Processes

Advances in Mixing Technology for Industry Processing: Design, Optimization, and Performance Analysis

edited by

and Jianbin Luo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3500 | Submission Open

Keywords: mixing technology; process optimization; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Response Surface Methodology (RSM); Design of Experiments (DoE); mixing models and simulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control, Modeling and Optimization)

Simulation of Particle Flow and Discrete Element

edited by

Jakub Hlosta

and

Weronika Kruszelnicka

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2305 | Submission Open

Keywords: discrete element method (DEM); particle flow simulation; multiphysics coupling; computational modelling; granular materials; optimization design; machine learning in simulation; mechanical and functional engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Particle Processes)

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

edited by Da Xu, Qiang Li and Yong Kong

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 982 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control, Modeling and Optimization)

Towards Energy-Efficient Chemical and Biochemical Process Technologies

edited by Yeimmy Peralta-Ruiz and

Amaury Pérez-Martínez

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochemical; heat integration; hybrid energy; heat exchange; process intensification; power generation; renewable energy; solvent system

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

Efficient Catalysts for Cleaner Energy and Emission Control

edited by Shaohua Xie and Wei Tan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conversion; environmental catalysis; greenhouse gas management; air pollution abatement; wastewater remediation; emerging contaminants; catalyst design; catalyst synthesis; catalyst characterization

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

Advances in Kinetics and Transport Phenomena in Industrial Reactors

edited by Juan Rafael Garcia and Carlos Vera

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical and catalytic reaction engineering; multiphase catalytic reactors; non-catalytic fluid– solid reactions; fluid– fluid reactors and contactors; separation processes

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

Properties of Fuels—Measurement and Prediction

edited by

M. R. Riazi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuels; properties; prediction; measurement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Petroleum and Low-Carbon Energy Process Engineering)

Extraction, Separation, and Purification of Bioactive Compounds

edited by Martina Jakovljević Kovač and

Stela Jokić

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11418 | Submission Open

Keywords: extraction; purification; bioactive components; solvents; chromatography; optimization; innovative techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)

Bioactive Compound Function Characterization in Biochemical Engineering

edited by

Noroska Gabriela Salazar-Mogollón

and

Karel Dieguez Santana

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5549 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; functional characterization; biochemical engineering; omics technologies; in silico analysis; natural product-based therapeutics; computational modeling

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

Genetic Engineering: Processes, Methods, Challenges and Solutions

edited by Yuxiang Liu and Yangfan Wang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2147 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic engineering; DNA modification; gene cloning; transformation techniques; biotechnology; genetic editing

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

Solar Energy and Heat Transfer Monitoring and Simulation

edited by

Atul Sagade

,

Abhishek Saxena

and Rekha Pachaiappan

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; solar photovoltaic; agrivoltaics; solar thermal technologies; solar dryers; solar air heaters; solar cookers; decentralized energy solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Analysis, Detection and Prevention Process of Organic Pollutants

edited by

Ruth Rodríguez-Ramos

,

Bárbara Socas-Rodríguez

and

Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging organic pollutants; environmental persistence; bioaccumulation; dietary risk assessment; environmental risk assessment; public health; environmental contamination; advanced chromatography; high-resolution mass spectrometry; residue monitoring

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

Process Modeling and Risk Assessment of Ammonia and Hydrogen Storage and Transport Systems

edited by Pengbo Yin, Chongzheng Sun and Ying Zhen

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: ammonia storage and transportation; hydrogen storage and transportation; process modeling; risk assessment; cryogenic storage; CFD simulation; hydrogen embrittlement; quantitative risk assessment (QRA); process safety; ammonia decomposition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control, Modeling and Optimization)

Modeling and Regulation of Nanoscale Heat Transfer

edited by

Minggang Luo

, Guoliang Chen and Xiaohu Wu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: near-field thermal radiation; phonon transport; thermoplasmonics; thermal metamaterials; nanoscale thermal management; near-field thermophotovoltaics

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

Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling and Simulation in Material Processing and Metallurgy

edited by

Wentao Lou

and

Hongliang Zhao

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1809 | Submission Open

Keywords: CFD; simulation; multiphase flow; steelmaking; continuous casting; design

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

Advances in Biochar and Biobased Carbonaceous Materials

edited by

Esin Apaydın Varol

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1219 | 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)

