Thermodynamic and Technical Analysis for Sustainability: 4th Edition
A special issue of Inventions (ISSN 2411-5134). This special issue belongs to the section "Inventions and Innovation in Energy and Thermal/Fluidic Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editors
Interests: irreversible thermodynamics; quantum thermodynamics; thermodynamics of biosystems; exergoeconomics; econophysics; sustainability
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Interests: circular economy; carbon capture; green chemistry; sustainability
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Interests: irreversible thermodynamics; thermodynamics of biosystems; exergoeconomics; thermoeconomics; life cycle assessment; sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue follows the publication of the first, second, and third volumes of “Thermodynamic and Technical Analysis for Sustainability: 4th Edition”, which together presented twenty-three exciting papers.
Sustainability and sustainable development represent the present topic of investigation, with particular regard being paid to their links to pollution, carbon dioxide emissions, and human wellbeing.
Sustainable development was introduced in the natural and environmental sciences with the aim of attracting the interest of political and business stakeholders in order to meet the needs of the present generations without compromising future ones.
Business activities play a fundamental role in the control of every stage of the value creation and production chain and thus in their impacts on the use of resources and the natural environment. On the other hand, ethical business activities can represent a powerful instrument to help achieve sustainability.
In recent decades, research on sustainability represents a multidisciplinary field, and has continuously grown and attracted a great deal of interest.
In relation to sustainability, air, water, and soil pollution represent problems for industrialized societies. Thus, this Special Issue wishes to focus on innovative research and strategies of sustainability, with particular regard to the thermodynamic analysis of biofuel and bioplastic production, in order to respond to the abovementioned pollution-related problems.
Dr. Umberto Lucia
Prof. Dr. Debora Fino
Dr. Giulia Grisolia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- innovation
- biofuels
- bioplastics
- waste as a resource
- measurement of sustainability
- sustainable industrial processes
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