Preface

Abstract

The conference “Optical Methods of Flow Investigation” (OMFI) has been regularly held since 1989 at intervals of 2 years. The All-Union Seminar was held in 1989, I and II All-Union Conferences (founder – Institute of Thermal Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) were held in 1991 and 1993. Since 1995, conferences have been held at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI) under the auspices of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the co-founders were MPEI and the Institute of Thermophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Since 2019 Scientific and Technological Center of Unique Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences has also become a co-organizer of the conference.This issue of the Journal is devoted to research and studies presented at the XV International Scientific and Technical Conference “Optical Methods of Flow Investigation” (OMFI-2019). The conference was held in Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Moscow, Russia, on 24–28 June 2019. The National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute” is one of the leading technical universities in Russia having about 15,000 students from more than 60 countries. MPEI is one of the largest technical universities of Russia. It provides the specialist’s training and scientific research in the field of energetic, electrical engineering, radio electronics, computer engineering.The conference brought together experts from different organizations that had a great opportunity to share knowledge during oral and poster presentations, to initiate discussions on topics that are of interest to the conference attendees. The conference papers presented in the following areas: laser anemometry, flow visualization, development of quantum-optical devices, computer methods of signal and image processing, laser and optical interferometry, application of optical methods, acousto-optic and optoacoustics, optical methods in biomedicine and ecology, also included papers of the Youth workshop «Modern methods of flow investigation – 2019».