Guest Editors
Dr. Jianxin Xu, Professor，State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650093, PR China
Professor Jianxin Xu got his Ph.D degree from Kunming University of Science and Technology in 2012. His interests include research on efficient utilization of low temperature waste heat, intensified heat transfer in multiphase flow, computational mathematics, data mining theory and methods, digitization and intelligence of metallurgical processes, etc. He is a visiting scholar at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He has led multiple national-level projects, sub-projects of national key research and development programs, and key provincial projects. He has published more than 100 papers, including over 40 SCI papers in international journals such as Energy Conversion and Management, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, and others.
Dr. Qingtai Xiao, Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650093, PR China
Dr. Qingtai Xiao got his Ph.D degree from Kunming University of Science and Technology in 2019 and now is an associate professor in Kunming University of Science and Technology. His interests include multiphase flow inside metallurgical and energy engineering. He has undertaken research projects including Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province and published more than 40 academic papers.
Dr. Bo Yu, Professor, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
Professor Bo Yu is a Changjiang Scholar. His interests include computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, hydrogen/oil and gas storage and transportation technology, and comprehensive utilization of solar and geothermal energy. He has published over 150 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author, and has been granted 18 national invention patents and 34 software copyrights. He has authored or co-authored two textbooks, as well as one monograph as the sole author and one as a co-author.
Summary
Phase change heat transfer is an efficient approach to energy conversion. Compared with single phase forced convection heat transfer-, phase change heat transfer exhibits higher heat transfer efficiency. However, phase change includes fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer and the variation of multi-physical parameters, it is a complex multi-physical field coupling problem. One of the challenges faced in phase change heat transfer research is how to establish accurate and effective mathematical models. Visualization technology can explore the internal mechanism of heat transfer process and phase change process by observing and analyzing the fluid flow and the morphological changes of phase change interface. By using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques, the phase change heat transfer process can be numerically simulated to predict fluid flow, temperature distribution, and phase change interfaces. These results can be used for design and optimization of heat transfer equipment.
Suggested topics related to this special issue include, but are not limited to:
Application and optimization of numerical simulation method in phase change heat transfer process
Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer during Phase Change
Microscale Phase Change Heat Transfer
Keywords
Phase change heat transfer; Flow field visualization; Numerical analysis; Multiphysics coupling
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