (Recr) are presented. The aqueous slurry of mPCM with a concentration from 4.30% to 17.20% wt. flowed through a channel with an internal diameter of d = 4 mm with a flow rate of up to 110 kg/h (Re = 11,250). The main peak melting temperature of the microencapsulated paraffin wax used in the experiments was around 24 °C. The slurry temperature during the tests was maintained at a constant level. It was 7 °C, 24 °C and 44 °C (the PCM in the microcapsule was, respectively, a solid, underwent a phase change and was a liquid). The experimental studies clearly show that the concentration of microcapsules in the slurry and the state of the PCM in the microcapsule affect the critical Reynolds number. The higher the concentration of microcapsules in the slurry, the more difficult it was to maintain laminar fluid flow inside the channel. Furthermore, the laminar flow of the slurry terminated at a lower critical Reynolds number when the PCM in the microcapsule was solid. Caution is advised when choosing the relationship to calculate the flow resistance or heat transfer coefficients, because assuming that the flow motion changes at Re = 2300, as in the case of pure liquids, may be an incorrect assumption. Full article
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