Processes

Green Chemistry: From Wastes to Value-Added Products (2nd Edition)

edited by

Roberto Palos

and

Alazne Gutiérrez

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 38564 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; circular economy; recycling technologies; closed-loop systems; waste management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Data-Based Prediction Models in Energy Systems: From Principles to Applications

edited by

Chao Min

,

Xin Ma

, Xiaogang Li and Huohai Yang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12147 | Submission Open

Keywords: grey system models; machine learning/deep learning models; data-driven prediction models; intelligent optimization; petroleum engineering; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Rheological Properties of Food Products

edited by

Marijana Djordjević

and

Miljana Djordjević

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7298 | Submission Open

Keywords: dough rheology; dynamic oscillatory tests; flow properties; creep-recovery test; farinoghraph; mixolab; rheological behavior; functional ingredients; functional food; food formulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Absorption Heat Pumps for Heating and Cooling: Modeling, Simulation, Design, Optimization, and Experiments

edited by

Armando Huicochea Rodríguez

and José Alfredo Hernández Pérez

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3452 | Submission Open

Keywords: absorption; single and advanced cycles; absorption heat pumps; heat exchangers; mass and heat transfer coefficients; thermal systems; optimization and artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Geological and Engineering Problems in the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs (2nd Edition)

edited by Mohamed I. Abdel-Fattah

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2290 | Submission Open

Keywords: unconventional reservoirs; hydraulic fracturing; reservoir characterization; seismic and well log analysis; basin modeling and petroleum systems; machine learning and AI applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Sustainable Nanocellulose Processes Toward New Products and Markets

edited by

Enrique Javier Carvajal Barriga

and María Evangelina Vallejos

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 448 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanocellulose technology; sustainable nanomaterials; biorefinery processes; renewable nanomaterials; nanomaterial processes; bioeconomy; nanocellulose applications; nanocellulose industry; innovation in processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Opportunities for Industry 4.0/5.0: AI-Driven Data Analysis, Process Optimization and Automation

edited by Chien-Yi Huang and Amirhossein Nafei

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11105 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; artificial intelligence (AI); data analysis; process automation; machine learning; predictive maintenance; cyber– physical systems; internet of things (IoT); optimization; fuzzy logic; decision-making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)

Recent Advances in Green Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage Technology

edited by Song Hu, Yanghong Xia,

Shunliang Ding

and Tianze Wang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9527 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen production; hydrogen-based energy storage systems; gas– liquid two-phase mass transfer; green hydrogen replacement in industry section; hydrogen safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Numerical Simulation of Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation

edited by Xu Sun,

Xiaoben Liu

and Zitao Jiang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4379 | Submission Open

Keywords: oil and gas pipelines; oil and gas tanks; oil and gas underground storage; numerical simulation; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advances in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems

edited by

Enrique Rosales Asensio

and Enrique González

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3883 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic machinery; green turbines; efficiency improvement; lifetime extension; upgrading; low-cost small hydropower

(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)

Engineering Porous Materials: From Synthesis to Real-World Applications

edited by Hamidreza Mahdavi and Joseph Olorunyomi

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3658 | Submission Open

Keywords: porous materials; design; synthesis; characterization; application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Applications of Machine Learning and Data Modeling Techniques in Air Quality Monitoring and Control Mechanisms

edited by

Getaneh Berie Tarekegn

and Abiyu Kerebo Berekute

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3209 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; air quality sensing; prediction; smart city; ship emissions; drones; cloud computing; low-cost air quality sensors; nanocatalysts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)

Recent Advances in Surface Engineering and Coating Technologies in Manufacturing Processes

edited by

Miguel Angel Selles Canto

, Kuniaki Dohda, Steven Schmid and

Samuel Sanchez Caballero

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3093 | Submission Open

Keywords: tribology; manufacturing; joining; lubrication; coatings; surface engineering; friction; wear; contact mechanics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)

Green Hydrogen Production: Advances and Prospects

edited by Ana Lidia Martínez Salazar, M. A. Coronel-García and Luciano Aguilera-Vázquez

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2364 | Submission Open

Keywords: green hydrogen; production systems; renewable energies; sizing; storage systems; electronic systems; distribution processes; uses; circular and social economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Chemical Systems Dynamic Modeling and Simulation

edited by

Yuan Yang

and Xing Qian

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2085 | Submission Open

Keywords: separation; process simulation; process modeling; process system engineering; process intensification; process design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Control and Supervision Strategies on Desalination Processes: Focused on Key Process Variables

edited by

German Eduardo Devora

and Jesús Álvarez-Sánchez

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1946 | Submission Open

Keywords: reverse osmosis; concentration polarization factor; biofouling; permeate flux; mass transfer coefficient; process design; perfomance; seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO); brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO); operating pressure; energy consumption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)

