Track Names & Topics for deliberations

The meeting invites the paper for plenary sessions, keynote sessions and contributed sessions in the following areas:

TRACK-1: Theoretical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer



Topics for deliberations:
  • New theories and experimental methods in single-phase fluid mechanics and heat transfer
  • Mathematical methods for close-form solutions in single-phase fluid mechanics and heat transfer

 

TRACK-2: Petroleum Exploration, Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals



Topics for deliberations:
  • Reservoir modeling; permeability and other upstream modelling issues
  • Petroleum processing; bulk properties and group composition for crude and petroleum products
  • Micro-kinetic modeling and Ab-initio modeling in refining processes; catalytic processes/scale-up; Monte-carlo simulation of catalytic surfaces
  • Modeling of thermal processes and multistage separations in hydrocarbon industries
  • All large-scale simulation/optimization issues in petroleum industries
  • CFD modeling of the reactors and other equipment in hydrocarbon industries

 

TRACK-3: Computational Fluid Dynamics & Heat Transfer



Topics for deliberations:
  • Combustion and other reactive flows
  • Direct numerical simulation
  • Heat Transfer with phase changes
  • Microgravity applications
  • Non-Newtonian fluid-particle mechanics
  • Numerical methods
  • Large eddy simulation
  • Turbulence flow computation

 

TRACK-4: Thermal Science & Engineering



Topics for deliberations:
  • Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer
  • Combined heat, power and advanced cycles;
  • Heat exchangers(compact and advanced designs)
  • Heat pumps and refrigeration plant; heat pipes;
  • Heat transfer enhancement
  • Energy Processes in Steel & Allied industries
  • Energy processes in Coal & Allied industries
  • Renewable energies
  • Phase change heat transfer in microchannels
  • Thermal and hydrodynamic stability
  • Thermal stress analysis

 

TRACK-5: Energy Materials



Topics for deliberations:
  • Soft interfaces and thin films
  • Nanomaterials, nanocomposites, ceramics, polymers, colloids
  • Optics, lasers, sensors, light emitting materials
  • Solar cells, biological materials,
  • Semiconductors, superconductors, batteries, superconductors
  • Magnetic materials, metamaterials
  • Piezoelectric materials, water-splitting

 

TRACK-6: Multiphase Flow



Topics for deliberations:
  • Two-phase flow, multiphase flow and complex flow
  • Gas-solid-liquid flow and contactors
  • Colloidal and suspension
  • Cavitation phenomena
  • Computational methods
  • Experimental methods
  • Fluid-structure interaction
  • Environmental multiphase flow
  • Droplet flow
  • Modeling methods

 

TRACK-7: Nuclear Science and Engineering



Topics for deliberations:
  • Design of Nuclear Reactors
  • Reactor Safety, Neutron kinetics and reactor control issues
  • Computational & Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
  • Structural Mechanics
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Physics & Reactor Theory
  • Radiation Interaction and Shielding
  • Laser Velocimetry and Imaging Techniques
  • CFD Model and Benchmarking in Subchannel Systems/Rod Bundle CHF
  • Post Accident Rod Bundle Thermal- Hydraulic Behaviors
  • CFD Modeling and Validation for Multi-phase Flows in Nuclear Reactor Systems
  • Progress of Indian nuclear reactor technologies
  • Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) or CANDU-type reactors, Light Water Reactors (PWR and BWR), Liquid Metal or Sodium cooled Fast Reactors.
  • Severe Accident Analysis of Spent Fuel Storage Pool
  • Hydrogen generation, dispersion and mitigation during severe accidents