Design and Control of Sustainable Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability has been one of the key drivers for technological innovation in this century. With the fundamental motivation of ensuring the fulfilment of current needs without compromising the needs of future generations, sustainability targets goals in economic (such as improved process and energy efficiency), environmental (such as the minimization of carbon and waste footprints), and social (such as process safety) perspectives. These goals have given rise to a large number of sustainable process and energy systems such as reactive distillation, microreactors, CO₂ capture and sequestration, smart grids and microgrids, and smart manufacturing, and the quest for new designs continues at a rapid pace. At the same time, such systems pose unique operational challenges due to the presence of multiple length or time scales, multiple conflicting objectives, and the interconnection of multiple agents. These call for efficient control strategies to realize sustainable benefits. In this context, the integrated design and control of sustainable processes can allow one to balance the trade-off between process economics and operational flexibility.

This Special Issue on “Design and Control of Sustainable Systems” aims to incorporate recent developments in the area of the design and/or control of sustainable process and energy systems. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Integrated or intensified processes;
• Renewable chemical, materials, and energy production;
• Process safety and/or risk management;
• Smart grids, microgrids, and/or co-generation systems;
• Carbon capture and sequestration, emission or effluent management;
• Waste reduction and/or waste-to-energy/resources;
• Smart manufacturing systems and technologies.

Prof. Dr. Sujit S Jogwar
Prof. Dr. Xiaonan Wang
Guest Editors

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