This brief is devoted to providing a complete outline of meso-science by
briefing the relevant contents from the published book and by updating
evidences and concepts of meso-science. The importance of meso-science
in solving various problems in energy, resource, and the environment is
introduced. The whole evolutionary development of the EMMS principle is
reviewed to show how a simple idea on the customized modeling of
particle clustering in gas-solid systems was developed, verified,
extended, and finally generalized into the common
principle of compromise in competition between dominant
mechanisms for all mesoscale phenomena in science and engineering,
leading to the proposition of meso-science. More importantly, updates on
the concept of meso-science and perspectives are presented, along with
new insights and findings from after the publication of the original
book. In this way, we hope to help readers more easily familiarize
themselves with meso-science, and to trigger interest and attention to
this interdisciplinary field.
Application areas include:
- multiphase flow and fluid dynamics
- chemical, biochemical and process engineering
- mineral processing and metallurgical engineering
- energy and resources
- material science and engineering
Jinghai Li is vice president of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),
professor at Institute of Process Engineering of CAS. Wenlai Huang
is associate professor at Institute of Process Engineering of CAS.
This book has been translated into Chinese and published by Science
Press, please visit here for the Chinese version: http:
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