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Topical Collection "Review Papers in Energy and Environment"

A topical collection in Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This collection belongs to the section "Energy and Environment".

Editors

Dr. Eugenio Meloni
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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano SA, Italy
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; soot abatement; process intensification; catalytic filters for soot abatement; microwave-assisted processes; hydrogen production; structured catalysts preparation and characterization; non-thermal plasma; steam reforming; dry reforming; water gas shift
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Dr. Alberto-Jesus Perea-Moreno
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Dr. José Carlos Magalhães Pires
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LEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Interests: CO2 capture; wastewater treatment; microalgal biofuels; process modelling
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Dr. Juri Belikov
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Department of Software Science, School of Information Technologies, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15a, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Interests: nonlinear control systems; power systems; renewable energy; computational intelligence
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Dr. Iva Ridjan Skov
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Department of Planning, Aalborg University, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: electrofuels; power-to-x; carbon capture and utilization; smart energy systems; renewable energy sources
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Dr. Giorgio Vilardi
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Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: process intensification; methanation; P2G; exergy; industrial and environmental catalysis; nano-catalysts production; adsorption; plant units design and modelling; process development and scale-up; dynamic modelling; wastewater treatment
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Topical Collection Information

Dear Colleagues,

Energy and environmental applications are acquiring an increasing importance. Energy and the environment are indispensable for sustainable development. The demand for environmental resources, especially water, food, and fuels, has grown enormously as population growth and consumption rates have increased dramatically.

The attention of the scientific community is already focused on these topics, and the increasing number of research papers present in the literature indicates their importance.

This Special Issue is focused on “Review papers in Energy and Environment”, featuring the state-of-the-art in this field. Reviews related to all aspects of green energy and the environment, such as biofuel and bioenergy, energy storage and networks, catalysis for sustainable processes, and materials for energy and the environment are welcome to this Special Issue.

Dr. Eugenio Meloni
Dr. Alberto-Jesus Perea-Moreno
Dr. José Carlos Magalhães Pires
Dr. Juri Belikov
Dr. Iva Ridjan Skov
Dr. Giorgio Vilardi
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 papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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 2000 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.

Keywords

  • Hydrogen storage and (bio)hydrogen production
  • Biofuel and bioenergy
  • Catalysis for sustainable processes
  • Clean processing and utilization of fossil resources
  • Climate change and pollution control
  • CO2 capture, storage, and utilization
  • Energy storage and network
  • Green solvents for energy conversion
  • Hydrogen energy and fuel cells
  • Life cycle analysis
  • Materials for energy and environment
  • Simulation in energy and environment
  • Solar energy and photovoltaics
  • Electrification of chemical processes
  • Energy management for water
  • Zero-energy buildings
  • Wind energy
  • Legislations, regulations, and standards of energy
  • Microalgal biofuels
  • Biosequestration of greenhouse gases
  • Negative emissions technologies
  • Electrofuels
  • Power-to-x fuels
  • Process simulation and dynamics
  • Circular and green economy
  • Zero-liquid-discharge plants
  • Process intensification and integration
  • Green process development
  • Waste-to-chemicals
  • Waste-to-energy
  • Wastewater/wastegas treatment
  • Waste-to-syngas

Published Papers (1 paper)

2021

Review
PAH and POP Presence in Plastic Waste and Recyclates: State of the Art
Energies 2021, 14(12), 3451; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123451 - 10 Jun 2021
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 638
Abstract
The presence of different pollutants in recycled plastics is reviewed in this article. The desirable circular economy of plastics should be linked to the availability of clean recycled plastics with a non-significant and small to nil amount of substances of concern. Different researchers [...] Read more.
The presence of different pollutants in recycled plastics is reviewed in this article. The desirable circular economy of plastics should be linked to the availability of clean recycled plastics with a non-significant and small to nil amount of substances of concern. Different researchers found polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs), pesticides, dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs and PBDD/Fs) in plastic recyclates. This represents an added difficulty to the effective recycling process of plastics that reduces the demand for energy and materials, in addition to posing a great environmental danger since they represent a vector of accumulation of the contaminants that will finally appear in the most unexpected products. Life Cycle Analysis of the plastic wastes recycling process indicates a great saving of energy, water and CO2 emissions. Full article
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