Processes

Single Particle Dynamics in Granular Systems

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: single-particle dynamics; granular materials; discrete element modelling; energy dissipation; collision processes; continuum descriptions; particle transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Particle Processes)

Optimization and Analysis of Bioprocesses in Bioreactors

edited by

Esra İmamoğlu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioprocess optimization; bioreactor design; computational fluid dynamics (cfd); process intensification; scale-up; process monitoring and control; sustainable bioprocessing; biorefineries; circular bioeconomy; life-cycle assessment

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

Thermodynamic Properties, Heat Transfer and Drying Kinetics of Food Materials

edited by Clairmont Clementson and Amir Malvandi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamic properties; moisture diffusivity; sorption isotherms; drying methods; food process modeling; drying simulation; food material properties; heat and mass transfer; quality retention

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

Supercritical Fluids Technologies: Applications in Energy, Chemistry, and Environment

edited by

Fan Zhang

, Jie Zhang and Jianna Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: supercritical fluids; supercritical phase behavior; production of high-value fuels; chemistry and materials synthesis; green solvent replacement; harmless treatment of organic pollutants; solid waste resource utilization; power cycle

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

Extraction and Applications of High-Added-Value Ingredients in the Food Industry

edited by

Da-Wei Huang

,

Po-Hsien Li

and Yu-Wen Lin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: extraction technology; high-added-value; functional ingredients; bioactive compounds; food Industry; applications; sustainability; innovation

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

Environmental Occurrence and Transformation Mechanisms of Emerging Contaminants

edited by

Xiaoyun Liu

, Xiaomeng Ji and Chi Xu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: new pollutants; synthetic chemicals; environmental occurrence; target analysis; nontarget screening; transformation mechanisms; persistent free radicals

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

Application of Analytical Methods for Tracking Contaminants in Food, Environment, and Industrial Processes

edited by

Jessica Pizzo

and Oscar De Oliveira Santos-Junior

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: contaminant detection; food safety; environmental monitoring; mass spectrometry; analytical chemistry; chromatography; industrial process monitoring; real-time analysis; sensor technologies; environmental contaminants

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

Process Intensification, Multiscale Simulation, and Optimization in Membrane Reactor Engineering

edited by

Kamran Ghasemzadeh

,

Rashid Jamshidi

and

Giuseppe Bagnato

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane reactors; process intensification; multiscale modelling; membrane process simulation; optimization and control; sustainable reactive separation; cost-effective process integration

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

Turbulent Flows in Turbomachinery: Optimization and Design Innovations

edited by

Václav Uruba

, Vitalii Yanovych and

Richard Lenhard

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: turbulent flows; turbomachinery; CFD; optimization; flow control; energy efficiency; LES; RANS; machine learning; aerodynamic design

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

Advanced Reservoir Simulation and Modelling, Thermal and Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes (2nd Edition)

edited by

Syed Muhammad Shakil Hussain

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: reservoir engineering; computer models; fluid flow; porosity; permeability; fluid dynamics; thermal behavior; enhanced oil recovery; reservoir management; real-time data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Thermodynamic and Dynamic Behaviors in Molecular Liquids: Experimental, Theoretical, and Computational

edited by

Bakusele Kabane

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular liquids; thermodynamics; molecular interactions; phase behavior; computational chemistry; molecular dynamic simulation

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

Advanced Thin Films for Antioxidant Food Packaging and Preservation

edited by Meritaine Da Rocha

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural antioxidants; antioxidant coatings; antioxidant bio-based polymers; antioxidant properties of protein films or coatings; antioxidant properties of polysaccharides films or coatings

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

Synthesis and Utilization of Clean Ammonia as Fuel

edited by Rajavasanth Rajasegar and Javishk R. Shah

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: clean ammonia synthesis; ammonia decomposition; ammonia combustion; ammonia fuel; Haber– Bosch process; clean combustion; ammonia valorization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Environmental Occurrence, Transformation Mechanisms and Health Effects of Emerging Contaminants

edited by

Jiefeng Liang

, Yiling Li and Xuezhi Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; environmental analysis; environmental occurrence; transformation mechanisms; health effects; molecular mechanism

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

Joining and Integration of Ceramics with Dissimilar Materials for Advanced Components and Applications

edited by

Heloisa Ramlow

,

Gurdial Blugan

and

Stefan Niklaus Heinen

submission deadline 8 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: brazing; brittle phases; ceramic-metal joining; high-performance materials; hybrid joining techniques; interface design; joining of dissimilar materials; joining techniques; thermal expansion mismatch; thermal residual stress

