Thermal Energy, Process, and Transport Intensification - A Brief Review of Literature in 2021 and Prospects

Abstract

This review provides a brief literature survey recorded by the Web of Science (WoS) in 2021 on the studies of heat transfer enhancement (HTE), thermal energy, process and transport intensification technologies. A topic search containing "heat transfer" or "heat transport" or "thermal transport" in the WoS resulted in over 31,360 papers published in 2021 and more than 30% were relevant to HTE, thermal energy, process and transport intensification, which indicates the importance and rapid development of these technologies and their applications. The chosen