Special Issue "Technologies for Climate-Neutral Energy Systems"
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2023 | Viewed by 8692
Special Issue Editors
Interests: industrial energy efficiency; combustion; biomass; carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS); computational fluid dynamics (CFD); flexible power generation
Interests: biomass; biofuels; hydrothermal liquefaction; green hydrogen; syngas; gasification
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: solar energy; solar heating and cooling processes; process integration; operation flexibility for process industry; demand side response; CO2 capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate-neutral economy aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in all human activities, thus implying a paradigm shift that must be based on sustainability principles, leading towards ecological transition.
This transition involves economic, environmental, and social dimensions, with energy systems being the cornerstone for change. In reducing GHG emissions, development of renewable energy and energy efficiency are the two main points for development.
On the one hand, increasing the use of renewable energy sources substitutes the use of fossil fuels in power, transportation, heating, and cooling systems while reducing GHG emissions. On the other hand, the promotion of energy efficiency is a cost-effective way to reduce the energy (and fossil fuels) used, increasing the resilience of the energy systems based on renewables.
This Special Issue, “Technologies for Climate-Neutral Energy Systems”, aims to collect and highlight novel technologies and applications on renewable energies and energy efficiency. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Solar energy technologies: thermal, PV, and PVT.
- Energy uses of gas, liquid, and solid biomasses.
- Integration of renewable energy in industrial processes (mainly solar heating and cooling).
- Cross-sectoral energy-efficient technologies.
- Waste heat recovery technologies and applications.
- Hard-to-abate industries.
- Industry 4.0 concepts for the transition.
Dr. Carlos Herce
Dr. Benedetta de Caprariis
Dr. Yolanda Lara
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable energy sources
- solar energy—PV, thermal, and PVT
- biomass
- hybrid systems
- industrial energy efficiency
- decarbonization
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Design considerations for industrial biomass grate boilers
Authors: Juan A. Ramírez; Carlos Herce
Affiliation: 1 Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Guanajuato, Ex-Hacienda El Copal km 9 Carr. Irapuato-Silao, 36824, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México; [email protected]
2 Energy Efficiency in the Economic Sectors Laboratory (DUEE-SPS-ESE), Energy Efficiency Unit Department, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), C.R. Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy; [email protected]
* Correspondence: [email protected]
Title: CFD-supported design for biogas generation in anaerobic wastewater reactor
Authors: Cristina Bengoechea-Cuadrado (1); Mario Miana (1*); Ana Martínez Santamaría (1); Salvador Izquierdo (1); Jose B. Carbajo (2)
Affiliation: (1) ITAINNOVA, Instituto Tecnológico de Aragon, C/ Maria de Luna n. 7-8 Zaragoza 50018 (Spain). * E-mail: [email protected]
(2) AEMA Servicios, Polígono Industrial El Pilar, C. Fitero, 9, 26540 Alfaro, La Rioja