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High-Efficiency and High-Selectivity Processes of CO₂ Conversion

edited by Mohammad Danish Khan, Preetam Kumar Sharma and

Shamas Tabraiz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 conversion; catalytic processes; electrochemical reduction; photocatalysis and biological conversion; novel materials and reactor engineering; renewable energy integration; circular chemical economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)

Recent Advances in Modeling and Control of Air Pollutants Dispersion and Source Tracking

edited by Yen-Hsun Chuang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollutant tracking; artificial intelligence technique; air pollutants control technique modeling; air pollutant dispersion monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Ionic Liquid Applications in Sustainable Biomass Processing

edited by

Pedro Y. S. Nakasu

and

Jason P. Hallett

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionic liquids; pretreatment; fractionation; fermentation; cellulose; lignin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)

Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena in Energy Systems

edited by

Shumpei Funatani

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat exchanger fundamentals; heat transfer enhancement; combined heat and mass transfer; natural and mixed convection; refrigeration and air conditioning; renewable energy components

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Physicochemical, Thermal, Sensorial, Nutritional, and Flow Properties During Food Processes

edited by

Hayat Bourekoua

, Imène Felfoul and

Ana María Calderón De la Barca

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: food processing; physicochemical features; thermal behavior; sensory properties; nutritional characteristics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Advances in Process Systems Engineering—Selected Papers From China PSE Annual Meeting

edited by

Yufei Wang

and

Lei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: process design; artificial intelligence; process control; supply chain; optimization; carbon neutrality; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)

Polymer Nanocomposites for Smart Applications

edited by Sakrit Hait

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer nanocomposites; polymer nano biocomposites; renewable micro-nanoparticles; carbon materials; structure– property relationship; physicomechanical characterization; smart applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Electrospray Drying and Freezing Technology in Food Processing

edited by

Chang Joo Lee

Seung Hyun Lee

and Taiyoung Kang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrospray drying; freeze drying; infrared radiation drying; hybrid processes; microwaves drying; electric field drying; vacuum drying; emerging drying technologies; quality characteristics according to drying

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Research on New Energy Carriers in Vehicles: Safety and Green Transition

edited by

Davide Papurello

and Daniel Fruhwirt

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: NEC; road tunnels; safety; energy transition; fuels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Application of Multiphase Flow Separation Technology in Energy Engineering

edited by Wei Jiang, Naixing Yang and Xiangyuan Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy engineering; multiphase flow; simulation; turbomachinery; flow mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Plasma Processing: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Xiaoguo Ying

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasma processing; advanced materials; nanotechnology; surface modification; environmental applications; food processing; industrial applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Transfer Learning Methods in Equipment Reliability Management

edited by Lei Wang, Xin Zhang and Xixing Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: equipment reliability; transfer learning; domain adaptation; domain generalization; interpretability; fault diagnosis; fault prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)

Advances in Bioelectrochemical Systems for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Hyusein Yemendzhiev

, Lenia-Nezaet de Brito Gonsalvesh and Ralitza Koleva

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemically active microorganisms; microbial fuel cell; bio-electrochemical processes; anaerobic respiration; biosensors; electrode design and operation of catalysts; exocellular electric transfer; biological wastewater treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Research on Intelligent Fault Diagnosis Based on Neural Network

edited by

Yanyan Hu

and Lifeng Wu

submission deadline 1 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent fault diagnosis; neural networks; machine learning; fault-tolerant control; remaining useful life prediction; intelligent maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation Control Systems)

Extraction Technology and the Biorefining Process

edited by

Behnaz Asadzadeh

and

Hossein Baniasadi

submission deadline 5 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel extraction techniques; integration with biorefining processes; environmental impact assessment; economic viability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Advanced Oxidation Processes in Water Treatment

edited by

Ruben Vasquez-Medrano

, Dorian Prato-Garcia and

Patricio J. Espinoza-Montero

submission deadline 6 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 691 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); wastewater treatment; sustainable water treatment; homogeneous and heterogeneous AOPs; hydroxyl radical; Fenton-like processes; photo-Fenton-like processes; combination of AOPs; optimization strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Food Processing and Food Industries

edited by

Won Byong Yoon

and

Huai-Wen Yang

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8023 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; modelling; food; dimension reduction analysis; decision making algorithm; smart packages; smart factory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Anaerobic Digestion Process: Design, Optimization and Application

edited by Gregor Drago Zupančič

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2076 | Submission Open

Keywords: anaerobic digestion; food waste; beverage waste; digestate; food by-products; waste management; wastewater treatment; pre-treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Processes and Systems)

