Processes

Energy Conversion Processes with Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels in Internal Combustion Engines

edited by

Habib Gürbüz

,

Hüsameddin AKÇAY

and

Selim Demirtürk

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

Keywords: hydrogen engine; alternative ICE fuels; environmental issues of ICEs; alternative combustion strategies in ICEs; dual fuel combustion; combustion control in ICEs; hydrogen-assisted jet ignition; energy and exergy analysis in ICEs; CFD simulation in ICEs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Process Engineering and Theoretical Advances in Emission Reduction and Carbon Storage in Coal Mining

edited by Zhongbei Li, Xianfeng Liu and

Tao Yang

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

Keywords: emission mitigation; carbon storage; coal mining; CO2 mineralization; coal-gas interactions; process engineering optimization; life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Intelligent Operation, Maintenance, and Scheduling of Industrial Manufacturing Processes

edited by

Bin Hu

,

Jiacun Wang

and Xiwang Guo

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

Keywords: intelligent manufacturing; human– robot collaboration; disassembly line optimization; artificial intelligence and machine learning; smart sensing and control; real-time scheduling and operation; sustainable manufacturing; digital twin and system simulation; energy-efficient production; heuristic and evolutionary optimization

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

Design, Inspection and Repair of Oil and Gas Pipeline

edited by Hong Zhang, Dong Zhang and

Xiaoben Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: oil and gas pipeline; design; inspection; repair; safety evaluation; NDT; integrity management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advances and Applications of Fluidized Bed Technology

edited by

Yangfan Song

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluidized beds; multiphase flow; process intensification; reactor engineering; scale-up; biomass conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Sustainable Waste Valorization and Green Materials: Innovations in Water Treatment and Environmental Remediation Nexus

edited by Qunshan Wei and Charles Nzila

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorbents; biobased materials; bioenergy; circular economy; environmental remediation; green materials and water treatment innovations; integrated low-cost water purification; resource recovery; sustainable waste valorization; waste– water nexus

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

Development of Microwave Food Processing Technology

edited by

Nantawan Therdthai

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave processing; microwave-assisted drying; microwave-assisted baking; microwave-assisted extraction; microwave-assisted pasteurization; microwave-assisted sterilization; microwave-assisted thawing; novel processing technology; process development; process efficiency

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

Advanced Hydrogen Energy Systems and Hybrid Energy Storage

edited by

Alpaslan Atmanli

and

Nadir Yilmaz

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable hydrogen; hydrogen production; application and strategy; storage; infrastructure; distribution; hybrid systems; environmental impact; drop-in fuel

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advanced Bioprocesses for the Valorization of Agroindustrial Waste into Probiotic Foods and Bioactive Compounds

edited by

Juliana Aparecida Correia Bento

, Maressa Caldeira Morzelle and Tatianne Ferreira de Oliveira

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroindustrial waste; valorization; fermentation; probiotics; prebiotics; bioactive compounds; bioprocesses; process optimization; functional foods

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

Conversion of Solid Waste into Green Materials: Innovations in Synthesis Processes and Valorization Options

edited by

Salah Jellali

and

Mejdi Jeguirim

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthesis processes; biochar; hydrochar; ash; detailed characterization; pollutant adsorption and oxidation; nutrient recovery; bioremediation; reuse in agriculture; reuse for energy recovery

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

Biomass Gasification: Thermal Behaviour and Kinetic Modelling

edited by

An-Chi Huang

and

Juan Zhai

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: gasification; biomass; kinetics; modeling; thermal behavior; syngas; simulation

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

Progress in Biosorption, Membrane Separation, and Advanced Oxidation Processes for Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Dragana Lukić

,

Vesna M. Vasić

and Sanja Panić

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater; adsorption; biosorption; membrane technologies; advanced oxidation processes; catalysis; inorganic pollutants; organic pollutants; micropollutants

