Applied Industrial Technologies

This section focuses on industrial smart and sustainable technologies and processes oriented towards practical applications.

It focuses on smart industrial systems, and related environmental and sustainability research and practice. Through our published articles, we aim at helping societies become more sustainable. It has the aims of waste valorization and increasing efficiencies in the uses of energy, water, and resources, within an industrial symbiosis and circular economy perspective, with special focus on the use of modern techniques aligned with the Industry 4.0 strategy. By contrast, works focusing on more theoretical developments should be addressed to more specialized journals.

The section publishes original papers, review articles, technical notes, and letters to the editor. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts that bridge the gaps between applied research, development, and implementation. Download Section Flyer

Subject Area

• Smart Manufacturing
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Advanced technologies
  • Advanced manufacturing processes
  • Supply–demand (relative to demand of energy , e.g. optimization/scheduling, Supply chain optimization, Production process efficiency optimization)
  • Production logistics

• Optimal Industrial Systems
  • Systems optimization
  • Process optimization
  • Control
  • Decision systems
  • Water–energy nexus

• Industry 4.0
  • Cyber-physical systems
  • Digitalization
  • IoT
  • Cloud based systems
  • Virtual reality
  • Mixed reality
  • Augmented reality
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Process modeling
  • Predictive modeling
  • Data analytics
  • Artificial intelligence

• Industrial Sustainability
  • Roadmapping and strategy
  • Sustainable processes
  • Circular economy
  • Industrial symbiosis
  • Life cycle
  • Raw materials
  • Electric energy efficiency
  • Thermal energy efficiency
  • Heat recovery
  • Thermal energy storage
  • Thermal solar power
  • Industrial symbiosis/manufacturing and process industry
  • Sustainable production
  • Sustainable reutilization of waste materials
  • Waste valorization and recovery technologies – Wast heat recovery, Water reuse
  • Restorative economy

• Environmental Footprints in Industry
  • Environmental life cycle
  • Material flow analysis
  • Ecodesign
  • Resource efficiency
  • Waste management
  • Life cycle assessment/life cycle cost
  • Eco-efficiency
  • Circular economy

• Sustainable Products and Services (Services such as energy or water. Predict use and optimize)
  • Product impacts
  • Recycling
  • Disposal
  • Cradle-to-grave
  • Reutilization
  • Decision support tools

• Industrial Safety (E.g. Hazardous emissions from materials, i.e. modelling the emissions and the human exposure to this dangers, quantification, etc.)
  • Risk management
  • Occupational safety

By contrast, works focusing on more theoretical developments or focusing on policy, economy, or management should be addressed to more specialized journals.