International Journal of Thermophysics - Special Issue

in Honor of Professor Roland Span’s 60th Birthday 
(By Invitation Only)

Deadline : September 15, 2023

Dear Colleagues,

Most of us know the highly accurate multiparameter equations of state for pure fluids and fluid mixtures associated with Professor Span and his team as well as the respective measurement technology he has used to help advance the field. Throughout his career, Professor Span has remained committed to thermophysical property research. He studied mechanical engineering at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, where he completed his PhD in 1992 and his habilitation in 1999, both in the field of thermodynamics. From 1993 to 2000, he headed the research group “Multiparameter equations of state” at the chair of thermodynamics of Professor Wolfgang Wagner. In 2001, he moved to the company ALSTOM Power Technology in Switzerland as project and group leader for gas turbine research. From 2002 to 2006, he was head of the chair of thermodynamics and energy technologies at the University of Paderborn, and since 2006, he is head of the chair of thermodynamics at Ruhr University Bochum. Professor Span has been honored with several awards including the Applied Energy Award for a Highly Cited Review Paper in 2017 and the SINTEF and NTNU CCS Award 2019 for fundamental research in the field of reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions through carbon capture, transport and storage. Recently, he was awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council to help lay the technical foundations needed for a hydrogen economy.

The main topics of the special issue are (1) the accurate modeling of thermophysical properties of pure fluids and their mixtures and (2) accurate thermophysical property measurements, which are the basis for model development. The deadline for submission is August 31, 2023. Please, let us know if you wish to contribute, and we will provide all necessary updates.

Thank you very much for considering our invitation to contribute to the outlined special issue. 

Sincerely,

Guest Editors:

Professor Markus Richter
Chemnitz University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Chair of Applied Thermodynamics
Reichenhainer Straße 70, 09125 Chemnitz, Germany
m.richter@mb.tu-chemnitz.de (this opens in a new tab)

Professor Eric F. May
The University of Western Australia, School of Engineering, Fluid Science and Resources Division
35 Stirling Highway, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
eric.may@uwa.edu.au (this opens in a new tab)

Papers published in this special issue can be found here  (this opens in a new tab)