Modeling, Simulation, Control, and Optimization of Processes

Dear Colleagues,

In the current climate emergency on Earth, more than ever, process systems engineers need to focus on finding more sustainable solutions. It is necessary to go beyond a greater efficiency of industrial plants, high mass and energy integration, and process intensification. Based on the main sustainability criteria, new industrial processes, specially biorefineries, and new products open plenty of opportunities for computer-aided process engineering (CAPE).

This Special Issue on “Modeling, Simulation, Control, and Optimization of Processes” aims to curate novel advances in process systems engineering (PSE) focusing on sustainable processes. Topics include, but are not limited to, methods and/or applications in the following areas:

• Process Modeling and Simulation;
• Process Optimization;
• Process Synthesis and Design;
• Process Integration and Intensification;
• Process Control and Instrumentation;
• Data Mining and Machine Learning;
• Production Planning and Scheduling;
• Molecular Modeling and Product Design;
• Fault Detection and Diagnostics;
• Digital Twins and other Industrial Applications of PSE Tools.

Prof. Dr. Argimiro Resende Secchi
Dr. Marco S. Reis
Dr. Simone De Carvalho Miyoshi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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 semimonthly 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.