Flowsystems
Flowsystems are configurations that govern the movement and transformation of materials, energy, or information through a network. They are found in physical infrastructures, process engineering, and information systems. Core elements include sources, channels or pathways, sinks, and control devices such as pumps, valves, sensors, and controllers. In data and software contexts, flow systems describe the passage of data between modules, often realized as pipelines, queues, or directed graphs.
Physical flow systems cover fluids, gases, and heat transfer. Fluid flow systems rely on principles of mass
Modeling and analysis of flowsystems employ network theory, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and control theory. Common tasks
Applications span water distribution, wastewater treatment, oil and gas pipelines, chemical plants, HVAC networks, microfluidics, and