Entropy Generation Analysis in Near-Wall Turbulent Flow

Dear Colleagues,

With respect to both environmental sustainability and operating efficiency demands, the need for more exergy-efficient thermofluid components and devices is continuously increasing in a variety of technology sectors and energy conversion systems. Today, it is being recognized that an analysis of local entropy generation consistingof minimizing the irreversibilities in transport and physico-chemical processes can be used as an effective means to optimize the performance of current and future thermofluid-based applications and to support novel developments. The Special Issue aims to gather original contributions which deal with entropy generation analysis in near-wall turbulent flows using experiments and/or computational fluid dynamics. Potential topics may include:

• The formulation of models that describe the evolving transport processes in compatibility with both the second law of thermodynamics and the design requirements;
• State-of-the-art methodologies that not only allow identifying the causes of inefficiency of processes but also permit evaluating the significance (location and magnitude) of irreversibilities generated by each specific transport process;
• Appropriate techniques that aid in delimiting the evolution of the processes and at the same time give access to the control and possible minimization of the irreversibilities;
• Demonstrations in reacting/non-reacting flows in single-phase/multiphase environments.

Prof. Dr. Amsini Sadiki
Guest Editor

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