“…Multiphase flow and heat transfer are critical in both traditional and emerging area of engineering research [1] and are widely involved in industrial processes and academic studies [2,3], including petrochemical engineering [4,5], chemical engineering [6,7], nuclear engineering [8][9][10], mechanical engineering [11,12], and ocean engineering [13,14], as well as renewable energy [15,16], energy storage [17,18], and cleaning coal technology [19,20], etc. With the rapid development of various interdisciplinary subjects and technologies, the novel technologies and innovative applications of multiphase flow and heat transfer are proposed and developed in an endless stream and show great potential.…”