Application of Chemical Smart Manufacturing in Industry 4.0

Dear Colleagues,

Industry 4.0 brings together a number of digital and physical advances that have the potential to transform chemical manufacturing. Various smart manufacturing technologies, such as process control and automation, production simulation, smart measuring devices and predictive asset management, can be used by the chemical industry to increase productivity and reduce risk.

This special issue on “Application of Chemical Smart Manufacturing in Industry 4.0” seeks high quality works focusing on the latest novel advances in smart manufacturing technology for chemicals. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Smart data collection devices and database systems for chemical manufacturing
• IoT and cloud platforms for data exchange for chemical manufacturing
• Big-data and AI-based predictive analytics and decision-making for chemical manufacturing
• Decision implementation mechanisms for chemical process control, automation, and optimization
• Digital twins of chemical industry equipment

Prof. Dr. Kejun Wu
Dr. An Su
Guest Editors

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