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Optimal Control Strategy for HVAC System in Building Energy Management submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4547 | Submission Open
Keywords: building adaptive control; HVAC control; energy efficiency; model predictive control; reinforcement learning; energy management; integrated energy systems in buildings
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Digitalization of Nuclear Power Plant Asset Management Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Methods
edited by and Ibrahim Ahmed
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3041 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear power plants; digital twin; asset management; control; prognostics and health management; artificial intelligence; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
New Insights into Design and Control of Modular Multilevel Converters for Energy Storage and Drives submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2696 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy storage; electrical drives; electric mobility; renewable energy; energy transmission; charging stations; fast charge; energy conversion; second life batteries
(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
Green Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Heading Toward a Sustainable Energy Future submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1039 | Submission Open
Keywords: green hydrogen; fuel cells; hydrogen economy; clean energy transition
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Improving Hydrogen Safety for Energy Applications
edited by Jianjun Ye
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1026 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen storage and transportation; hydrogen safety; risk assessment and control; leakage and diffusion; compression and evaporation; flow and heat transfer; hydrogen equipment design and test
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
State-of-the-Art Research in Advanced Materials for Energy Storage Applications: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 680 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced materials; energy storage; mechanical manufacturing supercapacitors; batteries; high-entropy alloy; electrocatalysts; flexible electron; biomass-based energy storage; nanocellulose or lignin; nanotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Advanced Combustion Technologies: Challenges and Solutions for a Low-Carbon Future submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 578 | Submission Open
Keywords: low emissions; advanced combustion; fuel flexibility; MILD combustion; combustion modeling; biomass combustion; thermochemical conversion; formation mechanisms; kinetic modeling; measurement techniques; emission reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section I2: Energy and Combustion Science)
New Challenges in Safety Analysis of Nuclear Reactors
edited by Zhe Dong, Yanhua Zheng, and Jianghai Li
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 575 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear energy; nuclear safety; nuclear security; instrumentation and control; operation monitoring; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
Electrical Engineering, High-Voltage, and Insulation Technologies: Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 453 | Submission Open
Keywords: power cable; overhead conductor; cable accessory; EMI; defect detecting; lightning
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Combustion and Application of Carbon Neutral Fuel in Internal Combustion Engine
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open
Keywords: ammonia; hydrogen; alcohol fuel; e-fuel; combustion; emissions; numerical simulation; engine design; engine control
(This special issue belongs to the Section I2: Energy and Combustion Science)
Emerging Trends in Closed-Loop Control Systems for Electric Machines and Drives: From Classical Techniques to Smart Solutions submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open
Keywords: closed-loop control; electric machines; control algorithms; artificial intelligence; predictive maintenance; sensorless control; power electronic converters; reliability engineering; condition monitoring; electric vehicles
Energy and Power in Environmental Systems submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open
Keywords: emergy accounting; energy; environmental assessment; renewable energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Recent Challenges in Buildings Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality
edited by and Mohamed El Mankibi
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open
Keywords: indoor air quality; energy efficiency of buildings; ventilation in buildings; climate change; resilient ventilation modes; IAQ and ventilation standards; smart ventilation systems; advanced filtration technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Sustainable Biomass Conversion: Innovations and Environmental Impacts
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass waste; biomass conversion; biomass valorization; biomass digestion; waste-to-energy technologies; biofuels; thermal treatment; torrefaction; pyrolysis; gasification; bioenergy; renewable energy; biological conversion; hydrothermal conversion; biomass digestion; biomass to liquid (BtL); biomass to gas (BtG); biomass to hydrogen (BtH); environmental impact; environmental sustainability; life cycle analysis; economic analysis; conversion simulation and optimization; zero biomass waste strategy
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Advances in Synthesis and Thermal Properties of Energy Materials submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal properties; energy materials; thermal conductivity; specific heat; thermal diffusivity; thermal stability; characterization techniques; thermoelectrics; thermal management; energy storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Novel Method, Optimization and Applications of Thermodynamic Cycles, 2nd Edition
edited by , , and Lin Liu
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermodynamic cycle; advanced power cycle; advanced refrigeration cycle; advanced heat pump cycle; thermodynamic cycle for energy storage; construction and analysis method; energy efficiency; exergy efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Integration of Power Generation and Wind Energy
edited by , Yibao Jiang and Peng Wang
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind energy; grid stability and control; high-fidelity modeling; optimization methodologies; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Electrochemical Energy Storage in Metal-Ion Batteries and Supercapacitors