AI-Driven Sustainable Energy Systems: Smart Grids, Homeostatic Control, and Distributed Resource Optimization

edited by

Franco F. Yanine

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 873 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart grids; homeostatic control; distributed energy resources (DERs); cyber-physical systems; virtual power plants (VPPs); machine learning; energy optimization; grid resilience; sustainable energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Adsorption Processes: Its Kinetics, Characterization and Advanced Modelling

edited by

Branko Kordić

and

Marko Šolić

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 530 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; adsorption kinetics; intraparticle diffusion; mass transfer; molecular simulation; Monte Carlo; GCMC; molecular dynamics; machine learning; process optimization

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

Emerging Technologies and Intelligent Solutions for Subsurface Energy Systems: Applications in Oil & Gas, Geothermal, CCUS, and Hydrogen

edited by Daniel Asante Otchere and Bennet Nii Tackie-Otoo

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: subsurface energy systems; emerging technologies; artificial intelligence; reservoir engineering; geothermal energy; CO2 capture and storage; hydrogen technologies; advanced sensing and monitoring; novel materials for energy applications; sustainable energy solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Petroleum and Low-Carbon Energy Process Engineering)

Process Design and Applications of Advanced Catalysts for Green Chemical Transformations

edited by Hongwei Sun, Fan Teng and

Weiheng Huang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open

Keywords: catalysis; process design; sustainable materials; sustainable chemical processes; photocatalysis; reaction engineering; catalytic process intensification; biomass conversion; polymer upcycling

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

CCUS Process Modeling, Techno-Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment

edited by Ye Tian, Jing Zhao and

Jing Fu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon capture; utilization; and storage; process modeling; techno-economic analysis; life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Petroleum and Low-Carbon Energy Process Engineering)

AI-Driven Process Systems Engineering for Sustainable Water, Energy and Industrial Symbiosis Networks

edited by

Fabricio Napoles-Rivera

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: PSE; AI-driven tools; optimization; water networks; energy systems; industrial symbiosis networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI-Enabled Process Engineering)

Optimal Design of Renewable Energy Systems in Smart Power Grid

edited by

Zucheng Wu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimal design; renewable energy systems; smart power grid; energy processes; energy forecasting; artificial intelligent networks; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Drug Carriers Production Processes for Innovative Human Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Paolo Trucillo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12962 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; nanocapsules; nanospheres; liposomes; foams; carbon nanotubes; dendrimers; cubosomes; niosomes; hydrogels; conventional processes; drug delivery systems; modeling of drug delivery; high-pressure systems; supercritical processes; economic analysis; environmental impact of processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)

Advanced Reservoir Simulation and Modelling in Oil and Gas-Related Processes

edited by

Wei Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12324 | Submission Open

Keywords: oil and gas; simulation; multiphysics coupling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advanced Wastewater Treatment Processes and Technologies

edited by

Dragana D. Vasić Anićijević

,

Miloš D. Milović

and

Marija Ječmenica Dučić

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12188 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; green methods; pollutant removal; material design; nanomaterials; adsorption; advanced oxidation processes; catalysis

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

Advances in Oil and Gas Reservoir Modeling and Simulation

edited by Fathi Boukadi, Talal Gamadi and

Abdulrazag Zekri

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11689 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 sequestration; plume propagation; CO2 EOR; integration challenges; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

The Recycling Process of Agro-Industrial Waste

edited by

Wilgince Apollon

and

Alejandro Isabel Luna Maldonado

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8597 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioconversion; waste management; sustainability; recycling; agro-industrial waste; bioenergy; biorefinery; value-added products; organic fertilizers; nutrient recovery

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

Process Safety and Monitoring of Intelligent and Green Mining Technology (2nd Edition)

edited by Yang Li, Guanglei Zhou and Feiyue Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5515 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining technology; mine safety technology; rock mass stability; ground pressure disaster; mine monitoring and early warning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advanced Technologies for the Exploration of Conventional and Unconventional Oil and Gas

edited by

Qiang Yu

, Hexin Huang, Kai Qi,

Jie Hu

and

Yuqi Wu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4582 | Submission Open

Keywords: oil and gas exploration; conventional reservoirs; unconventional reservoirs (shale/coalbed methane/tight oil); reservoir formation; geophysical technologies; well logging; intelligent drilling; machine learning; artificial intelligence; oil and gas big data; digital twins; smart agents; pipeline transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Sustainable Pathways in Chemical Process Engineering: Innovations, Optimization and Circular Strategies

edited by Andres F. Suárez and Laura Rosa Conde-Rivera

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3835 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable process engineering; biofuels and bioproducts; green chemistry and catalysis; circular economy and waste valorization; carbon capture and utilization (CCU); life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA); process modeling and optimization

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

Conversion and Valorization of Biomass

edited by David Ulises Santos Ballardo, Miguel Betancourt-Lozano and Raquel Barrena

