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This second volume of the Special Issue includes 13 contributions, from across the world, with very interesting research topics such as: Energy Intensity Reduction; Large-Scale Non-Residential Buildings; Dynamic Control of HVAC with Heat Pumps; Reed Potential as a Regenerative Building Material and Their Performance Characterisation; Experimental Evaluation of Energy-Efficiency in a Holistically Designed Building; A Case Study of Design and Energy Performance Analysis of a Hotel Building in a Hot and Dry Climate; Internal Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer Coefficients for a Vertical Wall in a Residential Building; Passive Façade Performance Evaluation with Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) during the Architectural Design Process; Thermal Performance Improvement of Double-Pane Lightweight Steel Framed (LSF) Walls Using Thermal Break Strips (TBS) and Reflective Foils; Energy Performance of Buildings with Thermochromic Windows in Mediterranean Climates; Energy Performance and Benchmarking for University Classrooms in Hot and Humid Climates; Effect of HVAC’s Management on Indoor Thermo-Hygrometric Comfort and Energy Balance: In Situ Assessments on a Real nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB); Stochastic-Based Optimisation Approach towards the Integration of Photovoltaic Panels in Multi-Residential Social Housing; Effect of Climate Change and Occupant Behaviour on the Environmental Impact of the Heating/Cooling Systems of a Real Apartment: A Parametric Study through Life Cycle Assessment; Road Thermal Collector for Building Heating in South Europe (Italy): Numerical Modeling and Design of an Experimental Set-Up.

Technology: general issues --- Chemical engineering --- energy efficiency improvement --- HVAC operation --- dynamic optimization --- sustainability --- reed (Arundo donax) --- material characterisation --- natural materials --- vernacular architecture --- holistic --- energy management system --- sustainable --- building performance --- thermal performance --- indoor comfort --- energy performance --- design parameters --- energy simulation --- building envelope --- convection --- radiation --- heat transfer coefficient --- correlation --- climate-adaptive building shells --- sustainable design --- energy efficiency --- shape-memory alloy --- climate change --- experimental assessment --- double-pane --- lightweight steel frame (LSF) --- partition walls --- aerogel thermal break strips --- aluminium reflective foils --- thermochromic coatings --- solar transmittance --- solar reflectance --- Energy Use Intensity --- higher education buildings --- energy consumption --- benchmarking --- hot and humid climates --- EnergyPlus --- nZEB --- HVAC management --- monitoring campaign --- load matching --- computational fluid dynamics --- social housing --- energy demand --- energy refurbishment --- internal gains --- occupation rate --- life cycle cost --- life cycle assessment (LCA) --- ReCiPe indicator --- global warming potential (GWP) indicator --- environmental impact --- heating and cooling systems --- occupant behaviour --- road thermal collector --- borehole thermal storage --- alternative energy system

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This reprint is a continuation of our previous reprint “Sustainable agricultural, biological, and environmental engineering applications” [ISBN 978-3-0365-2921-9], which was published in January 2022. The reprint contains research and review works focused on agricultural engineering technologies and applications. In this regard, the reprint covers topics including agricultural storage, quality evaluation of fruits, evaporative cooling and desiccant systems, solar coffee roasting, solar yogurt processing, greenhouse environment, greenhouse ventilation, greenhouse thermal requirements, aquaculture production system, bioreactor landfill, waste management, fertilization reduction in agriculture, sustainable porous surfaces, simulation and modeling, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Such agricultural engineering studies are urgently needed in the 21st century, particularly from the perspective of the agriculture–energy–food security nexus.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Technology, engineering, agriculture --- greenhouse --- microclimate --- Bayesian optimization --- deep neural network --- roses yield --- Gaussian process --- gradient boosting --- pool boiling heat transfer coefficient --- sintered coated porous surfaces --- gaussian process --- gradient boosting regression trees --- response surface --- renovation index --- CFD simulation --- airflow --- evaporative cooling --- desiccant dehumidification --- agricultural storage --- air conditioning --- system performance --- lemon cordial --- microwave --- preservation --- green processing --- antioxidant potential --- renewable energy --- Scheffler concentrator reflector --- batch-type solar roaster --- response surface methodology --- coffee roasting --- municipal solid waste --- sanitary landfill --- open dumps --- waste to energy --- climate change --- yogurt processing --- solar energy --- solar-based heating and cooling --- thermal analysis --- vegetable yield --- nitrogen use efficiency --- nutrient leaching --- leaching-to-input ratio --- nitrogen fertilizer economic benefit --- environment --- eutrophication --- particulate fraction --- effluent --- treatment --- thermal screens --- heating demand --- TRNSYS --- greenhouse internal temperature --- building energy simulation --- longwave radiation --- soil total nitrogen --- BP neural network --- support vector machines --- spatial distribution --- remote sensing

