Cryogenic Flows
A special issue of Cryo (ISSN 3042-4860).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editors
Interests: liquid hydrogen storage and transfer; cryogenic thermoacoustics; multiphase flows; computational fluid dynamics; reduced-order modeling
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Interests: hydrogen and natural gas production, liquefaction and storage; cryogenics and liquefaction processes (high-pressure and flammable systems); fluid properties and thermodynamics; zero emission aviation and liquid hydrogen propulsion; fluid & energy systems and processes (hydrogen, natural gas, ammonia, CO2, helium etc.); fusion energy (mixed refrigerants, superconductive materials and HTS magnets); catalysis and reaction engineering; control system and automation; process design and simulation; water and gas treatment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The importance of cryogenic technology in modern society continuously increases, enabling advances in medical, energy, space, defense, computing, and transportation industries. Cryogens are used as working fluids in many systems, whereas hydrogen is also employed as a high-performing fuel. To design cryogenic fluid systems with confidence, a good understanding of cryogenic flows is required. Properties of cryogens are very different from conventional normal-temperature fluids and sometimes include quantum effects. Liquid cryogens are often kept at temperatures close to their saturation values, which easily leads to fluid evaporation due to a pressure drop in the flow or heat addition through the pipe wall. Significant fluid expansion due to phase change complicates flow patterns and often leads to instabilities. This makes prediction of cryogenic flow regimes rather difficult, while experimental measurements of flow characteristics at such low temperatures are very challenging.
To increase confidence in the design of cryogenic systems and decrease their costs, more comprehensive information on cryogenic flows is required. This Special Issue invites papers on both experimental and modeling studies furthering understanding of cryogenic flow phenomena. The topics include (but are not limited to) properties of cryogenic fluids, ortho-parahydrogen conversion, different flow regimes, multiphase phenomena, flow instabilities, cryogenic heat transfer, fluid system components (pumps, valves, etc.), and novel measuring techniques for cryogenic flows.
Prof. Dr. Konstantin Matveev
Dr. Arman Siahvashi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- properties of cryogenic fluids
- ortho-parahydrogen conversion
- flow instabilities
- cryogenic heat transfer
- fluid system components (pumps, valves, etc.)
- novel measuring techniques for cryogenic flows
- boil of gas in cryogenic fluids
- freeze-out and flow impedance in cryogenic systems
- cryogenic fluid storage
- cryogenic sensors and measurement techniques
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