Chemical Processes and Systems
A section of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717).
Section Information
The Chemical Processes and Systems section of the Processes journal is the ideal forum for publication of significant high-excellence and high-impact research, as well as reviews. What we mean by ‘Chemical Systems’ and what is expected in terms of content should be, to a certain extent, self-explanatory; nevertheless, it should be clarified that our definition is distinct from pure discipline and capacity-based chemical and chemical engineering papers in the following ways: Complexity might be the key asset. In this sense, papers submitted should embrace, for example, a systems view as given in chemical system engineering, a holistic view as given in process design development, or an interdisciplinary view as given when disciplines meet challenges by sustainability or green chemistry. The nature of the investigations is at best symbiotic and/or disruptive, which means they have the potential to transform science and industry. Both fundamental investigations and industrial showcases are of interest in this section. All manuscripts submitted for publication under this section will undergo the usual high-quality peer review process of the Processes journal and, if accepted, will be published rapidly online. Download Section Flyer
Advanced Equipment and Chemical Environments
- Smart chemical reactors and separators
- Smart actuation principles for chemical reaction
- Bionic reaction principles (e.g., cascades)
Sustainable Processes
- Sustainable process designs
- Novel process windows
- Novel process chemistry concepts
- Process intensification and process integration
- Multi-scale/system modelling
Green Chemistry and Engineering
- Advanced catalysts
- Green solvents
- Designer solvents
- Novel synthesis design concepts
Current and Future Processing Systems
- Environmental, cost, and social assessment of chemical technology
- Chain-related process technology (e.g., stages of pharma process development)
- End-to-end and modular process technology (future factories)
Industrial Transformation
- New windows of opportunity
- New resources and products (e.g. biomass)
- Distributed/mobile manufacturing
- New supply-chain models
New Opportunities
- Chemical systems off-earth (space manufacturing)
- Advanced functional chemical products (e.g., controlled-release fertilizers)
- Expanding businesses to profit from chemistry (e.g., nutrition)
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- 2nd Edition of Innovation in Chemical Plant Design (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Development of Cutting-Edge Nanomaterials and Composite Materials for Sustainable Energy Application (Deadline: 25 October 2024)
- Continuous Production and Catalysis Optimization of Chemical Industry Processes (Deadline: 25 October 2024)
- Sustainable Chemical Engineering Processes and Intensification (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Numerical Simulation and Optimization in Thermal Processes (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Efficient Catalysts for H2 Production (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- High-Value Products from Biomass and Wastes (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Thermochemical Conversion of Solid Fuels and Wastes (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage: Materials, Processes and Technologies (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- The Integrated Application of Mechanochemistry in Organic Synthesis and the Utilization of Organic Waste (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Phase Equilibrium in Chemical Processes: Experiments and Modeling (Deadline: 1 November 2024)
- Data-Driven Modeling, Optimization and Control for Chemical Processes (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Synthesis, Catalysis and Applications of Organic Chemistry (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- CO2 Capture and Conversion Processes: Recent Trends and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Hydrogen Storage System Modeling and Optimization (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Advances in Enzyme Biotechnology and Applications in Industry and Environment (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Novel Processes for Emerging Contaminants Degradation: Current Research and Future Prospects (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Multiphase Flow, and Efficient Development Methodology and Technology in Unconventional Reservoirs (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Heat and Mass Transfer: Developments and Insights into Simulations and Experiments (Deadline: 25 November 2024)
- Research on High-Temperature Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass (Deadline: 25 November 2024)
- Graphene-Based Photocatalysts for Water Decontamination (Deadline: 29 November 2024)
- Design and Engineering of Microreactors for Flow Chemistry and Smart-Scaled Flow Processes (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Process of CO2 Capture and Conversion (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Technological Processes for Chemical and Related Industries (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Progress in Electrochemical Methods Using Functional Surfaces and Interface Engineering (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advances and Prospects in Organic Synthesis (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Geochemical Processes and Environmental Geochemistry of Modern Mining (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Chemical Flooding in EOR: Practical and Simulation Insights (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Deposition Process, Characterization and Performance of Thin Films (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Green Chemistry of Renewable Energy in Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Aerosol Formation Processes, Measurement Techniques and Related Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advancing Catalysis: Bridging the Gap from Academic Innovation to Industrial Application (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Theoretical Progress in the Exploration and Development of Deep Coal-Measure Gas (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Semiconductors Design, Synthesis and Applications in Energy/Environmental Photocatalysis (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Process Modeling, Simulation and Optimization in Chemical Reaction Engineering (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- The Process Modeling, Optimization, and Control of Chemical Reaction Engineering (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Flow in Porous Media and CO2 Storage in Enhanced Oil Recovery (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Microwave Applications in Chemistry and Industry (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Dry and Steam Reforming Technologies, and Application in Chemical Engineering (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Process Intensification in Chemical Reaction Engineering (Volume II) (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advanced Technologies for Vegetable Oil Extraction (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Alternative Fuel Combustion Processes, Characteristics and