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With the advances in high-speed computer technology, complex heat transfer and fluid flow problems can be solved computationally with high accuracy. Computational modeling techniques have found a wide range of applications in diverse fields of mechanical, aerospace, energy, environmental engineering, as well as numerous industrial systems. Computational modeling has also been used extensively for performance optimization of a variety of engineering designs. The purpose of this book is to present recent advances, as well as up-to-date progress in all areas of innovative computational heat transfer and fluid mechanics, including both fundamental and practical applications. The scope of the present book includes single and multiphase flows, laminar and turbulent flows, heat and mass transfer, energy storage, heat exchangers, respiratory flows and heat transfer, biomedical applications, porous media, and optimization. In addition, this book provides guidelines for engineers and researchers in computational modeling and simulations in fluid mechanics and heat transfer.

auxiliary feedwater system --- cavitation --- computational fluid dynamics --- in-service testing --- multiphase flow --- multi-stage orifice --- nonuniform metal foam --- melting heat transfer --- thermal energy storage --- conical swirl atomizer --- atomization --- CFD --- Eulerian model --- heat transfer coefficient --- micro-fins --- friction factor --- numerical methods --- micro- and macro-parameters of the atomized liquid --- mechanism of effervescent-swirl atomization --- efficiency of atomization process --- effervescent-swirl atomizer --- fixed-bed reactor --- wall structures --- complex particle shapes --- process intensification --- heat transfer --- photovoltaic cell efficiency --- thermal regulation --- energy and light harvesting --- irreversibility losses --- quantum dynamics --- nature-inspired mimicking --- heat transfer enhancement --- radiation insert --- numerical simulations --- performance evaluation criteria --- thermal efficiency --- particle sedimentation --- resistance force --- fractional-order integro-differential equation --- laplace transform --- Mittag–Leffler function --- block-pulse operational matrix --- Nu number --- microchannel heat sink --- trefoil ribs --- thermal enhancement --- thermal resistance --- triple-tube heat exchanger --- twisted fin array --- phase change material --- solidification --- nanofluids advantages and disadvantages --- thermal hydraulic performance --- vortex generators --- micro-channel

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This reprint focuses on experiments, modellings, and simulations of heat transfer and fluid flow. Flowing media comprise single- or two-phase fluids that can be both compressible and incompressible. The reprint presents unique experiments and solutions to problems of scientific and industrial relevance in the transportation of natural resources, technical devices, industrial processes, etc. In the presented works, the formulated physical and mathematical models together with their boundary and initial conditions and numerical computation methods for constitutive equations lead to solutions for selected examples in engineering.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- hydraulic transients --- water hammer --- viscoelasticity --- cross-section change --- fluidic oscillator --- bending angle --- frequency --- pressure drop --- peak velocity ratio --- aerodynamic analyses --- unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations --- natural convection --- van der Waals gas --- analytical solution --- heat transfer in non-Newtonian slurry --- damping of turbulence --- Nusselt number for slurry --- heat pipe heat exchanger --- wickless heat pipe --- heat transfer --- individually finned tubes --- heat transfer analysis --- non-contacting mechanical face seal --- variable order derivative integral transform --- ribbed channel --- large eddy simulation --- immersed boundary method --- conjugate heat transfer --- thermal conductivity ratio --- retarded strain --- cavitation --- unsteady friction --- method of characteristics --- vortex generator --- arrangement --- numerical simulation --- plate-fin and tube heat exchanger --- air-side Nusselt number --- different heat transfer coefficient in particular tube row --- mathematical simulation --- CFD simulation --- labyrinth seal --- leakage --- design method --- kinetic energy --- inverse problem --- steam turbines --- gas turbines --- fluid-flow machines --- electric vehicle --- battery thermal management system --- optimization --- lattice Boltzmann method --- hydrostatic transmission --- hydrostatic transmission start up --- hydraulic drive --- hydraulic transients --- water hammer --- viscoelasticity --- cross-section change --- fluidic oscillator --- bending angle --- frequency --- pressure drop --- peak velocity ratio --- aerodynamic analyses --- unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations --- natural convection --- van der Waals gas --- analytical solution --- heat transfer in non-Newtonian slurry --- damping of turbulence --- Nusselt number for slurry --- heat pipe heat exchanger --- wickless heat pipe --- heat transfer --- individually finned tubes --- heat transfer analysis --- non-contacting mechanical face seal --- variable order derivative integral transform --- ribbed channel --- large eddy simulation --- immersed boundary method --- conjugate heat transfer --- thermal conductivity ratio --- retarded strain --- cavitation --- unsteady friction --- method of characteristics --- vortex generator --- arrangement --- numerical simulation --- plate-fin and tube heat exchanger --- air-side Nusselt number --- different heat transfer coefficient in particular tube row --- mathematical simulation --- CFD simulation --- labyrinth seal --- leakage --- design method --- kinetic energy --- inverse problem --- steam turbines --- gas turbines --- fluid-flow machines --- electric vehicle --- battery thermal management system --- optimization --- lattice Boltzmann method --- hydrostatic transmission --- hydrostatic transmission start up --- hydraulic drive