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

Recent Progress in Thin Film Processes and Engineering

edited by

Juraij Kandiyil

,

Akmal Nazir

and

Chingakham Chinglenthoiba

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrospinning; electrospun nanofibrous membranes; polymer membranes; composites; blends; water filtration; oil/water separation; dye adsorption; micro/nanoplastics separation

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

Advanced Technologies for Bioenergy Recovery from Organic Waste and Wastewater

edited by

Şakir Yılmaz

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioenergy recovery; organic waste valorization; wastewater treatment; anaerobic digestion; photocatalysis; renewable energy; process optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)

Phenolic Compounds in Food Science, Technology, and Circular Bioeconomy

edited by Ignacio Cabezudo and Ana Elizabeth Cavalcante Fai

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenolic compounds; bioactivity; sustainability; green extraction; food application; active packaging; food chemometrics

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

Multiphase Flow Separation: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Emerging Applications

edited by Yubin Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase separation; separation technology; sustainable processes; flow separation; process intensification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)

Processing and Analysis of Dairy Products

edited by

Dajana Vukić

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: dairy processing; analytical methods; fermentation; quality control; rheology; probiotic and functional dairy products; non-thermal technologies; compositional analysis; predictive modelling; sustainability; dairy innovation

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

Innovative Applications of Machine Learning in Advanced Materials Property Modeling

edited by

Hyundo Park

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; property prediction; data-driven modeling; materials discovery; high-throughput screening; model interpretability

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

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Wind Energy Resource Modelling and Forecasting

edited by

David Carvalho

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind energy; machine learning; artificial intelligence; NWP models

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

Advanced Control, Removal, and Resource Recovery Processes in Wastewater Systems

edited by

Mohammed J.K. Bashir

and Salem S. Abu Amr

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6751 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; membrane separation; bioenergy production; water– energy nexus; resource recovery; wastewater treatment

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

Polymer Nanocomposites for Smart Applications

edited by Sakrit Hait

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5795 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer nanocomposites; polymer nano biocomposites; renewable micro-nanoparticles; carbon materials; structure– property relationship; physicomechanical characterization; smart applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Carbon Capture, Transportation, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Process Optimization (CCUSPO)

edited by

Dongya Zhao

and

Shijian Lu

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2109 | Submission Open

Keywords: CCUS process modelling; CCUS optimization; CCUS parameter sensitivity analysis; CCUS energy consumption and carbon emission assessment; CCUS economic evaluation; CCUS process dynamic modelling; CCUS process dynamic optimization

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

Advanced Carbon Nanomaterials from Biomass for Energy Storage and Environmental Applications

edited by

Reinier Abreu Naranjo

, Alain Ricardo Picos Benítez and Oscar Manuel Rodríguez Narváez

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass-derived carbon nanomaterials; energy storage applications; environmental remediation; thermochemical conversion; biochar and activated carbon; sustainability and circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Green and Sustainable Food Technologies: Innovations in Processing and Preservation

edited by

Newton Carlos Santos

, Thaisa Abrantes Souza Gusmão and Rennan Pereira de Gusmão

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food processing; green technologies; eco-friendly preservation; process intensification; energy-efficient operations; food quality and safety; valorization of food by-products; novel preservation techniques; resource-efficient technologies; agro-food sustainability

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

Biological and Biotechnological Applications of Natural Products: Development, Chemical Analysis, Structure Determination, Bioactivity

edited by

Ana Yanina Bustos

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; bioactivity; structural elucidation; biotechnological applications; biosynthesis

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

Advances in Electrodes, Electrolytes and Electrochemistry for Next-Generation Energy Technologies

edited by Asad Ali and

Tariq Bashir

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrodes; electrolytes; electrochemistry; energy storage; energy conversion; batteries; supercapacitors; fuel cells; solid-state electrolytes; interface engineering; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advanced Strategies in Enhanced Oil Recovery: Theory and Technology

edited by

Hong He

, Mingchen Ding and

Long Yu

submission deadline 11 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8556 | 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)

