Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in Process Industry

Dear Colleagues,

The process industry is one of the pillars of social development. At the same time, it is a high-energy intensive industry. Although around the world, the process industry has made considerable progress in recent decades, it is still severely restricted by resource, energy, and environmental problems. Energy conservation and emission reduction are the focus of the process industry, which are guiding the process industry toward sustainable development. For example, simulation models of the production process are being developed to evaluate the energy saving potential and provide guidance for the optimization of production operations to achieve the purposes of energy conservation and emission reduction. However, current research is insufficient for meeting these goals. There are various means of achieving energy conservation and emission reduction in process industry, such as through optimizing raw production materials, developing new production technologies, designing new types of equipment, analyzing the whole industrial chain, etc.

This Special Issue on “Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in Process Industry” aims to summarize the latest progress in the theory and application of energy conservation and emission reduction in process industry to address the long-term challenge of high-energy consumption and high pollution and promote sustainable development of the process industry. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Innovations for sustainable process industry
• Process modeling and optimization for energy conservation and emission reduction
• Waste minimization and valorization
• Sustainable supply chain management for process industry
• Sustainability assessment with life cycle perspective

Prof. Dr. Zhiqiang Sun
Dr. Yi Man
Dr. Sheng Yang
Guest Editors

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