The 1 International Conference in Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems
(ICFTES’22)
st
9-11 June 2022
National Institute of Technology Calicut
In association with
Indian institute of Chemical Engineers
Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer
Asian Union of Thermal Science and Engineering
ISHMT
Trivandrum
Chapter
Publication Partners
Technical Collaborator
Dept. of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engg. Stellenbosch University
Sponsors
About the conference...
The main objective of ICFTES'22 is to create a platform for the scientific community to share and update the advancements in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, particularly in the areas of thermal science, fluid flow, and energy science. It will act as a single conglomerate of the global research community, teachers, practicing engineers, and research scholars with a platform to share their knowledge. The keynote presentation and invited talks will be delivered by speakers from leading Indian and International universities with extensive expertise in thermo-fluids and energy systems.
The Speakers
FEATURED BY EXPERTS..
IIT Kharagpur, India
Microfluidics, miniaturization and micro/nano scale transport processes
Topic
Advancements in Functional Liquid Infused Slippery Surfaces
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Plenary Speaker
02
Plenary Speaker
IISc Bengaluru, India
Research interests
Solar thermal technologies: receivers, storage, power generation, Advanced cooling technologies (adsorption cooling, loop heat pipes, phase change materials), Solidification, and Materials processing
Topic
Sorption based Heating and Cooling Systems
Kyushu University, Japan
Research Interests
Development of sustainable adsorption cooling cycles, Characterization of promising adsorbent/adsorbates, Thermophysical properties of next gen refrigerants, and Carbon neutral energy conversion systems
Topic
Energy Systems
03
Plenary Speaker
04
Plenary Speaker
Director, Satya International Limited, USA
Research interests
Solar thermal power generation and other renewable energy applications, Water-less cooling technologies, Energy efficient appliances and refrigeration systems, Separate sensible and latent cooling systems, HVAC&R systems that limit Refrigerant charge lost through leakage, Environmentally friendly refrigerants, Alternative technologies etc.
Topic
Energy Systems
01
Keynote Speaker
IIT Kanpur, India
Research Interests
Computational Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Free Surface Flows, Turbulence and Microfluidics
Topic
Falling drops/rising bubbles
KAIST, South Korea
Research Interests
Phase change heat transfer, Renewable/Intelligent thermal solutions, Thermal materials
Topic
Tailoring vapor-liquid condensation phenomena: challenges and opportunities
02
Keynote Speaker
03
Keynote Speaker
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Research Interests
Enhancement of phase-change heat transfer, anti-icing and deicing, and thermal energy transfer and storage using micro/nanostructures
Topic
Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer Using Micro/Nanostructured Surfaces
IISc Bengaluru, India
Research Interests
Multiphase transport processes. Atomization and sprays, Micro-nanoscale transport in droplets, Combustion
Topic
Sprays in Gas Turbines
04
Keynote Speaker
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Keynote Speaker
IIT Madras, India
Research Interests
Fundamental and applied studies on renewable energy technologies - solar energy, energy and environment analyses, fossil & renewable power plant engineering and thermal property characterization of two-phase materials.
Topic
Solar Energy Technologies for decarbonization
New Mexico State University, USA
Research Interests
Single-phase and phase change heat transfer; particulate flows in natural and built environments; surface micro/nano-manufacturing; energy systems and thermal management; health; space transportation
Topic
Passive Heat Transfer Enhancement and Friction Reduction in Single Phase Flows
06
Keynote Speaker
07
Keynote Speaker
IIT Roorkee, India
Research Interests
Two phase flow, Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid flow, Microfluidics, Filtration, Saliva flow, Boiling and condensation, Augmentation of boiling heat transfer coefficient, Bubble and drop dynamics, wettability gradient and electrowetting, Lattice Boltzmann and Smoothed particle hydrodynamics
Topic
Separation of buoyant and non-buoyant particles using inertial microfluidics: A numerical perspective
IIT Guwahati, India
