Enhancing Energy Systems: Innovations in Combustion, CO2 Capture, and Looping Technologies
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "I2: Energy and Combustion Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbon capture and utilization; pollutant emissions and control in energy utilization
Interests: chemical looping combustion; oxy-fuel combustion; fluidized bed technology; advanced energy conversion processes; combustion and gasification of solid fuels; flue gas measurement and analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In an era of constantly rising energy demand and the imminent need to address climate change, developing efficient and sustainable energy systems is a crucial global challenge. Combustion, CO2 capture, and looping technologies play an indispensable role in this endeavour. Combustion is the cornerstone of energy conversion and has been widely applied in power generation and many industrial fields. However, traditional combustion methods are the main source of greenhouse gas emissions. The urgent need to innovate combustion processes to mitigate climate change has driven the development of advanced CO2 capture technologies. Looping technologies, such as chemical looping combustion, offer a promising approach to improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions. These technologies offer attractive prospects and accelerate the construction of a more sustainable path for energy production.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the theory, design, modelling, application, and optimization of combustion, CO2 capture, and looping technologies.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Chemical looping combustion/reforming/gasification;
- Calcium looping technology;
- Oxy-fuel combustion;
- High-performance CO2 adsorbent;
- Chemical absorption enhancement;
- Reactor design and system optimization;
- Multi-energy complementary looping system;
- Different combustion technologies, including coal/biomass combustion, premixed combustion and diffusion combustion;
- Combustion characteristics of different fuels;
- Advanced modelling approaches.
Prof. Dr. Jing Liu
Prof. Dr. Tomasz Czakiert
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- combustion technology
- fuel conversion
- CO2 capture
- chemical looping technology
- oxygen carrier
- CO2 adsorbent
- oxy-fuel combustion
- energy conversion system
- reactor design
- system modelling
- energy efficiency
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