The industrial sector uses thermal heating and cooling processes mainly driven by fossil fuel technology. Global environmental challenges are speeding up a new paradigm of resource circularity. In industry, this forces electrification of processes, and furthers the transition to renewable and sustainable energy sources. New findings in thermal engineering and thermal systems design have to guide and assist this industry transition in the coming decades by providing a vision of a new energy paradigm.
The main objective of this Research Topic is to facilitate energy-intensive industries in the clean and secure energy transition of production facilities and coupling with other sectors. The target is to show the pathways for sector decarbonization and speed up the development of new approaches for retrofitting existing and developing new processes and designs presuming RE integration.
RE4 Industrial Thermal Engineering involves but is not limited to thermodynamic and power engineering and design in an industry context, process and energy integration, sector coupling, digital transformation, and renewable energy technologies. This should demonstrate how up-to-date knowledge is complementary to the transformation of industrial energy systems and adaptation of thermal technologies in a new production context.
Keywords:
Industry Electrification, Industrial Energy System, Sector Coupling, Process Integration Issues, Heat and Power, Renewables in Industry, Power-to-X, Electric Boilers & Heaters, Electric Rods, Geothermal, Solar Thermal, Heat Exchangers, Thermal Design, Thermal System Design, Industrial Thermal Engineering
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
The industrial sector uses thermal heating and cooling processes mainly driven by fossil fuel technology. Global environmental challenges are speeding up a new paradigm of resource circularity. In industry, this forces electrification of processes, and furthers the transition to renewable and sustainable energy sources. New findings in thermal engineering and thermal systems design have to guide and assist this industry transition in the coming decades by providing a vision of a new energy paradigm.
The main objective of this Research Topic is to facilitate energy-intensive industries in the clean and secure energy transition of production facilities and coupling with other sectors. The target is to show the pathways for sector decarbonization and speed up the development of new approaches for retrofitting existing and developing new processes and designs presuming RE integration.
RE4 Industrial Thermal Engineering involves but is not limited to thermodynamic and power engineering and design in an industry context, process and energy integration, sector coupling, digital transformation, and renewable energy technologies. This should demonstrate how up-to-date knowledge is complementary to the transformation of industrial energy systems and adaptation of thermal technologies in a new production context.
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Keywords:
Industry Electrification, Industrial Energy System, Sector Coupling, Process Integration Issues, Heat and Power, Renewables in Industry, Power-to-X, Electric Boilers & Heaters, Electric Rods, Geothermal, Solar Thermal, Heat Exchangers, Thermal Design, Thermal System Design, Industrial Thermal Engineering
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
