Multiphase flows are widely encountered in various engineering applications, especially in the food, (petro)chemical, and energy industries. Over the past decade, the field of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for multiphase flows has rapidly evolved, supported by the growing computing power of modern supercomputers. Meanwhile, sustainability has become increasingly important, as a driving force of the 21st Century. Hence, there is an urgent need to strengthen the multiphase CFD modeling tools to provide fundamental knowledge and further translate the knowledge into sustainable engineering solutions that do not compromise our natural environment.
2023 International Symposium on Multiphase CFD for Sustainable Engineering was held on 5th to 7th Jul 2023, bringing together world renowned experts to exchange the current state-of-art and discussing the challenges and possible path forward for the multiphase CFD community. It was organized and hosted by Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study, Zhejiang University (SIAS, ZJU) in Shanghai, China.
The Symposium was opened by Professor Ruhong Zhou, Director of SIAS, ZJU, and keynote speakers included Professor Alfredo Soldati from Technischen Universität Wien, Rodney O. Fox from Iowa State University, Professor Wei Ge from Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr Yali Tang, Eindhoven University of Technology, Professor Qiang Zhou from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Professor Francesco Picano from University of Padova, Professor Mikio Sakai from The University of Tokyo, Professor Sivaramakrishnan Balachandar from University of Florida, Professor Kaihong Luo from University College London, Professor Yurong He from Harbin Institute of Technology, Professor Man Yeong Ha from Pusan National University and Professor Kun Luo from Zhejiang University.
Professor Zhou expressed the welcome from the hosting institute to keynote speakers and attendants to the symposium, and expressed gratitude for all participants
Professor Alfredo Soldati - Breakage, coalescence, size distribution and heat transfer from drops in turbulence
Professor Rodney O. Fox - Kinetic-Based, multiscale Eulerian models for polydisperse multiphase flows
Professor Wei Ge - Trans-level multi-scale simulation of multiphase systems: from reactions to reactors
Dr Yali Tang - Multiphase flow challenges in regeneration of iron fuel
Professor Qiang Zhou - Meso-scale drag model considering surrounding information in gas-solid flows
Professor Francesco Picano - Direct numerical simulation with immersed-boundary methods applied to environmental multiphase flow physics
Professor Mikio Sakai - Recent progress on the discrete element method simulations towards realization of digital twins
Professor Sivaramakrishnan Balachandar - statistical approach for fast and reliable prediction of room-scale airborne viral contagion
Professor Kaihong Luo - A unified Lattice Boltzmann model framework for multiphase flow simulation and application in sustainable engineering
Professor Yurong He - Regulation on characteristics of micro-nano composite structures and applications on photothermal conversion
Professor Man Yeong Ha - Numerical methodology development based on the multiphase flow model for rapid simulation of frost formation and its application
Professor Kun Luo - Interface-resolved simulation of multiphase reactive flows
The speakers shared their thoughts and insights in the study of multiphase flow and CFD, and patiently answered questions from young researchers. The symposium highlighted the latest developments and future prospects of high-efficiency, high-precision computational methods and their applications in multiphase hydrodynamics research and sustainable engineering.