Abstract
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been firmly established as a fundamental discipline to advancing research on energy engineering. The major progresses achieved during the last two decades both on software modelling capabilities and hardware computing power have resulted in considerable and widespread CFD interest among scientist and engineers. Numerical modelling and simulation developments are increasingly contributing to the current state of the art in many energy engineering aspects, such as power generation, combustion, wind energy, concentrated solar power, hydro power, gas and steam turbines, fuel cells, and many others. This review intends to provide an overview of the CFD applications in energy and thermal engineering, as a presentation and background for the Special Issue “CFD Applications in Energy Engineering Research and Simulation” published by Processes in 2020. A brief introduction to the most significant reviews that have been published on the particular topics is provided. The objective is to provide an overview of the CFD applications in energy and thermal engineering, highlighting the review papers published on the different topics, so that readers can refer to the different review papers for a thorough revision of the state of the art and contributions into the particular field of interest.
Highlights
A brief introduction to the most significant reviews that have been published on the particular topics related to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in energy and thermal engineering is provided
The objective of the review is to provide an overview of the CFD applications in energy and thermal engineering, highlighting the review papers published on the different topics, so that readers can refer to the different review papers for a thorough revision of the state of the art and contributions into the particular field of interest
A brief introduction to the most significant reviews that have been published on the particular topics related to CFD in energy and thermal engineering has been provided, so that readers can refer to the different review papers for a thorough revision of the state of the art and contributions into the particular field of interest
Summary
With the increasing computing power and development of both physical models and numerical and discretization techniques, CFD is nowadays considered to be a highly valuable must-have tool in the investigation of fluid flow. Computational fluid dynamics, commonly known as CFD, consists of the resolution of the fluid flow governing equations by using numerical techniques implemented in a computer code. The basic fluid flow simulation involves the Navier–Stokes equations for the transport and conservation of mass and momentum. The corresponding fluid volume is divided into discrete cells in the mesh generation process. The equations are solved iteratively using appropriate discretization and numerical algorithms, and during the post-processing stage, the results analysis and flow visualization is performed.
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