Special Issues

Processes publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Solid and Hazardous Waste Disposal and Resource Utilization
edited by , Qinzhong Feng and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3483 | Submission Open
Keywords: mercury-containing waste; lead-containing waste; medical waste; hazardous waste; recovery and resource utilization technology; environmentally sound management; standard and regulations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)
Recent Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Technology and the Green Development of Geological Energy submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3455 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Innovations in Manufacturing Processes and Systems for Sustainable Practices submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3399 | Submission Open
Keywords: manufacturing systems; manufacturing processes; manufacturing technologies; automation; robotics; micro-nano-manufacturing; green manufacturing; sustainability; process design; new sustainable processes and supply chains; Industry 4.0; digitalization; data exchange; additive technologies (3D printing)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
Modeling and Simulation of Complex Networks for Automation in Systems Engineering submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3336 | Submission Open
Keywords: complex networks; multi-agent systems; automation; decision support; systems engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)
Biomass Pretreatment for Thermochemical Conversion submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2609 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass pretreatments; pyrolysis; gasification; combustion; bio-oil and biochar upgrading; emissions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Advances in Combustion Analysis and Carbon Capture of Emerging Combustors
edited by , Ting-Ke Tseng and Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2307 | Submission Open
Keywords: LCA; circular economy; carbon capture; oxy-fuel; IGCC; FBC; CFD
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Process Design and Assessment Tools for Sustainable Biorefinery submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2002 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass processing; biorefinery; biomass supply chain; circular economy; process design and optimization; bioenergy; biofuels; sustainability; techno-economic assessment; life-cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)
Process Intensification towards Sustainable Biorefineries submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1857 | Submission Open
Keywords: process intensification; mass transport; heat transport; charge-transfer; unconventional technologies; techno-economic assessment; process simulation; life-cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
New Insights into Porous Organic Polymers and Their Application in Contaminant Removal
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1737 | Submission Open
Keywords: cryogels; aerogels; bioremediation; heavy metal removal; fermentation; kinetics of adsorption; sample preparation; solid-phase extraction; catalysis in gaseous phase; catalysis in liquid phase; MOFs; ZIFs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Development of Sustainable Lubricating Greases submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1399 | Submission Open
Keywords: lubricating biogreases; oleogels; vegetable oils; biothickeners
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)
Functional Thin Film and Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation
edited by , Wing Kiu Yeung, and Subramanian Sakthinathan
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 1359 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable process; fabrication system; plasma electrolytic oxidation  ; inorganic; modelling; analysis system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Advanced Oxidation Process for Wastewater Treatment
edited by Wei Xiong and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1321 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation processes; advanced functional materials; reactive oxygen species; in situ characterization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Innovations in Gaseous, Liquid and Solid Products during Biogas Generation and Utilization submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1275 | Submission Open
Keywords: emissions; greenhouse gases; effluents; biogas plants; digestates; fertilizers; biomethane
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Application of Spectroscopy and Chromatography in Food and Drug Analysis
edited by Prabin Rai and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1090 | Submission Open
Keywords: food analysis; drug analysis; chromatography; mass spectrometry; NMR Spectroscopy; FTIR spectroscopy; UV-Vis spectroscopy; fluorescence spectroscopy; data interpretation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)
Machine Learning Applied in Wastewater Treatment
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 1030 | Submission Open
Keywords: predictive maintenance; real-time control; anomaly detection; optimization; fault detection and diagnosis; wastewater treatment processes; resource sustainability; data analytics; principal component analysis; clustering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
High-Temperature Behavior of Polymers and Composites submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 800 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymers; composites; fire testing; thermal degradation; combustion; flammability; small-scale experimentation; mathematical modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Recent Advances in Modern Carbon-Negative Technologies for CO2 Capture
edited by Pao-Chi Chen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 666 | Submission Open
Keywords: capture; absorption; adsorption; renewable energy; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Recent Advances in Hydrocarbon Production Processes from Geoenergy
edited by , Fengrui Sun and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrate; unconventional reservoir; hot dry rock; coalbed methane reservoir; EOR; geo-engineering; reservoir stimulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Towards a Sustainable and More Environmentally Friendly Oil and Gas Industries
edited by , , and Hayder A. Abbood
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open
Keywords: drilling activities; gas production; petroleum refinement; petrochemical industries; waste management; waste treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
CO2 Capture and Utilization and Molecular Simulation
edited by Ying-Chieh Hung, Chieh-Ming Hsieh and Ardila Hayu Tiwikrama
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2 capture; CCU; CCUS; phase equilibria; molecular dynamics; density functional theory; super critical CO2; CO2 utilizations; process design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Experimentation, Optimization and Simulation of Drying Processes of Agricultural Food Products and Materials submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural products; post-harvest processing; drying methods; drying kinetics; machine learning; computational intelligence; quality assessment; transport mechanisms; spectral and thermal analyses; agri-food quality assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
Metal Nanoparticles (MNPs): Green Synthesis and Catalytic Applications submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption phenomenon; absorption phenomenon; biomedical applications; catalytic applications; characterization; energy storage; environmental remediation; green synthesis; metal nanoparticles; transition energy; water treatments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Innovation and Optimization of Production Processes in Industry 4.0
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation efficiency; optimized production system; production process performance estimation; optimization in Industry 4.0; innovation in production processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)
Sustainability and Efficiency: The Future of Microchemical Plants submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open
Keywords: microchemical plants; hazardous chemicals  ; sustainability  ; efficiency; chemical processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Modeling and Optimization for Multi-Scale Integration
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: modeling; optimization; multi-scale; digital twin; simulation; data-driven modeling; scale-up
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
