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Chemical and Biochemical Processes for Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources II

edited by

Venko N. Beschkov

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9090 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemicals for energy storage; electrochemical methods for chemical and fuel production; pyrolysis for energy and fuel production; hydrogen production and storage; fuel cells with renewable sources; biomass for energy and fuel production; hydrogen sulfide for energy production

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

New Trends in Energy Storage Systems for HEVs and EVs

edited by Dunnan Liu,

Heping Jia

and

Shuo Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6800 | Submission Open

Keywords: EVs; HEVs; energy storage systems; intelligent charging; aggregation and optimization; big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)

Planning, Operation, and Control of New Power Systems

edited by Hui Hou, Siyang Liao, Yunqi Wang and

Ying Du

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6357 | Submission Open

Keywords: new power systems; carbon neutral carbon peak; optimal planning; operation and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Coal, Oil and Gas: Lastest Advances and Propects

edited by

Zhengbin Wu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5905 | Submission Open

Keywords: CBM; shale oil/gas; geological characteristics; numerical simulation; EOR

(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)

Advances in Optimal Control and Smart Operation of Renewable Energy Systems

edited by Zhihuai Xiao, Dong Liu,

Yang Zheng

, Yan Ren and Jingjing Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5088 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydropower; wind power; photovoltaic power generation; nonlinear modelling; stability analysis; fault diagnosis; trend prediction; state assessment; optimal control; system integration; multi-energy complementarity; multi-field coupling; system capacity allocation; joint dispatch optimization; artificial intelligence; optimization algorithm

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

New Challenges in Waste-to-Energy and Bioenergy Systems

edited by

Mateusz Malinowski

, Stanisław Famielec and

Atilgan Atilgan

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5014 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste-to-energy; refuse-derived fuels; biowaste and bioenergy; biogas and biomethane production; biomaterials; biomass; biodiesel; bioethanol; biochar; biorefinery; energy storage; clean energy and climate changes; life cycle assessment; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)

Wind Generators Modelling and Control: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marco Mussetta

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4554 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind power; wind turbines; wind farms; offshore wind energy; numerical modeling; power electronics; Fuzzy Logic Control; neural network; smart grid; power system

(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)

Recent Development in DC-DC Converter

edited by Jungkyu Han

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4454 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics; DC-DC converter; high efficiency; high power density; digital control; topology

(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: Current Technologies and Future Trends

edited by

Yutaka Hara

and

Yoshifumi Jodai

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4435 | Submission Open

Keywords: vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT); aerodynamics related to VAWT; computational fluid dynamics of VAWT; blade element momentum theory of VAWT; reduction in costs of VAWT; control of VAWT; wake analysis of VAWT; wind farm of VAWT; closely spaced arrangements of VAWTs; interaction between VAWTs

(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)

Advances in Natural Gas Research and Energy Engineering

edited by Hamid Reza Nasriani

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2922 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural gas; clean energy; carbon capture and storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section B2: Clean Energy)

Offshore Wind Farms: Theory, Methods and Applications

edited by

Marcin Wołowicz

Krzysztof Badyda

and

Piotr Krawczyk

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2437 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore wind farms; renewable energy; energy storage; grid and transmission; emission reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)

Resilience and Security of Modern Power Systems

edited by Chao Qin and Jiancun Liu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2196 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; power system; high renewable penetration; extreme events; evaluation methods; security; big data; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)

Integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs): 2nd Edition

edited by

Ryszard Sroka

and

Zbigniew Hanzelka

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1843 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed energy resources (DERs); renewable/citizen energy communities; power quality; DER integration; energy harvesting systems; powering of autonomous IoT nodes

(This special issue belongs to the Section F2: Distributed Energy System)

Advanced in Simulation and Applications of High-Performance Turbomachinery

edited by

Davide Marsano

and

Carlo Cravero

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1453 | Submission Open

Keywords: turbomachinery; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); numerical simulations; compressors; gas turbines; steam turbines; wind turbines; pumps; thermal dynamics; combustion; high performance; energy transition; design optimization; multi-disciplinary simulations; unsteady flow; transient operations; flow instabilities; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML)

(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)

Study on Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis Process

edited by

Jakub Mularski

and Halina Pawlak-Kruczek

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1351 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass gasification; pyrolysis; plasma; modeling; experiment

(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)

Renewable Fuels and Chemicals

edited by Rashid Al-Hajri and

Hussein A. Younus

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1133 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable fuels; biofuel production; biomass conversion; sustainable energy; green chemistry; catalysis; fuel cells; CO2 fixation; hydrogen energy; microbial electrolysis cells; energy storage; nitrogen reduction; urea synthesis; catalyst recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