Metal Oxides and Their Composites for Photocatalytic Degradation

edited by Jaideep Malik, Surjeet Chahal and Parmod Kumar

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5632 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal oxides; semiconductor photocatalsysis; composite materials; photocatalyst; wastewater treatment; dye degradation; hetrojunction; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); environmental remediation; nanomaterials; solar catalysis

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

Process System Engineering of Gas Hydrate: Multiple Processes, Scales, Physics Fields and Senarios

edited by

Lanchang Xing

,

Guozhong Wu

and Jinxiu Yang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2723 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas hydrate; dynamic processes of hydrates (accumulation; formation; decomposition; monitoring); multiphase scales (molecular; core; well; formation); multiple senarios (simulation; experiment; field trial and testing); multiphase flows in porous media and pipelines; multiple physics fields (thermal; hydraulic; mechanical; chemical); fluid migration; seabed methane seepage; global warming

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

Petroleum Characterization and Bioprocesses: Numerical and Experimental Investigation (2nd Edition)

edited by

Dicho Stratiev

,

Ivelina Kostova Shishkova

and

Aijun Guo

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2090 | Submission Open

Keywords: petroleum; crude oil; fuel; nonlinear least square regression methods; meta-heuristic methods; energy; biofuel; bioprocesses

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

Towards Advanced and Sustainable Bio-Based Materials for Green Technologies

edited by

Dongkun Yu

and

Qiaoling Liu

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-based materials; green technologies; sustainable polymers; chitosan and cellulose; green solvents; functional coatings; nanocomposites; circular economy; sustainable process design

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

Microstructural Evolution, Corrosion, and Performance of Metallic Materials

edited by Gláucio Soares Da Fonseca and Elivelton Alves Ferreira

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: microstructural evolution; phase transformations; corrosion behaviour; metallic materials performance; stainless steels; residual stress and inspection; magnetic Barkhausen noise (MBN); non-destructive testing/inspection

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

Process Innovation and Intensification in Photobioreactors for Enhanced Biomass and Bioenergy Production

edited by

Alessandro Cosenza

,

Giuseppe Caputo

and

Francesca Scargiali

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: photobioreactor design and optimization; microalgae and cyanobacteria cultivation; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); light distribution and photon management; bioprocess engineering; techno-economic feasibility; biofuel conversion; scale-up strategies; CO2 fixation and utilization; upstream and downstream processing

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

AI-Driven Innovations for Enhancing Power System Stability and Operational Efficiency

edited by

Thair Mahmoud

submission deadline 18 Jun 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 7986 | Submission Open

Keywords: inverter-based resources (IBRs); dispatch optimization; battery energy storage systems (BESSs); power systems stability; distributed energy resources (DERs); transmission and distribution planning; artificial intelligence (AI); electricity markets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advances in Rheology, Biodegradability and Mechanical Properties of Polymers

edited by

Mónica Elvira Mendoza-Duarte

and Bruno Felipe Urbano Cantillana

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15218 | Submission Open

Keywords: rheology; dynamic mechanical analysis; biodegradable polymers; biodegradability; viscosity; soft matter; hydrogels; nanocomposites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Recent Advances in Wastewater Treatment Technology to Achieve Low Carbonization

edited by

José de Anda

and

Harvey Shear

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4999 | Submission Open

Keywords: low carbon; wastewater; energy recovery; energy efficiency; circular economy

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

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

edited by Mohamed I. Abdel-Fattah

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3248 | 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)

Advances in Synthesis and Characterization of Zeolite Catalysts for Sustainable Applications

edited by Bruno O. Dalla Costa, Griselda Alejandra Eimer and María Soledad Legnoverde

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 907 | Submission Open

Keywords: zeolite catalysts; acidic/textural properties modification; characterization; hierarchical zeolites; mesoporous materials; biomass conversion; sustainable catalysis