Research Interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Multiphase Flows, Structured Grid Techniques in Curvilinear Coordinates, Finite Volume Methods and Unstructured Grid Techniques, Natural and Mixed Convection Flows, and Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Topic
Experimental fluid flow
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Keynote Speaker
09
Keynote Speaker
IIT Patna, India
Research Interests
Energy, Boiling, Condensation, Micro-/Nano-Scale Thermal and Fluidic Transport, Colloids and Interface Science, and Microgravity Science
Topic
Decoding the Sound of Boiling for Advance Prediction of Boiling Crisis
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Research Interests
Solar thermal energy
Dispersed two-phase flow, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer & Fluid Mechanics, Stochastic Optimization
Topic
Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Rock Bed Thermal Energy Systems
10
Keynote Speaker
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Keynote Speaker
IIT Kharagpur, India
Research Interests
Droplet and Spray Combustion, Flameless Combustion, High pressure combustion, Swirl combustion, Chemical Kinetics
Topic
Flameless/MILD combustion with liquid fuels: Its benefits and challenges
IIT Hyderabad, India
Research Interests
Mineral Processing, CFD, Multiphase Flows, Fluidization, and Particulate Technology
Topic
Fluid-flow
12
Keynote Speaker
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Keynote Speaker
IIT Bombay, India
Research Interests
Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Renewable energy and energy storage, Multiphase flow
Topic
Dr. V Ashok
Deputy Director, Aeronautics Entity,
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Research Interests
Aerodynamics, CFD code development and applications
Topic
Aerodynamics and Aerothermal problems in
Launch vehicle missions
14
Keynote Speaker
15
Keynote Speaker
Dr. S. Sunil Kumar
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, ISRO
Research Interests
Cryogenic heat transfer, Two phase flows, Electric propulsion, Film cooling, Thermal contact conductance, Atomization and mixing
Topic
Thermal Challenges in Cryogenic Rocketry
Important Dates
The Venue
National Institute of Technology, Calicut,
Kerala, India - 673601
National Institute of Technology Calicut, formerly Regional Engineering College Calicut, is a public technical university and an institute of national importance governed by the NIT Act passed by the Parliament of India.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chief Patron
Prof. Prasad Krishna, Director, NIT Calicut
Patron
Prof. P. S. Sathidevi, Deputy Director, NIT Calicut
Prof. C. Muraleedharan, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut
Dr. Aparna K, Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Calicut
Dr. Soney Varghese, Head, School of Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut
Conveners
Dr. Sudev Das, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Calicut
Dr. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Calicut
Dr. Sujith Kumar C. S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut
Dr. Shijo Thomas, School of Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Prof. Sivasubramanian, Chemical Engineering Department, NIT Calicut
Prof. Lity Alen Varghese, Chemical Engineering Department, NIT Calicut
Prof. Sobhan C. B., School of Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut
Prof. Swapan Bhowmik, Mechanical Engineering Department, NIT Agartala
Dr. Arun P., Mechanical Engineering Department, NIT Calicut
Dr. T J Sarvoththama Jothi, Mechanical Engineering Department, NIT Calicut
Dr. Sajith V., School of Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut
Dr. Narasimha Mangadoddy, Chemical Engineering Department, IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Anand Mohan, Chemical Engineering Department, IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Praveen Meduri, Chemical Engineering Department, IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Japp Hoffmann, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Department, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dr. Michael Owen, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Department, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dr. S. Suresh, Mechanical Engineering Department, NIT Trichy
Dr. Aneesh Prabhakar, Centre for Energy & Environment, MNIT Jaipur
Dr. Deepu M, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram.
Dr. Shine S R, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram.
Dr. Pradeep Kumar P, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram.