Optimization Design and Simulation Analysis of Hydraulic Turbine

edited by Xiuli Mao and Yuchuan Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 995 | Submission Open

Keywords: design and optimization; improvement of operational performance; advanced technologies and applications; regulation and adjustment; condition monitoring and fault diagnosis; auxiliary systems for turbine operation; variable-speed turbines; reversible turbines; eco-friendly turbines

(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)

Energy Policies and Sustainable Development

edited by

Ramona Simut

and

Alina Badulescu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 972 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy systems; energy strategies; energy economy; energy efficiency; renewable energy sources; energy supply and demand; energy policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)

Selected Papers from the ICEUBI2024—International Congress on Engineering

edited by

Maria do Rosário Alves Calado

Silvio Mariano

and José Álvaro Nunes Pombo

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 942 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy sources; energy storage; electrical power systems; electric mobility; energy and construction; energy fundamentals and conversion; intelligent systems in energy; energy economics and policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Future Vision of Electric Vehicles and Transportation

edited by

Jianqing Wu

, Mengmeng Zhang, Rui Yue and Jianzhu Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 778 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; electric vehicles (EVs); safety monitoring; predictive control; trajectory tracking; emergency resource allocation; vehicle– tunnel collaboration

(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)

Green Additive for Biofuel Energy Production

edited by

Oluwatoyin Joseph Gbadeyan

Emmanuel Kweinor Tetteh

and Linda Z. Linganiso

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofiller; biofuels; production processes; energy; burning efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)

Thermodynamic Analysis and Its Theoretical System for Sustainable Energy Sources

edited by

Lin-Shu Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: free energy or exergy; exergy; the concept; and the doctrine of exergy and anergy; the premise; renewable energy; thermodynamics of fire and reversibility; what will be the new “ third fire” in the post-Pyrocene era?; strategic electrification; entropic indeterminateness and entropy possibilism

(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)

Advanced Technologies and Materials for Thermal Energy Storage

edited by Zhixiong Ding,

Yuekuan Zhou

, Chong Zhai and Zengguang Sui

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal energy storage; renewable energy; energy storage materials; PCM; energy storage density

(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)

Advances in Carbon Capture Technologies in Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass

edited by

Daofeng Mei

and

Kang Kang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon capture; biomass; chemical looping; oxy-fuel; membrane; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section I3: Energy Chemistry)

From Emissions to Resources: Studies on Carbon Dioxide Conversion Technologies

edited by Xiaoyun Li and Hongbin Ju

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 conversion; high-value chemicals; polymers; catalytic conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization)

Challenges and Progresses of Electric Power Systems

edited by

Guido Rubino

and

Luigi Rubino

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric power systems; renewable energy integration; energy storage; smart grids; power generation; grid reliability and resilience; power electronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)

Application of Nanotechnology in Green Energy Evolution

edited by Zexiao Zheng

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; green hydrogen; sustainable energy future; photocatalysis; photoelectrochemical; electrolysis; water splitting; waste-to-hydrogen; decarbonization; hydrogen storage; nanomaterial

(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)

Thermo-Mechanical and Electrical Measurements for Energy Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Livio D'Alvia

Emanuele Rizzuto

and

Ludovica Apa

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; monitoring and instrumentation; metrological properties; sensor characterization and optimization; fiber optics; thermography; wireless sensors network; intelligent controllers; energy storage; smart grid; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Advances in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Operation and Development of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Power Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yiyi Zhang

Sen Guo

Yude Yang

and Bo Li

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; power systems; electricity– water– carbon nexus; renewable energy forecasts; electricity market

(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)

Advances in Control of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics

edited by Wentao Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: permanent motors; new topologies; advanced control algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Advancements in the Production and Application Technologies of Green Hydrogen Energy

edited by

Zhiqiang Xie

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen generation; hydrogen storage; hydrogen utilization; water electrolysis; photovoltaic– hydrogen systems; fuel cells

(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)

Green Technologies for Energy Transitions

edited by

Alessandra Zanoletti

and Antonella Cornelio

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal recovery; sustainability; circular economy; green technologies; precious resource

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

Sustainable Energy Development in Liquid Waste and Biomass: 2nd Edition

edited by

Timothy Sibanda

and

Ramganesh Selvarajan

submission deadline 22 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1471 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; renewable energy; sustainable biomass; global warming; pollution bioeconomy; carbon capture and storage (CCS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)

Trends and Developments in District Heating and Cooling Technologies

edited by

Elisa Guelpa

and

Martina Capone

submission deadline 22 May 2025 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: district heating; district cooling; district energy; smart energy systems; smart thermal grid; fourth-generation district heating; waste heat; prosumers; heat pumps; thermal storage; demand-side management; system optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)