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

2nd Edition of Artificial Intelligent Techniques in the Optimal Operation of Oil and Gas Production Systems

edited by

Guoqing Han

,

Xingyuan Liang

and Xiaojun Wu

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5470 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquid loading; artificial lift; multiphase flow; gas lift; plunger lift; artificial intelligence; oil production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Design, Inspection and Repair of Oil and Gas Pipelines

edited by Wei Liang

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4814 | Submission Open

Keywords: inherent safety design; load conditions and stress analysis; metal loss inspection techniques; crack; corrosion; or leak detection; intelligent monitoring and prognostics; pipeline and facility integrity; deepwater pipeline design; inspection; or repair; riser replacement or repairs; pipeline valve repairs or change-outs; deepwater maintenance and repair

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

New Advances in Low-Energy Processes for Geo-Energy Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Daoyi Zhu

, Yibo Li and

Qingyuan Chen

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 988 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-energy processes; intelligent well technologies; cold production; cold-enhanced geo-energy recovery; thermal-enhanced geo-energy recovery; enhanced gas injection; enhanced steam injection; reservoir simulation of geo-energy; shale oil; tight oil

Feature Review Papers in Section "Chemical Processes and Systems"

edited by

Blaž Likozar

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen; CO2; chemicals; fuels; energy; ammonia; methanol; H2O2; industry

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

Recent Advances in the Applications of Zeolites and Porous Materials in Adsorption Processes

edited by Miguel Angel Hernandez and

Vitalii Petranovskii

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: zeolites; porous materials; adsorption; applications; nanoporous

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

Advances in Emulsification and Separation Technologies for Petroleum Industry

edited by

Lin He

and Dejun Sun

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: emulsion; oil– water separation; demulsification; unconventional oil; oily hazardous waste; waste water; economic evaluation; environmental assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advances in Biochar and Biobased Carbonaceous Materials

edited by

Esin Apaydın Varol

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; biobased carbonaceous materials; biomass valorization; climate change mitigation; life cycle assessment; liquid or gas purification; soil improvement; surface modification

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

Current Trends in Pollutant Catalytic Conversion Process and Power Generation

edited by

Jayanthi Narayanan

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutant degradation; power production; degration mechanism; renewable energy; photocatalytic materials; solar storable fuel cells; photoelectrocatalytic systems; heterogeneous catalyst

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

Motor Drive Systems: Integrated Design, Control Technology, and Operation Optimization

edited by Da Xu, Qiang Li and Yong Kong

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: motor drive; control strategies; fault diagnosis; fault tolerance; integrated design

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

CCUS for Carbon Neutrality: Innovations and Applications

edited by

, Bingbing Chen,

,

and

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon capture; CO2 utilization; geological storage; carbon management; carbon policy and economics; DAC technologies; carbon recycling; emission mitigation

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

Key Technologies for Large-Scale Renewable-Powered Hydrogen Production via Water Electrolysis

edited by Chunjun Huang,

Yi Zong

, Shi You and Yi Zheng

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: green hydrogen; water electrolysis; process modeling; control and simulation; system integration and optimization; renewable energy system; electrolyzer system operation and planning; electrolyzer degradation and safety; techno-economic and lifecycle analysis; digital twins and data-driven techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Synthesis and Extraction Processes of Biotechnological Drugs of Plant Origin

edited by

Marijana Zovko Končić

and

Sylwia Zielińska

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 26341 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosynthesis; biosynthetic pathways; extraction procedures; medicinal plant; plant biotechnology; plant cell cultures; plant metabolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)

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 15 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10029 | 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)

Thermal Engineering: Energy Conversion, Numerical Simulation, and Advanced Control

edited by

Moisés Montiel-González

,

Jesus Cerezo

and Miguel Ángel Basurto-Pensado

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7063 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics (CFD); energy efficiency; AI tools; thermal systems; sustainability; materials; mathematical model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Processes in Industry 4.0/5.0: Automation, Robotics and Smart Manufacturing

edited by

Sergey Y. Yurish

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6266 | Submission Open

Keywords: automation control; robotics; smart manufacturing; smart factories; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0

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

Production, Processing and Quality Assessment of Livestock Meat Products

edited by

Ignacio Arturo Domínguez Vara

,

Gabriela Maria Grigioni

and

J. Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5380 | Submission Open

Keywords: growth performance; carcass traits; meat quality; processing technologies; nutrient metabolism; welfare; additives; greenhouse gases mitigation

(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 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2339 | 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)

Artificial Intelligence in Process Innovation and Optimization

edited by

Leonardo Rosa Ribeiro da Silva

and Luiz Eduardo dos Santos Paes

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1683 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; process optimization; machine learning; automation; decision-making systems; predictive analytics; digital twins; industrial processes; sustainability

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

Molecular Simulation in Mineral Flotation Processes

edited by Wanzhong Yin and Yuan Tang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1424 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular simulation; flotation; mineral surfaces; adsorption; surface wettability; hydrophobicity; flotation reagents