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3803 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; bioenergy; biofuels; bioproducts; biochemicals; biorefinery; conversion process; life cycle analysis; green chemistry; waste valorisation

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

Multi-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer Processes in Thermal Engineering and Technology

edited by

Ziad Saghir

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3228 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal engineering; heat transfer; multi-phase flow; energy conversion; environmental engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Oil and Gas Well Engineering: Experimental and Numerical Investigation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhengming Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2155 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flow modeling; drilling technology; high-temperature high-pressure (HTHP) wells; well integrity and risk management; computational fluid dynamics (CFDs); optimization of oil and gas production; real-time monitoring and control; enhanced well performance; reservoir engineering simulations; wellbore stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Innovative Strategies for Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into Modern Grids

edited by Yun Ii Go and

Wolf-Gerrit Früh

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1824 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources (RESs); modern grids; smart grid technologies; energy storage solutions; grid management techniques; carbon footprint reduction; energy transition; resilient energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Environmental Pollution Control and Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies

edited by Da Cui

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1677 | Submission Open

Keywords: porous media; condensation heat and mass transfer; energy storage; renewable energy conversion; CFD; LBM; artificial intelligence in energy and environment; sustainable process engineering

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

Advanced Technologies for Energy Storage

edited by

Pompodakis Evangelos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1462 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage; advanced batteries; power systems; ancillary services; smart grids; electric vehicles; power system resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

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

edited by

Fan Zhang

, Jie Zhang and Jianna Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1304 | 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, Analysis and Process Optimization of Bioactive Compounds from Food Sources

edited by Felipe de Moura Souza

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1215 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds extraction; process optimization in food engineering; ultrasound-assisted extraction; antioxidant and nutraceutical analysis; sustainable food processing; agro-industrial byproducts valorization; HPLC and spectroscopic techniques; circular economy in food science

Toward Net-Zero Industry: Sustainable Processes, Renewable Energy Solutions, and Innovative Thermal Management

edited by

Maria Dolores Duran Garcia

,

Eduardo González-Mora

and

Artur O. Zaporozhets

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 1184 | Submission Open

Keywords: decarbonization of process heat; multigeneration systems; waste heat utilization; electrification of industrial processes; waste recovery; automation; optimization and intelligent process control; application of RES in process heat

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

The Application and Prospect of Multiphase Flow Technology in Oil and Gas Exploitation

edited by

Abderraouf Arabi

,

Nabil Kharoua

and

Abdelkader Filali

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 1172 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flow; flow assurance; multiphase flow metering; multiphase flow pumping; experimental investigation; CFD

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advanced Thin Films for Antioxidant Food Packaging and Preservation

edited by Meritaine Da Rocha

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1030 | 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)

Current Trends in Pollutant Catalytic Conversion Process and Power Generation

edited by

Jayanthi Narayanan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1023 | 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)

Advances in Emulsification and Separation Technologies for Petroleum Industry

edited by

Lin He

and Dejun Sun

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 815 | 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)

Advancements in Oil Reservoir Simulation and Multiphase Flow

edited by

Hongtao Li

and Yanbing Tang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 797 | Submission Open

Keywords: reservoir simulation; multiphase flow; enhanced oil recovery; drilling engineering; production engineering; porous media; numerical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Petroleum and Low-Carbon Energy Process Engineering)

Advanced Manufacturing Processes for Emerging Energy Storage Technologies

edited by

Hicham Es-Soufi

and

Hssain Bih

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 705 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced manufacturing; energy storage technologies; lithium-ion batteries; solid-state batteries; additive manufacturing; process optimization; sustainable processing; electrochemical devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Design and Optimization of Heat Engines and Thermal Power Plants

edited by Yi Zhang and Zhenlong Wu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 699 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat engines; thermal power plants; thermodynamic optimization; flexible operation; low-carbon energy systems; multi-objective optimization; digital twin; energy system integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Applications of Chromatographic Separation Techniques in Food and Chemistry—Third Edition

edited by

Alina Pyka

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | Submission Open

Keywords: chromatographic techniques (GC; HPLC; TLC; TLC-densitometry); food components; food quality; chemical analysis; analysis of bioactive compounds; pharmaceutical analysis; separation techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)

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 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 588 | 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)

AI-Enabled Fluid Dynamics: The Future Revolution of Intelligent Fluid Technology

edited by Ruichuan Li,

Lintao Wang

and Jikang Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 495 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic technology; adaptive control; computational fluid dynamics; fluid dynamics; hydraulic system simulation; fault diagnosis; sealing and lubrication; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI-Enabled Process Engineering)

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