Sustainable Environmental Solutions II
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 2978
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Dimensionally Stable Anodes (DSA®) for oxygen and chlorine production; environmental applications of electrochemistry; environmental remediation; water & soil treatments; electrolysed water
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Interests: environmental remediation; water and soil treatments; environmental nanotechnology; resource recovery; process modelling and simulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The continuous development of our society has led to a constant growth of problems related to the excessive exploitation of natural resources, excessive use of energy, or the release of polluting byproducts during manufacturing operations. Unfortunately, for numerous socioeconomic reasons, the development of processes/actions capable of remedying the damage caused by human activities has not been so rapid.
In recent decades, increasing attention has been paid to the sustainability of products and processes. This also applies to activities aimed at environmental protection, including the remediation of contaminated sites or the treatment of contaminated effluents, as well as the valorisation of waste through the recovery of resources. Although carried out with “noble intentions”, these activities are often highly invasive, unsustainable, and socially unacceptable, as they involve a significant use of chemical products or processes.
In the wake of what was done in the previous Special Issue, this second volume of the same editorial work aims to collect research activities focused on the development of new processes to replace the aforementioned obsolete practices. Taking a cue from real problems and the need to deal with real cases of contamination or prevent potentially harmful situations, we would like to discuss the development and optimisation of “smart” solutions, i.e., sustainable not only from an environmental point of view, but also economically, in order to favour their effective implementation as much as possible.
Contributions on the following topics are particularly welcome:
- Energy and water efficiency in industry and mining (building materials, food industry, metallurgy, chemical industry, process optimisation, water use and waste minimisation, life cycle assessment, cleaner manufacturing, environmental impact assessment, near zero discharge);
- Development and applications of renewable energy resources (technical and economic potentials, barriers, cost and benefits);
- Nano/micro-technologies and sciences for the sustainable development of energy, water, and environmental systems (both experimental and modelling investigations oriented towards technological innovation, including proofs-of-concepts);
- Environmental management (waste and wastewater management, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, land management, reclamation and rewilding, social aspects, strategic environmental impact assessment);
- Modelling for pollution prevention, energy efficiency and resources optimisation (computer-aided engineering, including machine and deep learning solutions; pollution spreading; heat and mass transfer modelling).
Dr. Sergio Ferro
Dr. Marco Vocciante
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Environmental pollution and remediation
- Resource recovery and recycling strategies
- Sustainability assessment
- Hazardous waste management
- Water and wastewater treatment
- Waste recovery, recycling, and valorisation
- Soil and water reclamation
- Valorisation of waste-streams
- Emerging contaminants
- Process modelling
- Innovation technology
- Circular economy
- Near zero discharge
