Innovative Gas Hydrate Technologies for a Sustainable Energy Future
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gas hydrates; thermodynamic modeling; sustainable hydrogen production; environmental biotechnology; molecular simulations
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Interests: gas hydrates; experimental thermodynamics; coal gasification; hydrogen storage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gas hydrates are crystalline compounds composed of water and gas molecules. They are increasingly recognized as key elements in the pursuit of sustainable energy and environmental remediation. Their potential spans natural gas storage and transportation, carbon dioxide sequestration, desalination, and cold energy utilization. With recent advances in thermodynamic modeling, experimental techniques, and the integration of AI and IoT into hydrate research, new frontiers are emerging for practical and scalable hydrate applications. These developments are critical to supporting the global transition to cleaner energy systems and more efficient resource utilization.
This Special Issue, titled “Innovative Gas Hydrate Technologies for a Sustainable Energy Future”, seeks high-quality contributions from researchers working on fundamental, applied, and interdisciplinary aspects of gas hydrate science and technology. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Gas hydrate formation and dissociation kinetics;
- Hydrate-based gas storage and transportation (e.g., methane and hydrogen);
- CO2 capture and sequestration via hydrate formation;
- AI and machine learning in gas hydrate research;
- Experimental and molecular simulation studies on hydrate phase behavior;
- Hydrate applications in seawater desalination and cold energy;
- Hydrate formation in porous and confined media;
- Thermodynamic modeling and predictive frameworks for hydrate systems;
- Hybrid hydrate systems integrating IoT for process control;
- Sustainable hydrate-based separation technologies.
We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Hamed Hashemi
Dr. Saeedeh Babaee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gas hydrates
- sustainable energy
- CO2 sequestration
- hydrogen storage
- AI in chemical engineering
- thermodynamic modeling
- desalination
- molecular simulations
- porous media
- environmental applications
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