It is with immense pleasure to introduce this special issue on “Heat Transfer Analysis of Energy Systems” in Heat Transfer Engineering Journal. This special issue is dedicated to the research studies reported on the heat transfer analysis of energy systems presented at the International Conference on Thermal Analysis of Energy Systems organized by Heat Pump Research Institute, Coimbatore India and Department of Mechanics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan in virtual mode during December 22–24, 2021. More than 100 papers were presented in virtual mode. Out of 100 papers, 8 papers on Heat Transfer Analysis of Energy Systems are shortlisted for this special issue. This special issue papers cover, thermodynamic analysis of thermal systems such as, automobile air conditioners, solar air collectors, heat sinks, heat exchangers, heat transfer enhancement studies, and thermal battery management system. The papers were reviewed by two subject experts and revised accordingly to meet the requirements of Heat Transfer Engineering.
I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Afshin J. Ghajar, Editor in Chief of Heat Transfer Engineering for his careful editing of the final versions of the papers published in this special issue, for the opportunity to publish this special issue, and for his dedicated support for the entire process. I would also like to thank all the authors for their research contributions to this special issue. The support provided by the subject experts in reviewing the research articles are gratefully acknowledged. I extend my heartfelt thanks to the conference co-organizers: Dr. Simon Jayaraj, former Professor in Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, Dr. Yerzhan Belyayev and Dr. Zaure Rakisheva, Department of Mechanics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan. Dr. Arun Kumaradhas Raj, Post-doctoral researcher, University of California, USA for their active support in organizing this conference. Next International Conference on Thermal Analysis and Energy Systems is planned during the month of June 2024.
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Murugesan Mohanraj
Murugesan Mohanraj is presently working as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India. In addition, he is associated with Heat Pump Research Institute, Coimbatore as a Director. He has more than twenty years of research and teaching experience in the field of renewable energy, heat exchangers, heat transfer, refrigeration, and heat pumps. He has research collaboration with Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan for developing heat pump heating systems to meet the space heating requirements during winter seasons. He has published more than 100 technical articles in reputed international journals. He has organized five international conferences in the field of renewable energy, thermal analysis, and energy systems. He has compiled two special issues in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry and one special issue each in Journal of Processes Mechanical Engineering, International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy and in Thermal Sciences: The Scientific Journal.