Special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only

The topics covered in this special issue are related to the research of the phenomena of heat and mass transfer in the various areas of engineering and range from mathematics models and methods of numerical analysis of heat and mass transfer processes in generalized technical systems to the development of technologies in food and biomass processing and creation of real technical solutions in mechanical engineering.

The special volume of the Defect and Diffusion Forum periodical, which is titled “Transfer Phenomena in Fluid and Heat Flows”, covers a variety of interesting topics related to diffusion phenomena, heat transfer, and fluid flows.

Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Biological Processes covers emerging areas in fluid flow and heat transfer relevant to biosystems and medical technology. This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive prospective on biofluid mechanics and heat transfer advances and includes reviews of the most recent methods in modeling of flows in biological media, such as CFD. Written by internationally recognized researchers in the field, each chapter provides a strong introductory section that is useful to both readers currently in the field and readers interested in learning more about these areas. Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Biological Processes is an indispensable reference for professors, graduate students, professionals, and clinical researchers in the fields of biology, biomedical engineering, chemistry and medicine working on applications of fluid flow, heat transfer, and transport phenomena in biomedical technology. - Provides a wide range of biological and clinical applications of fluid flow and heat transfer in biomedical technology - Covers topics such as electrokinetic transport, electroporation of cells and tissue dialysis, inert solute transport (insulin), thermal ablation of cancerous tissue, respiratory therapies, and associated medical technologies - Reviews the most recent advances in modeling techniques

This special topic volume of Defect and Diffusion Forum covers in a wider sense diffusion related phenomena. One of the most important challenges of modern society is the efficient, secure and sustainable generation and conversion of energy. This topics spans from the application of classical fossil fuels (e.g. oil and coal based) to natural gas and more alternative approaches which are based on bio fuels, solar energy and wave energy conversion. In the same way important are the connected topics of reusing waste thermal energy as well as the opposite need of cooling. A further topic which requires a similar skill set and which is covered in this topical volume is related to the manufacturing (e.g. furnaces), modification (e.g. heat treatment) and processing (thermal cutting) of materials.

This volume of the journal “Defect and Diffusion Forum” presents readers with the special issue “Transfer Phenomena in Fluid and Heat Flows VI” which contains articles covering theoretical and practical aspects of modeling and numerical investigation of the diffusion in solid materials, diffusive convection, magnetohydromagnetic mixed convective flows and heat transfer phenomena in different media and engineering objects.

This volume of the journal “Defect and Diffusion Forum” presents to readers the special issue “Transfer Phenomena in Fluid and Heat Flows VII” which contains articles covering theoretical and practical aspects of modeling and numerical investigation of the diffusion processes, heat and mass transfer processes and fluid mechanics in different media and engineering objects.