Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study, Zhejiang University, China University of Petroleum-Beijing and China Society of Particuology joint efforts to host the 2023 International Multiphase Flow Technology Forum (IMFTF). The Forum was held at Hilton Haikou Meilan in Haikou, China, from 22 Apr to 24 Apr 2023. The plenary session took place in the afternoon of 22 Apr, and two parallel sessions, ‘Modeling and Simulation’, ‘Measurement Technology’, and a poster session were hosted throughout 23 Apr. Over 60 speakers from 8 countries presented their latest research at the Forum, and over 200 participants joint offline, with more than 28,000 audiences viewed the online broadcasting.
The plenary speakers included Professor Raffaella Ocone from Heriot-Watt University, UK, Professor Bofeng Bai from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, Professor Jianjun Zhao from Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Dr Timothy Hunter from Leeds University, UK, Dr Rachael Smith from University of Sheffield, UK and Professor Kun Luo from Zhejiang University, China.
Professor Ocone presented her work “The Rheology of Granular Materials: from Fundamentals to Applications”.
Professor Bai’s presentation is “Turbulent Heat Transfer of Supercritical Fluids: Fundamentals, Modeling Theory and Applications”.
Dr Zhao gave a talk on “Bubble Dynamics in Microgravity Nucleate Pool Boiling”.
Dr Hunter’s talk is “Mixing Dynamics in A Plug Flow Agitated Tubular Reactor (ATR) for Process Intensification and Potential Utilisation for Nuclear Effluent Treatment”.
Dr Smith’s talk is “Mechanistic Understanding and Mathematical Modelling for the Manufacture of Structured Particulate Products”.
Dr Luo presented his research “An Improved Direct-forcing Immersed Boundary Method for Simulations of Flow and Heat Transfer in Particle-laden Flows”
The Forum extended the IMFTF keynote series (online) and continued the tradition of exploring research frontiers, enhancing academic exchange and nurturing young researchers. The Forum discussed fundamental research in computational and experimental methods for multiphase flows, bubbly and droplet, particle-laden flows, turbulence, and addressed industrial applications in reactive multiphase flows, granular media, fluidization, cavitation, nucleation, mixing, collision, agglomeration and breakup and flow instabilities. To learn more about the IMFTF series please visit https://www.cup.edu.cn/IMFTF/index.htm.