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemical energy storage; metal-ion battery; metal-air battery; supercapacitor; electric double-layer capacitor; pseudo-capacitor; hybrid capacitor; electrode; electrolyte; binder; structural design and optimization; performance analysis; management and control; modeling; hybrid system and integration; energy storage mechanisms; energy density; power density; energy storage systems; technoeconomic and market analyses; prognostic and health management; AI and optimization algorithms in electrochemical energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Control and Fault Diagnosis of Multi-Energy Complementary Power Generation System
edited by Fengjiao Wu and Bin Wang
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open
Keywords: water– wind– solar complementary power generation system; renewable power systems; optimization scheduling and operation of cascade hydropower stations; condition monitoring; vibration trend prediction; fault diagnosis; joint optimization; control strategy; full lifecycle assessment; deep learning; transfer learning; AI applications; big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Advances in Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
edited by and Ali Cheperli
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2-EOR techniques and optimization; CO2 capture technologies and innovations; energy transition and integrated CO2 solutions; materials and processes for CO2 utilization; carbon footprint and life cycle assessment; CO2 storage in geological formations; CO2 transport in porous media
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
In Situ Polymerized Solid Electrolytes and Their Applications in Energy Storage
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: in situ polymerization; solid electrolytes; energy storage devices; ionic conductivity; solid-state batteries
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Energy Storage Devices: New Advances in Material Design and Electrochemical Performance of Supercapacitors
edited by Niraj Kumar
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: supercapacitors; energy storage materials; electrochemical performance; sustainable energy solutions; advanced nanostructures
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Novel Approaches for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
edited by Pengchen Zhu
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: perovskite solar cells; photovoltaics; perovskite-based technologies; solar energy conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
Impacts of Distributed Energy Resources on Power Systems
edited by
submission deadline 21 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3901 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed energy resources; uncertainty analysis; stochastic optimization; renewables; resilience; demand-side resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section F2: Distributed Energy System)
Scientific Advances in Nuclear Waste Management
edited by
submission deadline 21 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open
Keywords: used nuclear fuels; waste forms; high-level nuclear waste; source-term models; geological repository; near-field of geological repository
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving in Buildings
edited by José Luis Molina and Teresa Rocío Palomo Amores
submission deadline 21 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 550 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy efficiency in buildings; passives strategies; indoor comfort; sustainable technologies in buildings
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Geothermal Energy Heating Systems
edited by Guosheng Jia, Wenke Zhang, Fujiao Tang and Siyu Qin
submission deadline 21 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 475 | Submission Open
Keywords: geothermal heating system; borehole heat exchanger; energy efficiency; numerical simulation; operating optimization; comprehensive utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section H2: Geothermal)
Advanced Control Systems in Wind Energy: Optimizing Performance from Component to Grid Integration
edited by John Hall
submission deadline 21 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind power control systems; wind turbine control; wind farm optimization; blade aerodynamics; pitch control systems; adaptive morphing blades; real-time aerodynamic tuning; fault tolerance in wind turbines; predictive maintenance systems; wake steering; power smoothing techniques; co-operative turbine control; grid compatibility solutions; voltage regulation in wind farms; frequency control in wind energy; smart grids for wind integration; AI in wind energy; machine learning for wind power; digital twins in wind turbines; IoT applications in wind energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Hydrogen Production: Technical-Economic, Upscaling, and Industrialization Perspectives for Sustainable and Secure Energy Production
edited by
submission deadline 21 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen production; green hydrogen; renewable-powered electrolysis; steam methane reforming (SMR) with CCUS; methane pyrolysis; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); process optimization; predictive analytics and maintenance in hydrogen production; hydrogen production optimization and life cycle assessments; sustainable energy transition; carbon capture; utilization; and storage; carbon management and decarbonization; infrastructure development enabling hydrogen production; techno-economic analysis; industrial scale hydrogen production; upscaling challenges; industrialization
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Electricity Market Modeling Trends in Power Systems: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 21 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: electricity market; power systems; market clearing; optimization; mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Advanced Dielectric Materials, Sensing, Monitoring, and Diagnostic Technologies for High-Voltage Equipment in New Power Systems
edited by Jiefeng Liu and
submission deadline 23 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: dielectric; insulation; measurement; fault diagnosis; state evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Energy Transformation from the Perspectives of the Individual Citizen and the Market submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19141 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy transformation; energy transition; renewables; resources; energy consumption; energy storage; energy supplies; climate policy; sustainable production; sustainable consumption; clean technologies; energy in transport; energy management; energy savings
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Bioenergy and Waste-to-Energy Technologies to Reach Climate Neutrality
edited by Federico Viganò, and Maurizio Spinelli
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9831 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioenergy; waste-to-energy (WtE); energy-from-waste (EfW); bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS); carbon capture; negative emissions; climate neutrality
