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Bengt Sundén

Bengt Sundén

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
81
Citations
26352
World Ranking
191
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2011 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Bengt Sundén is a researcher affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, specializing primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work focuses extensively on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their main research topics include:

  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies

Sundén has a substantial publication record with frequent appearances in several specialized journals. The most common publication venues are:

  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • International Journal of Thermal Sciences
  • Numerical Heat Transfer Part A Applications
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Selected recent papers by Sundén include:

  • "Progress and challenges on the thermal management of electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies: Fuel cells, electrolysers, and supercapacitors" (2021, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science)
  • "Application of infrared radiation in the drying of food products" (2021, Trends in Food Science & Technology)
  • "Performance analysis of a plate heat exchanger using various nanofluids" (2020, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer)
  • "A review on nanofluid stability: preparation and application" (2023, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • "A comprehensive review on the application of hybrid nanofluids in solar energy collectors" (2021, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments)

Frequent co-authors in Sundén's collaborative research efforts include:

  • Gongnan Xie
  • Jin Wang
  • Xiaohu Yang
  • Yong Li
  • Zan Wu

Sundén has contributed to the academic literature beyond journal articles by publishing books as well, with at least one title available through Springer Nature titled "Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering" published in 2021.

Their expertise and contributions have been acknowledged with professional distinctions such as the Heat Transfer Memorial Award by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2011, and recognition as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 2004.

Best Publications

  • Effect of aspect ratio on entropy generation in a rectangular cavity with differentially heated vertical walls

    Gamze Gediz Ilis;Moghtada Mobedi;Bengt Sunden

  • Plate Heat Exchangers: Design, Applications and Performance

    Lieke Wang;R.M. Manglik;Bengt Sundén

  • Optimization of Compact Heat Exchangers by a Genetic Algorithm

    Gongnan Xie;Bengt Sundén;Q Wang

  • Review on modeling development for multiscale chemical reactions coupled transport phenomena in solid oxide fuel cells

    Martin Andersson;Jinliang Yuan;Bengt Sundén

  • Performance comparison of some tube inserts

    Lieke Wang;Bengt Sundén

  • A brief review on convection heat transfer of fluids at supercritical pressures in tubes and the recent progress

    Dan Huang;Dan Huang;Zan Wu;Bengt Sunden;Wei Li

  • Effects of hybrid nanofluid mixture in plate heat exchangers

    Dan Huang;Zan Wu;Bengt Sunden

  • A review of heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of single and two-phase microchannels

    Masoud Asadi;Gongnan Xie;Bengt Sunden

  • SOFC modeling considering electrochemical reactions at the active three phase boundaries

    Martin Andersson;Jinliang Yuan;Bengt Sundén

  • Progress and challenges on the thermal management of electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies: Fuel cells, electrolysers, and supercapacitors

    Saman Rashidi;Nader Karimi;Nader Karimi;Bengt Sunden;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Parametric study and multiple correlations on air-side heat transfer and friction characteristics of fin-and-tube heat exchangers with large number of large-diameter tube rows

    Gongnan Xie;Qiuwang Wang;Bengt Sunden

  • Pressure drop and convective heat transfer of water and nanofluids in a double-pipe helical heat exchanger

    Zan Wu;Lei Wang;Bengt Sundén

  • Experimental investigation of local heat transfer in a square duct with various-shaped ribs

    Lei Wang;Bengt Sundén

  • Heat transfer and pressure drop measurements in rib-roughened rectangular ducts

    Xiufang Gao;Bengt Sundén

  • Constructal design and thermal analysis of microchannel heat sinks with multistage bifurcations in single-phase liquid flow

    Gongnan Xie;Fengli Zhang;Bengt Sundén;Weihong Zhang

  • A review on nanofluid stability: preparation and application

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  • SOFC modeling considering hydrogen and carbon monoxide as electrochemical reactants

    Martin Andersson;Jinliang Yuan;Bengt Sundén

  • Modelling temperature dynamics of a district heating system in Naestved, Denmark - A case study

    Irina Gabrielaitiene;Benny Bøhm;Bengt Sunden

  • Performance analysis of a plate heat exchanger using various nanofluids

    Dan Zheng;Jin Wang;Zhanxiu Chen;Jakov Baleta

  • An investigation of the thermo-hydraulic performance of the smooth wavy fin-and-elliptical tube heat exchangers utilizing new type vortex generators

    Babak Lotfi;Bengt Sundén;Qiuwang Wang

  • Pressure drop and convective heat transfer of Al2O3/water and MWCNT/water nanofluids in a chevron plate heat exchanger

    Dan Huang;Dan Huang;Zan Wu;Bengt Sunden

  • Three-dimensional computational analysis of gas and heat transport phenomena in ducts relevant for anode-supported solid oxide fuel cells

    Jinliang Yuan;Masoud Rokni;Bengt Sundén

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinliang Yuan
Jinliang Yuan Ningbo University
Gongnan Xie
Gongnan Xie Northwestern Polytechnical University
Qiuwang Wang
Qiuwang Wang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Weihong Zhang
Weihong Zhang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Jin-yuan Qian
Jin-yuan Qian Zhejiang University
Fabian Mauss
Fabian Mauss Brandenburg University of Technology
Min Zeng
Min Zeng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Zhi-jiang Jin
Zhi-jiang Jin Zhejiang University
Jinjia Wei
Jinjia Wei Xi'an Jiaotong University
Bingxi Li
Bingxi Li Michigan Technological University

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