Natural and Synthetic Compounds: Processes, Challenges, and Opportunities for Human Health and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Alina Bora

and

Luminita Crisan

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 849 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural compounds; bioactive compounds; computational methods; drug discovery and development; drug repurposing; green chemistry; biological testing; sustainable strategies; healthy and sustainable challenges; natural and synthetic product application; medicinal chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)

Hydrogen and Carbon Production by Methane Catalytic Cracking

edited by Chandrasekar Srinivasakannan and

Mohammad Mozahar Hossain

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 678 | Submission Open

Keywords: methane; hydrogen; catalytic cracking; carbon nanostructures; green energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Chromatographic Techniques in Food Industry Processes

edited by

Fouad EL Mansouri

and Jamal Brigui

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open

Keywords: food chemistry; natural products ; antioxidants ; polyphenols ; chromatography ; spectroscopy ; mass spectrometry ; extraction ; sample preparation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Microstructure, Processing and Numerical Simulation of Coatings

edited by Haibo Zhang,

Yu Liu

and

Yali Gao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7817 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface coating technology; microstructure; coatings material design; simulation analysis; numerical simulation; different process parameters

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Advances in Extraction and Characterization of Functional Properties of Bioactive Compounds Obtained from Food Processing

edited by Arely León-López and

Gabriel Aguirre-Álvarez

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4478 | Submission Open

Keywords: food process; bioactive compounds; functional activity; alternative technologies; traditional methods; sources of bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Resource Recovery from Organic Solid Waste Using Fermentation and Hydrolysis Technologies

edited by Jiuxiao Hao, Guang Guo and Yina Zou

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4218 | Submission Open

Keywords: anaerobic fermentation; hydrolysis pretreatment; volatile fatty acids; biomass; organic solid wastes; resource recovery; oriented conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Application of Power Converter in Integrated Energy Storage Management

edited by

Naga Vamsi Krishna Thirumalasetty

and

Hsin-Jang Shieh

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3997 | Submission Open

Keywords: power conversion efficiency; energy storage systems (ESS); battery management systems (BMS); hybrid energy storage; DC-DC converters; voltage regulation; load balancing; renewable energy integration; charge/discharge control; grid stabilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Fault Detection Based on Deep Learning

edited by Maoyin Chen and Zhu Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2979 | Submission Open

Keywords: models; control; optimization; industry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)

Green Biotechnology for Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles from Plant Extracts

edited by

Zhiguo Liu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1349 | Submission Open

Keywords: Au/Ag/Pt/Cu nanomaterials; nanoparticles; plant extract; green synthesis; nanoparticle applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)

Machine Learning-Based Intelligent Industry 4.0 Control Systems for Manufacturing

edited by

Alex Shenfield

and

Hongwei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 429 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; sustainable manufacturing; Industry 4.0; internet of things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)

Correlations Between Performance and Structure of Catalytic Materials for Sustainable Process Design

edited by

Jovana Prekodravac Filipovic

,

David Rutherford

and

Ayesha Khan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon-based nanomaterials; antibacterial activity; heterogeneous catalysis; photocatalysis; adsorption; water remediation; sustainability; pollutant degradation; biomass valorization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Machine Learning and Chemometrics for Complex Process Analysis and Control

edited by

Huiwen Yu

and

Mourad Kharbach

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemometrics; machine learning; process analysis; control and optimization; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Advances in Biomass Conversion to Biofuel Technology

edited by

Samuel Carrasco

and

Denny K. S. Ng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofuel; biomass conversion; sustainable technology; biochar; bio-oil; biogas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Properties and Influence of Recycled Concrete Aggregates in New Concrete Production Processes

edited by

Roberto Christ

and

Augusto Masiero Gil

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled concrete aggregate (RCA); sustainable construction; concrete production; material properties; mechanical performance; durability; environmental impact; concrete mix design; aggregate substitution; waste management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Physicochemical, Thermal, Sensorial, Nutritional, and Flow Properties During Food Processes

edited by

Hayat Bourekoua

,

Imène Felfoul

and

Ana María Calderón De la Barca

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2351 | Submission Open

Keywords: food processing; physicochemical features; thermal behavior; sensory properties; nutritional characteristics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)

Research Progress of Chemical Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery

edited by

Luiz Carlos L. Santos

and

Vladimir Alvarado

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2092 | Submission Open

Keywords: alkalis; surfactants; polymers; chemical blends; adjusted water chemistry; interfacial dynamics; interfacial rheology; wettability alteration; interfacial tension; nanotechnology; bio-based chemicals reagents; techno-economic viability; foams; field projects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Innovative Strategies and Emerging Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Abdelali El Gaidoumi