Recent Advances in Green Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage Technology

edited by Song Hu, Yanghong Xia,

Shunliang Ding

and Tianze Wang

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 616 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen production; hydrogen-based energy storage systems; gas– liquid two-phase mass transfer; green hydrogen replacement in industry section; hydrogen safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Bioethanol Production: Process, Technology and Sustainable Industrial Applications

edited by

Sean Michael Scully

and

Johann Örlygsson

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethanol; waste valorization; consolidated bioprocessing; separation techniques; consolidated bioprocessing; simultanteous saccharification and fermentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)

Recent Advances in Biosorbents: Enhanced Strategies for Contaminant Adsorption

edited by

Aleksandra Ivanovska

, Biljana P. Dojčinovic and Vesna M. Vasić

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosorbents; adsorption; heavy metal; dyes; pharmaceuticals; pesticides; microplastic; bisphenol A; phthalates; parabens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Kinetic Modeling of Biomass Pyrolysis Processes (2nd Edition)

edited by

Carmen Branca

and

Antonio Galgano

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; pyrolysis; devolatilization; cellulose; hemicellulose; lignin; reaction kinetics; thermogravimetry; modelling; parametric estimation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Green Manufacturing and Low-Carbon Control of Mechanical and Electrical Products

edited by

Jiaqiang E

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 35968 | Submission Open

Keywords: green manufacturing assessment; green manufacturing model; low-carbon trade; mechanical and electrical product; carbon footprint; life-cycle theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)

Inhibition and Metabolic Pathway Analysis of Bioactive Substances on Diseases

edited by

Dae-Hun Park

and

Seung-Sik Cho

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10246 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; biomarkers for new drug; functional food sources; in vitro and in vivo mechanistic studies of metabolic diseases; understanding immune disease on the basis of cells and animal models; functional analysis and analytical approaches for the study of natural products; inflammation; allergy; asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)

Industrial Chemistry Reactions (3rd Edition): Kinetics, Mass and Heat Transfer in View of the Industrial Reactors Design

edited by

Elio Santacesaria

Riccardo Tesser

and

Vincenzo Russo

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4344 | Submission Open

Keywords: reactor design and simulation; kinetics of chemical reactions; complex reactions; multiphase systems; multifunctional reactors; transport phenomena

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Application and Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds in Food Processing

edited by

Jianjun Zhou

Nabil Grimi

, Jian Zhang, Min Wang and

Juan Manuel Castagnini

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1284 | Submission Open

Keywords: food processing; bioactive compounds; antioxidants; food storage; green additives; food quality improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Multiphase Flow and Optimal Design in Fluid Machinery

edited by Ning Qiu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1141 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flow; optimal design; fluid machinery; power engineering; computational method; experimental techniques; theoretical model; ocean engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation Processes

edited by Natalia Quici, Víctor Nahuel Montesinos and María de los Milagros Ballari

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1053 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; environment; wastewater; air purification; soil remediation; green synthesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Application of Enzymes in Sustainable Biocatalysis

edited by Carminna Ottone,

Lorena Wilson

and

Paulina Urrutia

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 907 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocatalysis; immobilisation strategies; biorefinery; bioactive compounds; food waste valorization; climate change; biotechnology; bioenergy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Processes and Systems)

Feature Review Papers in Section “Pharmaceutical Processes”

edited by

Paolo Trucillo

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 649 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug delivery systems; plants for drug delivery; materials for drug delivery; liposomes; niosomes; biocompatible polymers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)

Advanced Separation and Purification Processes

edited by

Cláudio da Silva Rocha

and

Miguel Angel Soria

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

Keywords: separation techniques; membrane technology; adsorption processes; distillation methods; biotechnological separation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)