Optimization and Control in New-Generation Power Systems

edited by

Yang Han

submission deadline 22 May 2025 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system; power optimization; power control; power system operation

(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)

Numerical and Experimental Methods in Research: Renewable Energy Systems

edited by

Krzysztof Rusin

and

Sebastian Rulik

submission deadline 23 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4577 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources; photovoltaics; wind energy; geothermal energy; hydropower; biomass; power systems; energy storage; ecological cost; CFD methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

Power Quality and Disturbances in Modern Distribution Networks

edited by

John Licari

and

Alexander Micallef

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5357 | Submission Open

Keywords: power quality disturbance; harmonics; power system virtual/synthetic inertia; power converters control; microgrid power quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)

Advances in Design, Operation and Maintenance Technology for Electric Power Equipment

edited by Jiachen Gao, Tianyan Jiang, Yaqi Fang and Jinxin Cao

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 2813 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric power equipment; electrical insulation; multi-physics; operation and maintenance; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Technologies (CCUS)—2nd Edition

edited by

Weifeng Lv

Yongbin Wu

and

Xiaoqing Lu

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1111 | Submission Open

Keywords: CCUS; CO2 capture; CO2 transport; CO2-EOR; CO2 storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)

Pulsed Power Science and High Voltage Discharge

edited by Yan Zhou,

Zhongyong Zhao

and

Guolin Yang

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: pulsed power source; high-voltage insulation; transient high-power application; discharge plasma; special power supply

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Transmission and Distribution Challenges in Modern Electric Power Systems

edited by Roberto Benato and

Francesco Sanniti

submission deadline 26 May 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: power delivery; overhead lines; insulated cables; gas-insulated lines; power transmission systems; power distribution systems; fault location; HVDC modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage: Advances and Applications

edited by Giuseppe Langella, Abolfazl Nematpourkeshteli and

Nicola Bianco

submission deadline 26 May 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal energy storage; phase changing materials; advanced materials for thermal storage; metal foams; nanoparticles; smart thermal energy storage systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section G2: Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage)

Near-Optimal Operation of Distributed Energy Resources Based on Microgrids

edited by

Yixin Liu

submission deadline 27 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3144 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed resource aggregation; microgrid planning; operation; and control; electricity market mechanism; optimization of active distribution networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)

Renewable Energy Utilization for Energy Saving and Carbon-Emission Reduction

edited by Yanmin Wang

submission deadline 28 May 2025 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; energy saving; carbon-emission reduction; design and modelling; optimization control; cooperative control; energy storage; energy internet; electricity market

(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)

Advances in Waste Heat Recovery and Thermal Management

edited by

Pablo Fernández-Yáñez

submission deadline 28 May 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste energy recovery; thermoelectrics; organic rankine cycle; thermal management

(This special issue belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)

Advances in Permanent Magnet Motor and Motor Control

edited by Kai Liu and Haiwei Cai

submission deadline 29 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6326 | Submission Open

Keywords: permanent magnet; motor; design; control

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Offshore Wind Support Structure Design

edited by

Mehdi Shokouhian

submission deadline 29 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6207 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore wind turbine; monopile; floating structures; semisubmersible platforms; hydrodynamics; CFD; vortex induced vibrations; fluid– structure interaction; hydroelasticity; linear and non-linear wave mechanics; buoyancy and stability; mooring systems and controls; radiated noise; structural mechanics; FEM; materials; limit state prediction; fatigue; fracture; structural health monitoring; collision and crash worthiness; degradation; design standards and specifications; stochastic calculations; stochastic processes; safety and reliability; risk and limit state design; experimental approaches; instrumentation; full-scale measurements; model tests; environmental challenges; noise and vibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)

Advances in Bioenergy and Waste-to-Energy Technologies

edited by

Francesca Demichelis

submission deadline 29 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4554 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste biomass; waste-to-energy; renewable energy; thermochemical process; biochemical conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)

Advanced Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy Harvesting and Efficient Storage Solutions

edited by

Zohra Benzarti

submission deadline 29 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2965 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced functional materials; oxides; perovskites; piezoelectrics; carbon-based materials; energy harvesting; energy storage; renewable energy; sustainable energy; energy conversion; fuel cells; solar cells; batteries; supercapacitors; sustainable technologies; modeling and simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

Research on Operation Optimization of Integrated Energy Systems

edited by

Maksymilian Kochanski

submission deadline 29 May 2025 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-energy flow management; renewable energy integration; smart grid control strategies; decentralized energy optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)

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