Supercritical Fluid in Industrial Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Fluid Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 289
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supercritical water technology; hydrothermal valorization of biomass, organic waste and heavy oil; reactor design and development
Interests: supercritical CO2; CO2 geological storage; transport in porous media; CO2 enhanced gas recovery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Supercritical fluid is defined as the fluid under the supercritical state, i.e., both the pressure and temperature above the critical points, such as Pc=7.39 MPa and Tc=31.3 °C for carbon dioxide and Pc=22.1 MPa and Tc=374 °C for water. Certain processes can highlight the unique and advantageous physicochemical properties of supercritical fluid, including those that make them solvent-free, energy-conserving, and high-efficiency, as well as their homogeneous reaction environment. In past few decades, supercritical fluid has been widely investigated and applied in various industrial fields, including in energy and fuels, the environment, chemicals, analysis, materials, dyeing, etc. To develop a more comprehensive understanding of supercritical fluids and to further promote their industrialization, this Special Issue, titled “Supercritical Fluid in Industrial Applications”, has been created. Topics of interest, include but are not limited to, the following:
- Supercritical CO2 reaction, capture, and storage;
- Supercritical CO2 cycle for power generation;
- Supercritical CO2-water-caprock interaction for CO2 geological storage;
- Supercritical CO2 enhanced gas recovery from unconventional resources;
- Supercritical CO2 extraction for oil and bioactive component recovery from biomass;
- Supercritical CO2 extraction for sample pretreatment of pollutant analysis;
- Supercritical CO2 extraction for decontamination of sludge and soil;
- Supercritical CO2 extraction for solvent-free cleaning of device and materials;
- Supercritical CO2 dyeing of textiles;
- Supercritical water boiler for power generation;
- Supercritical water extraction for chemical recovery from biomass and polymer;
- Supercritical water upgrading for fuel recovery from heavy oil and shale;
- Supercritical water gasification for syngas production from coal, biomass, and waste;
- Supercritical water oxidation for harmless treatment of organic and hazardous waste;
- Supercritical water synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials;
- Other supercritical fluids and their mixtures with/without water and/or CO2;
- Industrial problems in the supercritical fluid process, including corrosion, scaling, and safety.
Dr. Zhong Chen
Dr. Kang Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supercritical CO2
- supercritical water
- fossil fuels
- biomass
- pollutant
- materials
- boiler
- carbon neutral
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