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

Advances in Enhancing Unconventional Oil/Gas Recovery, 3rd Edition

edited by

Tao Zhang

,

Zheng Sun

, Dong Feng and Wen Zhao

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1297 | Submission Open

Keywords: unconventional reservoir; EOR/EGR; fluid transport; simulation; experiment; CCUS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Peptides: Advances and Innovations from Discovery to Application

edited by

Jue-Liang Hsu

and

Christoper Caesar Yudho Sutopo

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 810 | Submission Open

Keywords: peptides; peptide drugs; functional foods; peptidase substrates; active peptide screening; peptide self-assembly; peptide synthesis and modification; peptide separation and identification; in silico peptide modeling; peptide engineering

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

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Simulation for Enhanced Geothermal Systems

edited by

Guofeng Song

, Chuanyin Jiang,

Jiayan Ji

and

Zixiao Xie

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open

Keywords: hot dry rock (HDR); enhanced geothermal systems (EGS); hydraulic fracturing; reservoir simulation; fracture networks; injection-induced seismicity; multi-physics coupling; chemical reactions; heat extraction; production optimization and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advances in Green Process Systems Engineering

edited by

Fei Zhao

and

Michael Short

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: green chemical engineering; renewable energy; smart manufacturing; process simulation and optimization; process intensification; multi-scale simulation; carbon capture and utilization; safety and environmental protection

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

Advances in Synthetic Biological Approaches to Microbial Engineering

edited by

Prihardi Kahar

and Gregory Guirimand

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic biology; metabolic engineering; genetic circuit design; genome editing; pathway optimization; microbial chassis; bioproduction; adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE); omics integration; biofoundries

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

Advances in Bioenergy and Sustainable Biomaterial Production Processes

edited by

Shu-Yii Wu

and Guang-Way Jang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass-based hydrogen; biofuels; waste to energy; bioeconomy; nanotech catalysts; genetically engineered; sustainable biomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Phytochemicals: Extraction, Optimization, Identification, Biological Activities, and Applications in the Food, Nutraceutical, and Pharmaceutical Industries (3rd Edition)

edited by

Ibrahim Abu-Reidah

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemical identification; biological activity; fingerprint; secondary metabolites; liquid and gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; analytical methods; phenolic compounds; bioactives; functional ingredients

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)

Hydraulic Fracturing Experiment, Simulation, and Optimization

edited by

Bo Wang

,

Jie Wang

and Shiqian Xu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracturing optimization; geology– engineering integration; optimization of construction parameters; fracturing design; reservoir reconstruction; production optimization; integrated geological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Analysis and Integration of Micropolar Fluid Systems

edited by Kyriaki-Evangelia Aslani and

Efstratios Tzirtzilakis

submission deadline 16 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1466 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropolar fluid; microrotation; microstructure; non-Newtonian fluid; couple stress; complex fluid; colloidal fluid; ferrofluid; blood; nanofluid

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advancements in Optimization and Control Algorithms for Intelligent Electric Power Systems

edited by

Omar Avalos Alvarez

, Jorge Gálvez, Primitivo Diaz and

Rolando Menchaca-Méndez

submission deadline 17 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1449 | Submission Open

Keywords: power systems; smart grid; renewable energy; dynamic control; fault tolerance; energy optimization; algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Chemical and Microbiological Analyses of Wastes, Effluents and Materials

edited by

Roberta Guzzinati

and Luigi Sciubba

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5111 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectrophotometry; mass spectrometry; chromatography; electrophoresis; green chemistry; contaminant of emerging concern; antimicrobial resistance (AMR); bioassay

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

Numerical Simulation and Heat Transfer in Material Processing and Casting Engineering

edited by Constantin Alberto Hernández Bocanegra,

José Ángel Ramos-Banderas

and Gildardo Solorio Diaz

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4680 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical simulation; heat transfer; continuous casting; steelmaking; furnaces; CFD

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

Advances in Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for Wastewater Treatment and Energy Storage

edited by

Eustace Y. Fernando

and

Godfrey Kyazze

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3490 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial fuel cells; bioelectrochemical cells; energy storage; batteries; capacitors; super capacitors; biosensing devices; bio-monitoring devices and environmental sensing devices

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

Advances in Power Converters in Energy and Microgrid Systems

edited by

Flávio Alessandro Serrão Gonçalves

and

Moacyr Aureliano Gomes de Brito

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1998 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics for DC and AC microgrids; power electronics for renewable energy integration; power electronics for electric drives; power electronics for e-mobility integration; control systems for power electronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Innovative Meshless Methods for Multiphase Flows and Fluid–Structure Interaction Problems

edited by Xiangwei Dong, Man Hu and Long Feng

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1389 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical simulation; fluid mechanics; smoothed particle hydrodynamics; multiphase flow; non-Newtonian; fluid– structure interaction; mesh-free method; non-isothermal flow; visco-elastic fluid; heat transfer process

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

Production, Purification and Applications of Carbon Nanomaterials

edited by Viviany Geraldo, Edelma Eleto da Silva, Evandro Augusto de Morais and Fabrício Vieira de Andrade

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 812 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; carbon nanotubes; production of nanomaterials; application in composites; in situ methodology; dispersion of nanomaterials; purification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

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