Renewable Fuel: Production, Optimization and Reactor Design
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Cross-Field Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 3785
Special Issue Editors
Interests: reaction engineering; multiphase reactors; catalysis; CFD; renewable fuels; flow chemistry
Interests: organic chemistry; heterogeneous catalysis; green chemistry; supported nanoparticles; flow chemistry; biomass conversion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing demand for fossil fuels has led to a significant increase in greenhouse gases in the environment, resulting in concerns regarding future energy supply. Fossil fuels are the slowest-growing source of energy, and their supplies are diminishing regularly. The price of fossil fuel resources is also rising due to their heightened demand. The increasing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), hydrocarbons, and volatile hydrocarbons from the burning of fossil fuels lead to a significant amount of air pollution and global warming. In recent years, there has been an interest in developing processes for clean alternative fuels for a more sustainable and greener environment. Renewable fuels such as biofuels, hydrogen (H2), and products from the Fischer–Tropsch process are now offered on a commercial scale to prevent the aforementioned problems.
This Special Issue aims to gather innovative and original research articles on the design and optimization of renewable fuels and different types of multiphase reactors used in production processes. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Reactions and kinetic studies for multiphase systems;
- Modeling, flow, and mass transfer simulation during production processes;
- Exploration of different types of multiphase reactors, such as (a) bubble column reactors, (b) tank reactors, (c) packed bed reactors, (d) fluidized bed reactors.
Dr. Achilleas Constantinou
Dr. Nikolaos Dimitratos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable fuels
- multiphase reactors
- hydrogen
- biofuels
- catalysis
- reaction engineering
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