The conference is supported by ERCOFTAC through the Special Interest Group on Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics (SIG-49) and is organised by a team of leading international experts in the field of NICFD flows.
Now in its fourth iteration, the International Seminar on Non-Ideal Compressible-Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion & Power is one of the leading international conferences dedicated to the study of compressible fluid flows of fluids that do not obey the ideal gas law.
Information relating the first three editions of the NICFD seminar can be found on the websites of the previous conferences: NICFD2016, NICFD2018, and NICFD2020.
Organising committee
Conference chairman: Dr Martin White, City, University of London, UK
Conference co-chair: Dr Tala Samad, City, University of London, UK
Conference co-chair: Dr Ioannis Karathanassis, City, University of London, UK
Conference co-chair: Prof Abuldnaser Sayma, City, University of London, UK
Conference co-chair: Dr Matteo Pini, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Founding chair: Prof Alberto Guardone, PoliMi, Italy
Scientific Committee
- Prof. Paola Cinnella, Sorbonne Université, France
- Prof. Piero Colonna, TU Delft, The Netherlands
- Prof. Francesca di Mare, RUB, Germany
- Dr. Rene Pecnik, TU Delft, The Netherlands
- Prof. Giacomo Persico, PoliMi, Italy
- Prof. Alexei Poludnenko, University of Connecticut, USA
- Dr. Carlo De Servi, VITO, Belgium
- Dr. Andrea Spinelli, PolMi, Italy
- Prof. Teemu Turunen-Saaresti, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
- Dr. Andrew Wheeler, University of Cambridge, UK
- Prof. Stefan aus der Wiesche, Muenster University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Members of the organising committee
The Thermo-Fluids Research Centre at City
The fourth iteration of the International Seminar on Non-Ideal Compressible-Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion & Power (NICFD2022) is proudly hosted by the Thermo-Fluids Research Centre (TFRC) at City, University of London.
The TFRC is an internationally leading centre in fundamental and applied research in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer and fluid-structure interactions. The centre’s computational tools and experimental facilities are devoted to conducting research in a range of applications from micro-scale devices to waste heat recovery, renewable energy systems, compressors, turbines, fuels and additives technology for a wide range of combustion engines, electrification technologies and various hydraulic/lubrication fluids and systems.
The centre is currently leading and participating in a number of national and international research projects focused on aspects related to NICFD flows. This includes UK funded EPSRC projects investigating ORC (NextORC) and supercritical CO2 (SCOTWOHR) power cycles, the EU-funded projects SCARABEUS investigating novel CO2-blends for CSP plants, alongside other funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering and industrial partners.