New Advances in Nanomaterials for Biomedical Diagnostics and Therapy
edited by Hong Niu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; nanomedicine; diagnostics; drug delivery; tissue regeneration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Industrial Energy and Resource Conservation via Process System Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: process system engineering; industrial energy system; renewable energy; energy efficiency; resource conservation; supply chain; process design; process control; process simulation; process modeling; process integration; process optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)
Advances in Catalytic Water Treatment
edited by and Thangarasu Pandiyan
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: catalysis; pretreatment; water treatment; catalyst; oxidation; biocatalysis; degradation; toxic compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)
Low Carbon Management in Energy Systems: CO2 Capture Technology
edited by Xiaomei Wu and Yunsong Yu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: CCS; CO2 capture technologies; precombustion carbon capture; post-combustion carbon capture; oxy-fuel carbon capture; adsorption and absorption; direct air CO2 capture (DAC); carbon footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
New Advances in Green Extraction Technology for Natural Products submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural products; secondary metabolites; phytochemicals; isolation; green extraction; ultrasound-assisted extraction; microwave-assisted extraction; supercritical fluid extraction; identification and quantification of secondary metabolites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)
Novel Synthetic Methods of Organic Chemical Synthesis Technology
edited by and Milica Rančić
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: process optimization; organic synthesis; reaction kinetics; industrial organic synthesis; waste treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Advances in the Control of Complex Dynamic Systems
edited by
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2213 | Submission Open
Keywords: complex process modeling; identification; fuzzy systems; hybrid systems; evolving systems; interval systems; model predictive control; robust control; optimization algorithms; intelligent methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation Control Systems)
Advances in Supported Nanoparticle Catalysts (Volume II)
edited by
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1431 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanoparticles; nanocatalysts; metals; oxides; carbon
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)
Advances in Thermal Conversion: Integrating and Intensifying Waste/Biomass-to-Energy Processes
edited by and Yavuz Gokce
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal conversion technologies; waste-to-energy processes; biomass energy conversion; process integration; process intensification; pyrolysis; gasification; combustion technologies; sustainable energy production; environmental impact assessment; industrial waste management; life cycle analysis; techno-economic feasibility; energy efficiency; scalability of conversion processes; bioenergy with carbon capture storage; BECCS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Oil and Gas Drilling Rock Mechanics and Engineering
edited by , Tiankui Guo and
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12999 | Submission Open
Keywords: rock mechanics; wellbore instability; sand production; hydraulic fracturing; cement sheath integrity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Process Metallurgy: From Theory to Application
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7414 | Submission Open
Keywords: process metallurgy; welding metallurgy; flux/slag properties; calphad; materials processing optimization; flux/slag crystallization; thermodynamics; kinetics; metal/slag recycling; iron and steelmaking; continuous casting; composition control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
10th Anniversary of Processes: Design of the Chemical Industry of the Future
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6976 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Microbial Bioremediation of Environmental Pollution (2nd Edition)
edited by Petronela Cozma and
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2618 | Submission Open
Keywords: persistent pollutants; detoxifying mechanisms; microbial interactions; microbial-based technologies; environmental pollution; sustainable technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Modified Catalysts and Process Optimization for Producing Synthesis Gas
edited by Abdulaziz A. Bagabas and Ahmad S. Alshammari
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open
Keywords: steam- and dry-reforming of methane; tri-reforming of methane; reforming of biogas; support identity effect; impact of promoters; plasma technology; photo- and electro-catalysis; microwave technology; reaction conditions; simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)
Machine Tool Design, Intelligent Diagnosis and Application
edited by and Zamberi Jamaludin
submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine tool design; intelligent diagnosis; practical applications; performance enhancement; real-world applications and reliability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation Control Systems)
Features, Reviews and Perspectives for the 10th Anniversary of Processes submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 25652 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Digital and Other Processes)
A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Vicente Gómez Serrano: Innovation in Production, Characterization and Applications of Activated Carbon, Biochar and Other Carbon-Based Materials
edited by Adrián Bogeat-Barroso
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2986 | Submission Open
Keywords: activated carbon; biochar; carbon-based materials; preparation; characterization; adsorption; catalysis; energy storage; biomedical applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Advances in New and Renewable Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2782 | Submission Open
Keywords: new and renewable fuel; engine performance and emissions; biodiesel fuel; algae biodiesel; green hydrogen; nanoparticles; fuel additives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Material Characterization for Mechanical Behavior Predictions of Composite Materials and Structures
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1284 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanical behavior; composite structures; microelectromechanical systems (MEMSs); actual material constants; composite materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Photocatalysis Application in Environment Science submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 940 | Submission Open
Keywords: photocatalytic mechanism and kinetics; wastewater treatment; air pollution; visible-light photoactivity; efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)
Recent Advances in Chemical Process Optimization and Integration submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open
Keywords: process synthesis; chemical processes; heat integration; process optimization; process integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Application and Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds in Food Processing
edited by , , Jian Zhang, Min Wang and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 193 | 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)
Study on Novel Adsorption Processes for Catalysis, Environment and Energy Applications submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption processes; novel adsorbents; catalysis; sustainable materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Novel Sustainable Processes with Low Environmental Impact Solvents in Biorefining and Chemical Industry
edited by Raquel Cañadas and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable process; green chemistry; green solvent; low environmental impact; eco-fiendly technology; biorefinery; lignocellulosic biomass; bioproducts; chemical industry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Sustainable Additive Manufacturing: Design, Processes and Production Control
edited by Johnnatan Rodríguez and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open
Keywords: additive manufacturing; sustainable manufacturing; environmental impact; design for sustainability resource optimization; eco-friendly materials production control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
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