Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. mult. Franz Mayinger on his 80th birthday

Abstract

Professor Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. mult. Franz Mayinger, the honorary editor of this journal, will celebrate his 80th birthday in September of this year. This special issue is dedicated to him recognising his lifetime achievements in heat and mass transfer and his support of this journal during the last decades. Professor F. Mayinger and Professor D. Mewes are the former editor in chief of ‘‘Heat and Mass Transfer’’ stimulating all of us with their experience in our everyday work with this journal. Therefore, it is not surprising that the journal is of increasing interest in the scientific and technical community. The result is a growing number of manuscripts of high quality. This was only possible because of the fundamental research of Professor Mayinger establishing the scientific fundamentals of our journal. Within the last decades, the research in heat and mass transfer has made significant advances in experimental and theoretical understanding especially because of new optical measurement methods and numerical methods. Professor F. Mayinger promoted these advances— although already retired—by motivating the government to support research in this field and many other activities. Thus, there was a big congestion for papers dedicated to him by his former disciples, his colleagues and friends. The topics of the papers reflect the extremely wide research field of Professor Mayinger: convective heat transfer (also using new optical methods), multiphase flow with and without phase change, falling film evaporator, enhanced heat transfer, electrical field effects on heat transfer, heat and mass transfer in common heat exchangers, in packings and in recycling processes and finally in combustion. I personally want to express special thanks to the authors for their contributions to this special issue. I deeply appreciate the invaluable input of the reviewers of the manuscripts, their responsiveness for making the publication of this special issue possible in time.