Advanced Techniques and Technologies in Natural Gas Research and Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editors are inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Advanced Techniques and Technologies in Natural Gas Research and Engineering.” The Special Issue is motivated by rapid changes in the global energy mix and opportunities arising from the flexibility and performance characteristics of natural gas. Gas sector has a vital environmental, economic, and security role to play in the sustainable energy future. The existing gas infrastructure is a valuable long-term asset for ensuring reliability, providing backbone for transport of renewable gases, and supporting integration of more renewables into the energy system.

There have been many emerging techniques for effective management of the gas grids. This Special Issue will deal with novel optimization and control techniques for gas grids and natural gas end-use applications. Topics of interest for publication include:

• Optimization of operation of gas transport systems
• Gas distribution networks: managing the diversification of gas quality
• Recent software development in pipeline systems modelling and simulation
• Small scale LNG and distributed energy technologies
• Effect of Power-to-Gas conversion on gas sector
• Decarbonisation of the gas grids: blending biomethane/hydrogen and natural gas
• Natural gas end use applications for hybrid systems

Prof. Dr. Maciej Chaczykowski
Prof. Dr. Mariusz Łaciak
Prof. Dr. Andrzej J. Osiadacz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.