Reaction Kinetics (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- 10th Anniversary of Processes: Design of the Chemical Industry of the Future (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Process System Engineering of Gas Hydrate: Multiple Processes, Scales, Physics Fields and Senarios (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Sustainable Hydrogen Production Processes (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Research on Heat Transfer Processes: Numerical Simulation and Intensification (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Towards a Sustainable and More Environmentally Friendly Oil and Gas Industries (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Biorefinery and Thermochemical Conversion as Solutions for the Industrial Use of Agro-Industrial Residues (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Biomass, Coal and Other Solid Fuels: Thermal Conversion, Emission and Pollutant Control (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advanced Nanoparticles: New Perspective in Catalysis (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Research Progress of Catalysts in Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass (Deadline: 25 January 2025)
- Biomass Pretreatment for Thermochemical Conversion (Deadline: 25 January 2025)
- Recent Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Technology and the Green Development of Geological Energy (Deadline: 25 January 2025)
- Advances in Green Chemistry Processes: Isolation, Characterization and Applications of Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Processes in Biofuel Production and Biomass Valorization (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Chemistry of Zeolites: Synthesis, Structure and Crystallization (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Modeling and Optimization for Multi-scale Integration (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Advances in Bioelectrochemical Systems for Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Extraction Technology and the Biorefining Process (Deadline: 5 February 2025)
- Industrial Chemistry Reactions (3rd Edition): Kinetics, Mass and Heat Transfer in View of the Industrial Reactors Design (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Model of Unconventional Oil and Gas Exploration (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Microscale Processing with Non-thermal Plasma Discharges and Its Application (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Advances in Electrochemical Catalysis for CO2 Reduction (Deadline: 25 February 2025)
- Non-ferrous Metal Metallurgy and Its Cleaner Production (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Research on Catalyst and Reaction Kinetics in Fossil Fuel Refining, Biofuels, Green Hydrogen and Petrochemicals (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Development of Materials and Processes for Integration of Reaction and Separation Operations (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Recent Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Technologies (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Process Intensification and Application for Bioprocesses and Green Chemical Engineering (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Ionic Liquids in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Chemical Engineering Towards Sustainable Development Goals (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Exploration, Exploitation and Utilization of Coal and Gas Resources, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Ionic Liquids: Modeling, Design and Applications (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Biochemical Processes for Sustainability, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Small Molecule Organic Compounds: Synthesis and Medicinal Properties (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Green Chemistry: Latest Developments, Advancements and Future Prospects (Deadline: 25 March 2025)
- Design and Numerical Simulation of Photo- and Electrochemical Degradation of Pollutants (Deadline: 29 March 2025)
- Recent Advances in CO2 Capture, CO2 Utilization, and Green Chemistry for Sustainability (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Advances in the Photocatalysis and Photodegradation of Various Contaminants Present in Water (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Chemical Process Simulations (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Applications of Nanofluids and Nano-PCMs in Heat Transfer (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Research Progress in Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization Technology (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Progress in Biorefinery of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Bio-Energies and Bio-Based Chemicals (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Machine Learning Optimization of Chemical Processes (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Novel Applications of Zeolites in Adsorption Processes (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Chemical Systems Dynamic Modeling and Simulation (Deadline: 2 April 2025)
- New Application of AI in Chemical Processing Engineering (Deadline: 5 April 2025)
- Reactive Distillation Processes (Deadline: 10 April 2025)
- Simulation and Measurement of Flows in Chemical Process Engineering—Trends, Insights and Applications (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Chemical and Process Engineering (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advanced Green Analytical Chemistry for Environmental Pollutants Detection (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- CO2 Capture and Utilization and Molecular Simulation (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advanced Biomass Analysis and Conversion Technology (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Development and Characterization of Advanced Polymer Nanocomposites (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Electrochemical and Computational Methods for Corrosion Protection Processes (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Multiphase Flow and Heat and Mass Transfer in Industrial Complex Processes and Reactors (Deadline: 25 May 2025)
- Plasma Science and Plasma-Assisted Applications (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Advanced Fracturing Technology for Oil and Gas Reservoir Stimulation (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Process Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization in Chemical Engineering (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Advances in Natural Gas Hydrate Exploitation, Hydrate Technology, Carbon Capture and Storage (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Metal Nanoparticles (MNPs): Green Synthesis and Catalytic Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Improving Process Safety in the Chemical Industry: Fundamental and Advanced Research (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Advances in Zeolite Catalytic Processes: Current Trends and Challenges in Processing Nonconventional Feedstocks (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Advances in Chemical Looping Technologies (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Advances in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies (Deadline: 31 July 2025)