Focusing on the meso-scales of multi-scale phenomena—In search for a new paradigm in chemical engineering--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Li, J., Ge, W., Wang, W., & Yang, N. (2010). Focusing on the meso-scales of multi-scale phenomena—In search for a new paradigm in chemical engineering. Particuology, 8(6), 634-639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2010.09.007

Focusing on the meso-scales of multi-scale phenomena—In search for a new paradigm in chemical engineering

Jinghai Li^*, Wei Ge, Wei Wang, Ning Yang

The EMMS Group, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

10.1016/j.partic.2010.09.007

Volume 8, Issue 6, December 2010, Pages 634-639

Received 1 September 2010, Accepted 14 September 2010, Available online 29 October 2010.

E-mail: jhli@home.ipe.ac.cn

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Abstract

To celebrate the 90th birthday of Professor Mooson Kwauk, who supervised the multi-scale research at this Institute in the last three decades, we dedicate this paper outlining our thoughts on this subject accumulated from our previous studies. In the process of developing, improving and extending the energy-minimization multi-scale (EMMS) method, we have gradually recognized that meso-scales are critical to the understanding of the different kinds of multi-scale structures and systems. It is a common challenge not only for chemical engineering but also for almost all disciplines of science and engineering, due to its importance in bridging micro- and macro-behaviors and in displaying complexity and diversity. It is believed that there may exist a common law behind meso-scales of different problems, possibly even in different fields. Therefore, a breakthrough in the understanding of meso-scales will help materialize a revolutionary progress, with respect to modeling, computation and application.

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Keywords

Meso-scale; Multi-scale; Complex system; EMMS; Multi-phase; High performance computation

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