Applications of Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) in Thermal Engineering
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Thermal Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 5606
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Interests: energy efficiency; computational fluid dynamics; exergy analysis; thermodynamic cycles; heat transfer fluids; refrigeration system; supersonic ejectors; vortex tubes
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Interests: energy; porous media; heat and mass transfer; computational
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Interests: heat transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); microfluidics; thermodynamic analysis; refrigeration system; Phase Change Material (PCM); Thermal Energy Storage (TES); Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is an emerging computational framework for simulating a multitude of physical processes and systems. During the past three decades, as a nonconventional approach to computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the interest of the scientific community and R&D researchers in this method has grown rapidly. Recently, one of the hot topics is the application of LBM for modeling some key physical processes occurring in energy conversion systems. Compared to traditional CFD methods, which may have some difficulties to describe flows at finite Knudsen numbers and/or the flows in complex geometries, LBM appeared as an attractive way to relax these limitations. Even as LBM becomes an even more versatile numerical method for simulating a wide range of flow problems especially in thermal engineering, efforts are still required both to make the use of LBM more attractive to the scientific community, and to improve the efficiency of the thermal systems.
This Special Issue aims at publishing the current state-of-the-art in the field of LBM, its application to solve thermal engineering problems, and future research directions. Both submissions with an academic background as well as more application-oriented contributions are welcome. The addressed fields of research include but are not limited to:
- Modeling aspects: advanced collision operators, grid-refinement strategies, improved boundary conditions, performance aspects, turbulence modeling, multiphase flows, porous media;
- Modeling of conjugated heat transfer problems (conduction, convection, radiation);
- Modeling of complex heat transfer fluid like nanofluids or phase-change materials;
- Innovative applications of practical relevance in thermal engineering.
Prof. Dr. Sébastien Poncet
Prof. Dr. Abdulmajeed Mohamad
Dr. Seyed Soheil Mousavi Ajarostaghi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM)
- Computational fluid dynamics
- High performance computing
- Multiscale approach from nano to meso scale
- Thermal engineering
- Renewable energy
- Thermal management
- Heat and mass transfer
- Entropy and exergy analysis
- MHD and EHD flows
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