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Advanced Wind Energy Systems: Comprehensive Insights into Analysis, Design, Control, and Optimization
edited by John Hall
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9222 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind energy; wind turbines; aerodynamic; onshore and offshore wind farms; AI and machine learning; modeling and optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Advances in Energy Transition to Achieve Carbon Neutrality
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8077 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy system transition; sustainable energy consumption and power supply; green innovations; carbon neutrality; climate change; pollution management; waste recycling; environmental management; sustainable development; clean and renewable energy; clean technologies; energy efficiency improvements; energy economics; energy policy; energy policy modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
New Advances in Oil, Gas and Geothermal Reservoirs: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7306 | Submission Open
Keywords: tight oil and gas; shale oil and gas; carbonate reservoir; fractured-cavity oil and gas reservoir; gas hydrate; geothermal resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
Sustainable Development of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7189 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuel cells; chemical engineering; catalysis; hydrogen; green hydrogen technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Public Policies and Development of Renewable Energy 2023 submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5574 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Flow Control and Optimization in Power Systems
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5344 | Submission Open
Keywords: power system; flow control; optimization; modelling; experiment
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Challenges and Prospects of Grid Support in Grid-Forming Inverters
edited by and Federico Cecati
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4586 | Submission Open
Keywords: grid forming; voltage support; transient stability; current limitation strategy; large-signal stability; small-signal stability; low voltage ride through; power synchronization; grid-connected converters; virtual inertia
(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
Modeling, Optimization and Experimental Investigation of Heat Exchangers for Power Plants
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4419 | Submission Open
Keywords: heat and mass transfer; boiling and condensation; heat transfer by convection; heat transfer enhancement; multiphase flow; computational methods for solving heat and mass transfer problems; modeling of heat exchangers; optimization of heat exchangers; practical applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)
Research on Intelligent Operation and Maintenance and Key Technology of New Energy Vehicles
edited by , and Dechen Yao
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4216 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent operation and maintenance; fault diagnosis; new energy vehicle; intelligent transportation system; prediction; detection; and optimization; emerging technologies; internet of vehicles; health status monitoring; intelligent perception
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
Planning and Management of Buildings’ Energy and Environmental Efficiency in Urban Environment submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3981 | Submission Open
Keywords: built-environment energy efficiency; energy efficiency planning for building stocks; indoor-outdoor physical interactions; participative planning; energy behavioral shift; building automation and control
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Future Perspectives of Internal Combustion Engines of High Efficiency: Analysis, Modeling and Control Strategies and Application of Sustainable Fuels submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3780 | Submission Open
Keywords: internal combustion engines; injection systems; combustion; ammonia; hydrogen; combustion control; combustion modeling; innovative control strategy
(This special issue belongs to the Section I2: Energy and Combustion Science)
Challenges and Opportunities for Renewable Energy submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3706 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy sources; photovoltaics; wind energy; hydropower; energy storage; electrical grid; decarbonization; distributed energy resources; capacity expansion planning; grid resilience; grid reliability
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
AI Facilitated Cyber–Physical Energy Systems—Planning, Operation, and Markets
edited by Stefanie Kuenzel and
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3640 | Submission Open
Keywords: cyber– physical systems; deep learning; generative AI; reinforcement learning; security and privacy; case studies in planning; operations; and markets
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Ultra-Low Energy Consumption and Zero-Energy Buildings in Response to Climate Change submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3505 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultra-low energy buildings; zero-energy buildings; climate change; zero-carbon; whole lifecycle
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Empowering Rural Communities: Control Strategies for a Sustainable and Resilient Energy Future
edited by , Mariagrazia Dotoli, and
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3104 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural energy communities; smart grids; advanced control systems; automated decision-making; data-driven models; resilience; sustainability; distributed energy resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Ocean Energy Conversion and Magnetohydrodynamic Power Systems
edited by Lingzhi Zhao and
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2722 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean energy conversion; magnetohydrodynamic/MHD power generation; control; maximum power tracking; array; design; modelling; life cycle assessment; economic analysis; application; offshore deployment; power conversion; LMMHD; MHD
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Study for Heat Transfer
edited by , Kuang C. Lin and
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2258 | Submission Open
Keywords: heat transfer; fluid flow; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); numerical heat transfer; convection; power engineering; heat exchanger; boilers; aerodynamic heating; combustion; cooling; multi-physics; multi-scales; machine learning; artificial intelligence (AI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
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