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

Numerical Simulation of Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation

edited by Xu Sun,

Xiaoben Liu

and Zitao Jiang

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5378 | 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)

Novel Techniques in Natural Product Extraction to Improve Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity in Foods

edited by

Luz Hermila Villalobos Delgado

,

Rogelio Valadez Blanco

,

Paula Cecilia Guadarrama Mendoza

and

Guadalupe Virginia Nevárez-Moorillón

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2757 | Submission Open

Keywords: green technologies; extraction; antioxidant activity; antimicrobial activity; functional components; bioactive compounds

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

Preparation, Synthesis and Chemical Properties of Functional Materials

edited by Apoorva Chaturvedi

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional materials; synthetic routes; structure– property relationships; multi-functional materials; stimuli-responsive systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Advances of Intelligent Manufacturing Process and Equipment

edited by Gang Yuan

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language models; embodied intelligent equipment; human– robot collaboration; industrial metaverse and digital twin; humanoid robotics in manufacturing; generative process planning; cognitive autonomous systems; Industry 5.0

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

Integrated Biorefineries for Sustainable Production of Biofuel and Bioproducts

edited by

Deepak Kumar

, Ankita Juneja,

Anuj Kumar Chandel

and

Obste Therasme

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9020 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated biorefinery; fermentation; lignin conversion; high-value bioproducts; biofuel; techno-economic analysis; life cycle assessment

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

Electrode Materials Design for High-Performance Energy Conversion and Storage Devices

edited by Shamim Ahmed Hira and

Antony R. Thiruppathi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7093 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen production; oxygen evolution reaction; green energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Bioenergy, Green Chemistry and Biorefinery: Challenges and Perspectives on Circular Economy and Sustainability

edited by

Maria Rios

and

Glauber Cruz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3491 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; biofuels; and biomaterials; circular economy; biorefinery; and biowaste treatment technologies; thermal engineering and applied thermodynamics; environmental pollution and pollutant emissions; renewable technologies; numerical simulation; energy utilization; carbon capture; utilization; and storage; urban waste management

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

Modelling and Optimizing Process in Industry 4.0

edited by

Emilian Florin Moşneguţu

, Dragoş Alexandru Andrioaia,

Ana Maria Rosu

,

Vlad-Andrei Ciubotariu

and

Mirela Panainte-Lehăduș

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2873 | Submission Open

Keywords: process study; process optimization; equipment study; advanced technologies; process automation; process efficiency

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

Corrosion Processes of Metals: Mechanisms and Protection Methods

edited by

Jesús Manuel Jáquez-Muñoz

and

Enrique Vera-López

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2824 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical corrosion; localized corrosion; crevice corrosion; galvanic corrosion; modeling and simulation; corrosion coatings; high-temperature corrosion; biomaterials corrosion; corrosion of light alloys; corrosion in concrete

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Analysis and Processes of Bioactive Components in Natural Products

edited by

Tanja Brezo-Borjan

and Sanja Radman

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2503 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive components; natural products; extraction; isolation; characterization methods; biological activity

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

Design, Fabrication, Modeling, and Control in Biomedical Systems

edited by Fulufhelo Nemavhola, Thanyani Pandelani and

Harry Ngwangwa

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1799 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical systems; medical device design; additive manufacturing in healthcare; computational modeling in biomedicine; control systems in biomedical applications; AI-driven biomedical engineering; finite-element analysis in healthcare; biocompatible materials; wearable and implantable devices; robotics in healthcare; digital twins in medicine; smart materials for medical applications; nanotechnology in biomedicine; cyber-physical systems in healthcare; internet of medical things (IoMT); human– machine interaction in medicine

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

Enzymes, Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering for Enabling Sustainability

edited by Cintia Mariana Romero

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1795 | Submission Open

Keywords: enzyme; biocatalysis; metabolic engineering; sustainability; environmental bioremediation; agro-industry; food production; catalysis; biosynthesis; microbial fermentation; genetically engineered microorganisms

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

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