1st International Workshop on Heat/Mass Transfer Advances for Energy Conservation and Pollution Control (IWHT-2011), October 17-20, 2011, Xi'an, China

Group Photo of IWHT2011 Participants

The 2011 International Workshop on Heat/Mass Transfer Advances for Energy Conservation and Pollution Control (IWHT2011), hosted by the Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering of the Ministry of Education at Xi'an Jiaotong University, was held at Qujiang Huibinyuan Hotel in Xi'an from October 17 to 20. Nearly 150 experts, scholars and representatives in the field of heat transfer from more than 10 countries and regions including the United States, Japan, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao attended the workshop. The event focused on academic exchanges and discussions regarding the scientific issues of heat and mass transfer in energy conservation and emission reduction.

Academician Tao Wenquan of Xi'an Jiaotong University delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

Group Photo of the Committee Members

Academician Tao Wenquan of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Vice President Lu Tianjian, Director Liu Tao of the Third Department of Engineering of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Professor Jiang Peixue, Deputy Director of the Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer Branch of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, respectively addressed the opening ceremony. Invited keynote lectures were given by Professor K. Vafai from the University of California, Riverside, Academician Tao Wenquan from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Professor P. Stehlik from Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic, and Professor B. Sunden from Lund University in Sweden. Over 20 renowned scholars in the field of heat transfer from home and abroad presented thematic reports at the workshop.

IWHT2011 Venue

Parallel group discussions and exchanges were conducted around 9 topics, covering heat and mass transfer issues in renewable and clean energy, high-temperature heat exchangers, compact heat exchangers, multiphase flow, porous media, radiation, and energy storage. The themes of this international workshop reflected the latest research trends in the global field of heat transfer for energy conservation and emission reduction, and aligned with China’s energy policy development strategies as well as the important demands of national economic development for disciplines in the energy sector.

Professor Wang Qiuwang, Vice Dean of the School of Energy and Power Engineering and Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering of the Ministry of Education at Xi'an Jiaotong University, presided over the opening ceremony. Professor Feng Zhenping, Dean of the School of Energy and Power Engineering; Professor Guo Liejin, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering; Professor He Yaling, Director of the Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering of the Ministry of Education; and Dr. Liang Li, Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, attended the workshop.

This workshop received strong support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer, and Xi'an Jiaotong University.