Thermochemical Conversion Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The effort towards a transition in energetics is notable across the globe. Conventional approaches for energy generation are being replaced by more advanced, environmentally friendly and efficient methods. However, numerous factors—such as the economy, social aspects and reliability of intermittent resources—hinder this global transition and avert the immediate release of its full potential. Thus, rather than idly observing and impatiently awaiting the upcoming energy era, the global scientific ensemble should not abandon research on conventional thermochemical conversion systems, as they will very likely be a part of our lives for several decades yet.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather novel findings in the fields of combustion, pyrolysis, gasification processes, and novel solid fuels across a range of scales and applied feedstock. Individual issues related to process parameters and handling, flue gas control and purification, synthetic gas purification and utilization, and by-product management, as well as systematic studies on computational modeling or environmental footprint determination, will require the support of technologies and resources we currently rely on and still will rely on in many years to come.

Topics

• Household combustion processes;
• Thermochemical power plants;
• Incineration power plants;
• Gasification process;
• Pyrolysis process;
• Advanced thermochemical complexes;
• Fuel adjustment;
• Biomass energy utilisation;
• Biomass and waste valorization;
• Hydrothermal processes;
• Solid fuels of fossil origin;
• Waste-to-energy;
• Waste-to-liquid;
• Process monitoring and handling;
• Machine learning in thermochemical conversion systems;
• Utilisation of by-products;
• Plasma processes;
• Hydrogen production and utilisation in energy systems;
• Environmental footprint determination;
• Process efficiency;
• Process modelling;
• Purification and ecologisation.

Dr. Jakub Čespiva
Dr. Jiri Rysavy
Dr. Łukasz Niedźwiecki
Dr. Yuming Wen
Dr. Ruming Pan
Guest Editors

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