Special Issue on Multiphase and Turbulent Flows in Energy Engineering Applications

Abstract

The topics covered in this special issue include, but are not limited to Turbulent flowsMultiphase flowsHydrodynamics instabilitiesGas/oil/water separationHeat treatment and phase changeNano-fluidic treatmentFluid–structure interactionSedimentation, aggregation, flocculation, and agglomerationEnergy efficiencyRenewable energyThis special issue places a strong emphasis on flow physics by focusing on problems that are multi-phase, multi-scale, and multi-physics. For instance, during extraction, crude oil passes through highly irregular porous media with possible soil movement, and it usually contains an emulation of water and gas. This underscores the need to understand multi-phase, multi-physics (transport equations, fluid–structure interaction, etc.), and multi-scale (meso, micro, and macro) problems.