Dr. Bijukumar K S, Group Head EFAG (C&SC), LPSC, ISRO
Dr. Praveen Nair, Head AATD, AERO ENTITY, VSSC, ISRO
Dr. Deepak Agarwal, DDH, Heat Transfer Division, PRSE, LPSC, ISRO
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. Debjyoti Banerjee, Texas A & M University (USA)
Prof. Bidyut Baran Saha, Kyushu University (Japan)
Prof. Helcio R. B. Orlande, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Prof. Ming-Chang Lu, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
Prof. Afshin J. Ghajar, Oklahoma State University (USA)
Prof. Oronzio Manca, Università degli Studi della Campania (Italy)
Prof. Soteris Kalogirou, Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus)
Prof. Youngsuk Nam, KAIST (South Korea)
Prof. Poulikakos Dimos, Institute of Energy and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Prof. Ji Hwan Jeong, Pusan National University (South Korea)
Dr. Nenad Miljkovic, University of Illinois(UC), (USA)
Dr. Harjeeth Singh, Brunel University London (UK)
Dr. Imre Miklós Szilágyi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. Gautam Biswas, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur
Prof. Sarit Kumar Das, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Madras
Prof. Saptarshi Basu, Mechanical Engineering Department, IISc Bangalore
Prof. K. Srinivas Reddy, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Madras
Prof. Ashutosh Sarkar, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Prof. P K Vijayan, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Jammu
Prof. Vinod Janardhanan, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad
Dr. T. Sreenivas, AMD, BARC, Hyderabad
Dr. S Sunil Kumar, Deputy Director, LPSC, ISRO - Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. Arup Kumar Das, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Dr. Sandip Kumar Saha, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay
Dr. Rishi Raj, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Patna
Dr. Mihir Kumar Das, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Mahendra Reddy V, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. S. Praveen, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Jodhpur
Dr. Soumyadip Sett, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Gandhinagar
Dr. Ravi K Gujjula, CGM (Technical), Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation
Conference Themes
Topics for ICFTE'22 include three different themes, but are not limited, to the following:
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Thermal Science
Fundamental
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Modes of heat transfer
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Phase change heat transfer
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Mass Transfer
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Micro and nanoscale heat transfer
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Porous media
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Solidification
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Thermodynamic Process
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Wetting and Capillarity
Numerical/Computational
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Machine Learning / AI Techniques
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Single Phase/Two-Phase/Multiphase Flows
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Inverse Problems
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Turbulent heat transfer
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Biological heat transfer
Application of Thermal Science
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Battery Thermal Management
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Cooling Techniques Nanotechnology
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Refrigeration and Cryogenics
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Advanced Energy Systems
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Advanced Environmental Systems
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Aerospace and Automotive Technology
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Material Processing
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Fire Technology and safety
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Heat exchangers
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Microelectromechanical systems
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Fluid Flow
Fundamental
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Flow measurements using PIV, PDA/PDPA, LDV, HWA, Holography etc
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Flow visualization and Image Processing
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Microfluidics
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Vortex dynamics
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Boundary-layer flows
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Separated flows
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Pulsating flows
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Supersonic, hypersonic flows
Computational
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Studies using FDM, FVM, FEM, LBM, IBM techniques etc.
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Studies using Mesh-free approaches (DEM, SPH etc.)
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Turbulence and Multiphase modelling
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Instability, Transition and Turbulence
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Fluid-structure Interaction
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AI/ML
Application
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Biological flows
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MHD and EHD flows
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Granular flows
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Mineral processing
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Nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics
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Fluidized bed technology
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Aerodynamics
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Turbomachinery
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Propulsion and Power
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Sensors development
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Energy Science
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Modelling and analysis of multimodal and cross-sectoral energy systems
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Distributed energy resources, including energy storage and renewable resources
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Understanding user behavior in energy systems
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Green buildings
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HVAC
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Thermal energy Storage Systems
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Solar Energy Equipment and Processes
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Fuel Cells
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Heat Pipes
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Heat Pumps and Refrigeration
Submission
ICFTES'22 invites faculty, researchers, industrial participants and students to submit their original research work in Fluid, Thermal and Energy systems. The paper should be restricted to 6 pages (minimum 4 pages) with an abstract of maximum 250 words and 5 keywords. Authors are requested to limit the similarity index to 20%. The received manuscripts will be reviewed by a technical committee. The revised papers accepted in time will be provided as an electronic copy during the conference. Efforts are being made to publish the papers as Scopus indexed book proceedings. The technical committee recommended papers only will be allowed to submit full-length articles for special issues in reputed journals (SCI/SCIE/ESCI/Scopus/Web of Science) as per the journal policy. At least one of the authors must register per full-length paper.
The submission to the conference is facilitated through
Special Issues / Conference Proceedings
Selected papers with related theme will be published in Applied Thermal Engineering
Elsevier Journal (The Impact Factor of this journal is 5.295, ranking it 13 out of 135 in Mechanics, Online ISSN:1359-4311
Selected papers with related theme will also be published in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Springer Journal (Impact Factor: 4.626 (2020), H - index: 92), Online ISSN:13886150, 15882926
Selected papers with related theme will also be published in Heat Transfer Engineering, Taylor & Francis Online (Impact Factor: 2.172, 2020 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics), Online ISSN:01457632, 15210537
Selected papers with related theme will be published in Chemical Engineering & Technology, Wiley Online Library Journal (Impact Factor: 1.728, 2020 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics): 98/143 (Engineering, Chemical), Online ISSN:1521-4125
Selected papers with related theme will also be published in a special issue of Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Elsevier Journal (CiteScore-5.7, 2020), Online ISSN:2451-9049
Selected papers will be published in Scopus indexed procedure book volume of Springer Nature
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