Innovations and Inventions in Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer
A special issue of Inventions (ISSN 2411-5134). This special issue belongs to the section "Inventions and Innovation in Energy and Thermal/Fluidic Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 778
Special Issue Editor
Interests: heat transfer enhancement; gas turbine blade cooling; electronic cooling; thermosyphon and heat pipe; heat convection of reciprocating and pulsating flows; cooling of electric motor
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Dear Colleagues,
A flow of gas/vapor and liquid occurs in various forms, such as boiling and condensation as a result of heat transfer, dispersed two-phase flows where one phase is present in the form of droplets, or bubbles in another phase of fluid, and cavitation when local static pressure is close to the vapor pressure of liquid. Its applications constitute a prolific research field ranging from propeller propulsion, water hammer in piping networks, air–water flows in the drainage of buildings, petroleum transportation, and cooling of electronic chipsets/components/systems using heat pipes and thermosyphons. The primary performance metrics of interest vary with applications, including flow instabilities, hydro forces, flow resistances, and heat transfer rates pertinent to these two-phase flows. This Special Issue is dedicated to showcasing innovations and inventions as well as new findings that elucidate the flow and heat transfer physics underlying the two-phase flow phenomena through the lens of theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies for leveraging the engineering achievements. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, hydrodynamics, piping engineering, rotating machineries, steam/refrigerant plants, reaction–diffusion phenomena, two-phase thermal flow in electronic systems, fundamentals of cavitation, evaporation, boiling, and condensation, and advanced research methods that are prerequisites of scientific explorations of two-phase flows.
Prof. Dr. Shyy Woei Chang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- multiphase flow
- phase change cooling in electric systems
- condensation
- boiling
- reaction–diffusion phenomena
- heat pipe
- thermosyphon
- cavitation
- air–water flow in drainage
- steam/refrigerant plants
- petroleum transportation
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