Natural and Synthetic Compounds in Human Health and Environmental Sustainability: Challenges, Advances, and Opportunities

edited by

Alina Bora

and

Luminita Crisan

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural compounds; bioactive compounds; computational methods; drug discovery and development; drug repurposing; green chemistry; biological testing; sustainable strategies; healthy and sustainable challenges; natural and synthetic product application; medicinal chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Their Application in Storage, Adsorption and Separation Processes

edited by Abeer Al Mohtar and Georges Mouchaham

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: MOFs application; adsorption processes; separation processes; gas storage; liquid purification; volatile organic compound capture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a Tool for Sustainability Development

edited by Alex Godoy-Faúndez

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental impact; sustainability; product lifecycle; resource efficiency; emissions reduction; waste management; trade-offs analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)

Experimental Investigation and Modeling of Biowaste Conversion into Renewable Energy and Resources

edited by Gorica R. Ivaniš

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: biowaste; conversion; renewable energy; biofuels; modeling; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Robust Sliding Mode Control and State Estimation in Dynamic Systems

edited by Chengwei Wu,

Weiran Yao

and

Guanghui Sun

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: sliding mode control; state estimation; unmanned systems; security control; attack detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)

Advanced Membrane Technology in Air Pollution Treatment

edited by Yutang Kang and

Ye Bian

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: particulate matter; volatile organic compounds; membrane; electrospinning membrane; nanofibrous membrane; catalytic membrane; ceramic membrane; air filtration; air cleaning; air purification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Production of Energy-Efficient Natural Gas Hydrate

edited by

Tao Yu

Zhenyuan Yin

Bingbing Chen

, Pengfei Wang and

Ying Teng

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6302 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural gas hydrate; production technology; environmental impact; energy-efficient; flow assurance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Microscale Processing with Non-thermal Plasma Discharges and Its Application

edited by

Carles Corbella

Sabine Portal

and

Li Lin

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1358 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric microplasma jets; atomic layer deposition/etching (ALD/ALE); biochemical sensors; low-temperature plasmas; microfluidic plasmas; micro/nanolithography; physics of microdischarges; plasma medicine; plasma nanosynthesis; single-atom catalysts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Environmentally Friendly Production of Energy from Natural Gas Hydrates

edited by

Qingchao Li

and Qiang Li

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 602 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural gas hydrate; production strategy; additives; inhibitors; wellbore stability; sand production; reservoir damage; geothermal; economic and technical evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Contribution of Artificial Intelligence/Big Data to Reservoir Engineering and Reservoir Modeling

edited by Ming Yue, Shuhong Wu and

Jianchun Xu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 535 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; reservoir engineering; reservoir modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)

Model of Unconventional Oil and Gas Exploration

edited by Bowen Hu, Huimin Wang and Kangsheng Xue

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

Keywords: unconventional oil and gas; reservoir geomechanics; multi-physics field coupling; flow in porous and factured media; reservoir staility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Rheological Properties of Food Products

edited by

Marijana Djordjević

and

Miljana Djordjević

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: dough rheology; dynamic oscillatory tests; flow properties; creep-recovery test; farinoghraph; mixolab; rheological behavior; functional ingredients; functional food; food formulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Control, Optimization and Energy Management in Fuel Cell Hybrid Systems

edited by

Hassan El Fadil

and Abdellah Lassioui

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel cells; hybrid systems; energy management; optimization; renewable energy; sustainability; control strategies; performance evaluation; life cycle analysis; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advanced Water Monitoring and Treatment Technologies

edited by Jie Gao and Zhuofan Gao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: water environmental monitoring; water purification technologies; heavy metal and emerging pollutant removal; adsorption; separation processes; sediment and contaminated water treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Advances in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems

edited by

Enrique Rosales Asensio

and Enrique González

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic machinery; green turbines; efficiency improvement; lifetime extension; upgrading; low-cost small hydropower

(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)

Green Biotechnology for Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles from Plant Extracts

edited by

Zhiguo Liu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: Au/Ag/Pt/Cu nanomaterials; nanoparticles; plant extract; green synthesis; nanoparticle applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)

Machine Learning, Control, and Optimization in Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

edited by

Xiaosong Du

and

Devina P. Sanjaya

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9853 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; mechanical engineering; engineering design optimization; optimal control; aerospace engineering; design under uncertainty; reinforcement learning; surrogate modeling; manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)

Energy Storage Systems and Thermal Management

edited by