Advances in Plasma Technology for Environmental and Energy Process Engineering
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 64
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plasma technology for environmental applications; plasma-activated water for pre-harvest and post-harvest technology; plasma reforming of hydrocarbons; plasma modelling and simulation; plasma application in surface modification of materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plasma technology; plasma-activated water; plasma medicine; plasma processing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plasma applications for environmental and energy applications; plasma-activated water for medicine and agriculture; plasma assisted combustion; plasma reforming of hydrocarbons; plasma ammonia cracking
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plasma technology is a versatile and powerful approach to addressing contemporary challenges in environmental protection and energy generation. As a dynamic and highly reactive medium, plasma has been increasingly explored for its potential in environmental remediation, pollutant degradation, renewable energy production, and sustainable industrial processes. Non-thermal plasma, dielectric barrier discharge, gliding arc discharge, and plasma-activated water are among the diverse methodologies demonstrating significant promise in treating contaminated water and air, synthesizing valuable chemicals, and enhancing energy conversion processes. This field integrates fundamental plasma physics, chemistry, and engineering to develop sustainable solutions, offering advantages such as high efficiency, low environmental impact, and adaptability to renewable energy sources.
This Special Issue, titled "Advances in Plasma Technology for Environmental and Energy Process Engineering", welcomes high-quality original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and perspectives focusing on the latest developments, technological advancements, and future outlook in plasma-based processes specifically geared toward environmental sustainability and energy generation.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following research areas:
- Plasma-based air and water purification;
- Plasma-assisted waste treatment and recycling;
- Plasma-activated liquids for environmental applications;
- Plasma technologies in renewable energy production (e.g., hydrogen production);
- Plasma processes for CO2 conversion and greenhouse gas mitigation;
- Plasma-enhanced catalytic processes;
- Novel plasma reactor designs and scale-up strategies;
- Fundamental studies on plasma chemistry relevant to environmental processes;
- Techno-economic and life-cycle analyses of plasma technologies.
Dr. Samuel A. Iwarere
Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Sávio Pessoa
Dr. Lakshminarayana Rao
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Processes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- wastewater
- plasma discharges
- plasma-activated water
- plasma processing
- energy
- reforming of hydrocarbons
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