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1838 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); nanomaterials for water purification; membrane separation technologies; bioremediation and microbial treatment; electrochemical water treatment; photocatalysis for wastewater remediation; resource recovery and circular economy; process modeling and optimization; sustainable and decentralized treatment systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Applications in Adsorption

edited by

Muhammad Naveed Afridi

,

Kang-Hoon Lee

,

Aziz-Ur-Rahim Bacha

, Faridullah and Yasir Saeed

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 770 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal– organic frameworks (MOFs); adsorption and mechanism; gas separation; CO2 capture; environmental remediation; energy storage; resource recovery; porous materials; MOFs composites; water purification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Advances in Enzyme Identification and Biocatalytic Applications

edited by

Pedro Valencia

and

Zaida Cabrera

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open

Keywords: enzyme identification; enzyme characterization; enzyme applications; biocatalytic applications; catalytic efficiency; reactor performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)

Innovative Drug Delivery Through Chemically Synthesized Polymers and Terpenoids

edited by

Seyed Ebrahim Alavi

submission deadline 27 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 555 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug delivery; chemically synthesized polymers; Terpenoids; Bioavailability; controlled release; polymer-– terpenoid conjugates; pharmaceutical science; therapeutic efficacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)

Advances in Green Propulsion Engine and Environmental Pollution Control

edited by

Xinyan Pei

,

Lingyun Hou

and

Baotong Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 25667 | Submission Open

Keywords: green gas turbine technologies; variable cycle engines in civil aviation; advanced aero-engine technologies; hydrogen-fuel aero-engine; advanced pollutant emission measurements and control techniques; advanced thermal cycle technologies; aviation carbon emissions and climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)

Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Drilling Techniques

edited by

Zhaopeng Zhu

, Chi Peng, Xianwei Dai, Gaosheng Wang and Yong Zheng

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 20438 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligence drilling; parameter optimization; risk pre-warning; wellbore multiphase flow; machine learning; well control; energy storage; multi-objective optimization; rock breaking; numerical simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)

Advances in Supported Nanoparticle Catalysts (Volume II)

edited by

Sónia Carabineiro

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8060 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; nanocatalysts; metals; oxides; carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)

Advanced Strategies in Enhanced Oil Recovery: Theory and Technology

edited by

Hong He

, Mingchen Ding and

Long Yu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6354 | Submission Open

Keywords: enhanced oil recovery; water flooding; CO2 flooding; heavy oil reservoir; low-permeability reservoir; water shutoff; conformance control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advances in Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Devices

edited by

Ntuthuko Wonderboy Hlongwa

and Mesfin Abayneh Kebede

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials science; energy storage; supercapacitors; metal-ion batteries; capacitive deionization; metal oxides; carbon-based materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Green Manufacturing and Low-Carbon Control of Mechanical and Electrical Products

edited by

Jiaqiang E

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 20 articles | Viewed by 54676 | Submission Open

Keywords: green manufacturing assessment; green manufacturing model; low-carbon trade; mechanical and electrical product; carbon footprint; life-cycle theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)

State of the Art of Waste Utilization and Resource Recovery

edited by

Zucheng Wu

,

Ying Kang

and

Xiao Feng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 39963 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste utilization; resource recovery; industrial and agricultural waste produced

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)

Recent Advances in Sustainable Electrical Energy Technologies (2nd Edition)

edited by

Mohan Lal Kolhe

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 26990 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable electrification; renewable energy; electric mobility; energy storage; smart grid; sustainable energy technologies; electro-chemical energy conversion; electro-mechanical energy conversion processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Biomass Pretreatment for Thermochemical Conversion

edited by

Carmen Branca

and

Antonio Galgano

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9832 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass pretreatments; pyrolysis; gasification; combustion; bio-oil and biochar upgrading; emissions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)

Advances of Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics in Energy Engineering

edited by Yuting Zhuo and Tianyu Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8731 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational and experimental methods for multiphase flows; bubbly and droplet flows; particle-laden flows; turbulence in multiphase flows; DEM; multiphysics modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Modeling, Design, Optimization and Maintenance of Intelligent Manufacturing Towards Industry 5.0

edited by

Yang Li

,

Cunsong Wang

, Yan Shi and Li Jia

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8331 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent monitoring and maintenance; prognostic and health management; reliability assessment; online soft measurement; intelligent management and control; Industrial Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)

Control Process, Fault Detection and Classification in Power Systems and Industrial Machinery

edited by

José de Jesús Rangel-Magdaleno

and

Jose Hugo Barron-Zambrano

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7808 | Submission Open

Keywords: control; embedded systems; power systems; monitoring; signal processing; intelligent systems; image processing; fractional calculus; industrial applications; deep neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)

Modeling and Simulation of Robot Intelligent Control System

edited by

Raouf Fareh

and

Mohammad H. Rahman

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7005 | Submission Open

Keywords: robot control systems; intelligent robots; simulation; intelligent control systems; artificial intelligence; modeling of robotic systems; decision-making algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation Control Systems)

Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Systems: Integration Challenges, Forecasting, and Grid Optimization for Sustainable Energy Management

edited by

Ali S. Alghamdi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6128 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy integration; grid optimization; sustainable energy management; renewable energy forecasting; flexibility resources; smart grid technologies; energy storage systems; distributed energy resources; microgrids; AI in energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

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