Multiscale Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flow and Heat and Mass Transfer
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editors
Interests: disposal of high-level nuclear waste; CO2 sequestration and utilization; methane hydrate exploitation; two-phase flow in low/ultra-low permeable media; material point method
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The accurate modeling and simulation of multiphase flow coupled with heat and mass transfer is essential to a wide range of complex processes in natural and engineered systems. These processes are often characterized by strong nonlinear coupling and occur across multiple spatial and temporal scales, involving interactions among fluid phases, thermal fields, chemical transport, and deformable porous media. Examples include geothermal energy extraction, CO2 sequestration, enhanced oil recovery, energy storage systems, additive manufacturing, and biological transport in tissues. In addition, such modeling is increasingly important in the context of long-term environmental safety assessments, such as the geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste, where coupled thermo–hydro–mechanical–chemical processes govern the evolution of engineered and natural barriers.
This Special Issue invites high-quality contributions focusing on multiscale numerical methods and computational strategies for the simulation of coupled multiphase transport. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, novel discretization techniques, adaptive multiscale algorithms, interface-capturing and front-tracking methods, pore-scale to continuum-scale upscaling, and data-driven or machine learning-enhanced modeling approaches. Contributions addressing uncertainty quantification, long-term simulation efficiency, or multiscale coupling in heterogeneous media are particularly welcome. Studies that demonstrate rigorous validation with experiments or field data, or that provide new insights into the governing physical mechanisms of multiphase interactions, are especially encouraged.
Dr. Linyong Cui
Dr. Min Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multiphase flow
- heat and mass transfer
- multiscale modeling
- numerical simulation
- porous media
- thermo–hydro–mechanical–chemical modeling
- geological disposal
- interface tracking methods
- upscaling techniques
- machine learning in computational mechanics
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