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Advanced Design, Analysis and Optimization Techniques of Fluid Machinery Systems for Renewable Energy Storage
edited by , Djordje Cantrak, and Xingcheng Gan
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7744 | Submission Open
Keywords: fluid machinery; renewable energy; CFD simulation; experimental measurement; energy storage system; design and optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Recent Developments in Low-Carbon and Efficient Extraction Technologies of Deep Unconventional Reservoirs
edited by Haichao Wang, Zhenzhi Wang, and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5130 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep energy; coalbed methane; shale oil; CO2 displacement technology; geological carbon dioxide storage technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Advances in Process Detection and Control Technologies for Optimizing Food Processing submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4604 | Submission Open
Keywords: food processing; food detection; food safety; food quality; food Industry 4.0; thermal process; non-thermal process; fermentation; drying; food chemical; instrumental analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
Advances in Synthesis and Applications of Supported Nanocatalysts submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3890 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanocatalysts; synthesis; novel methods; environmentally
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)
Multiphase Flow and Optimal Design in Fluid Machinery
edited by Ning Qiu
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3640 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiphase flow; optimal design; fluid machinery; power engineering; computational method; experimental techniques; theoretical model; ocean engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Modeling and Optimization for Green Energy Materials: Machine Learning, Conventional, and Hybrid Approaches
edited by and Viatcheslav Kafarov
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1722 | Submission Open
Keywords: green energy materials; machine learning; modeling and simulation of processes; sustainable process engineering; data-driven process engineering; digital twins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Combustion Characteristics and Emission Control of Blended Fuels
edited by
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 966 | Submission Open
Keywords: blending; combustion; emission control; combustion properties; combustion performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Towards Next-Gen Superconductors: Thin Film Design, Interface Control, and Integration
edited by Senthil Kumar Karuppannan and Aswin Kumar Anbalagan
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 882 | Submission Open
Keywords: superconducting thin film; material interface; quantum device; thin film deposition; etching process; patterning; dielectric
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Microplastics in Water: Monitoring, Removal and Control
edited by Josipa Papac Zjačić and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; environmental impact; monitoring; removal; control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Cutting-Edge Process Strategies for Eliminating Pharmaceutical Pollutants: Mechanistic Insights into Adsorption and Photoelectrocatalysis
edited by , and Redouane Haounati
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; photoelectrocatalysis; emerging pollutants; pharmaceuticals; organic pollutants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Recent Achievements in Biopolymer Adsorption in Waste and Water Treatment
edited by and Wei Wei
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: biopolymer; biopolymer nanocomposites; adsorption; water pollutant; resource recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
1st SUSTENS Meeting: Advances in Sustainable Engineering Systems
edited by , and Nikolaos A. Diangelakis
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 30588 | Submission Open
Keywords: process design; sustainability; machine learning; green technologies; biotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)
Exploration, Exploitation and Utilization of Coal and Gas Resources, 2nd Edition
edited by and Zhenzhi Wang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 27 articles | Viewed by 25198 | Submission Open
Keywords: unconventional resources; coalbed methane; coal measure gas; geological CO2; simulation modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Inhibition and Metabolic Pathway Analysis of Bioactive Substances on Diseases
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 22979 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive compounds; biomarkers for new drug; functional food sources; in vitro and in vivo mechanistic studies of metabolic diseases; understanding immune disease on the basis of cells and animal models; functional analysis and analytical approaches for the study of natural products; inflammation; allergy; asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)
Advances in Coal Processing, Utilization, and Process Safety
edited by , Leilei Si, and Qiming Zhuo
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 21 articles | Viewed by 21376 | Submission Open
Keywords: mineral processing; mineral utilization; mine safety engineering; coal seam gas flow dynamics; coal rock dynamic disasters; safety and emergency management; predictive modeling; process safety in mining; intelligent mining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Environmentally Friendly Production of Energy from Natural Gas Hydrates
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 21 articles | Viewed by 19400 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural gas hydrate; production strategy; additives; inhibitors; wellbore stability; sand production; reservoir damage; geothermal; economic and technical evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Operation and Control of New Power System with Large-Scale Renewable Energy Integration
edited by , Junyi Zhai, Shengyuan Liu and Wangqianyun Tang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 18046 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; modeling; control; stability analysis; forecasting; operation optimization; restoration; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Clean Combustion and Emission in Vehicle Power System, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15554 | Submission Open
Keywords: reaction kinetics; clean combustion and emission; after-treatment system; diagnostic techniques; laminar and turbulent flames; heat and mass transfer; novel combustion concepts; technologies; and systems; clean combustion instability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)
New Frontiers in Chromatographic Separation Technology submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14562 | Submission Open
Keywords: chromatography process development; multicolumn chromatography; selective stationary phase; electrodeionization; expanded bed chromatography; chromatography for downstream process; ion exchange in hydrometallurgy; chromatography column modeling; chromatography column design and control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)
New Trends in Fuzzy Control System Applications in Complex Industrial Processes and Energy Systems
edited by Hua Chen, Gang Wang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13082 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuzzy control; nonlinear systems; robot; USV; time delay; predetermined performance index; LLM; video data; algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)
Data-Driven Modeling and Applications for Flow, Heat Transfer, and Combustion
edited by Songbai Yao, , Bosen Wang and Weijia Qian
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7988 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; fluid dynamics; heat transfer; reacting flows; numerical modeling; experimental diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Preparation, Characterization and Application of Heterogeneous Catalysts submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7978 | Submission Open
Keywords: metallic catalysts; intermetallics in catalysis; supported metallic catalysts; oxide and mixed oxide catalysts; zeolite catalysts; acid– base catalysis; bifunctional catalysis; environmental catalysis; biocatalysis; electrocatalysis; photocatalysis; catalysts for hydrogen production; catalysts for C1 chemistry; kinetic modelling of heterogeneously catalysed reactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)
Fault Diagnosis of Equipment in the Process Industry
edited by Heng Zhang, Chuanjiang Li and Yuhang Xu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7831 | Submission Open
Keywords: fault diagnosis; process industry; anomaly detection; prognosis and health management; AI technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
Emerging Thermal and Non-Thermal Technologies for Food Preservation and Sustainable Food Processing
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7751 | Submission Open
Keywords: food processing; preservation; sustainable processing; food safety; food quality; minimal processing; thermal processing; non-thermal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
Advanced Technology in Unconventional Resource Development
edited by Xiuyu Wang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 7472 | Submission Open
Keywords: tight oil reservoir; seepage law; spontaneous imbibition; CO2 flooding; chemical flooding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Multiphase Flow Process and Separation Technology
edited by Zhiyi Xiong and Xinwei Wang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7318 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiphase flow process; separation equipment strengthening; new design; research method; gas– liquid– solid separation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)
Environmental Protection and Remediation Processes
edited by Jemmyson Romário de Jesus and Cícero Alves Lopes Junior
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6920 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable materials; pollutant monitoring; green technologies; environmental chemistry; advanced analytical methods; decontamination processes; environmental sensors; effluent treatment; sample preparation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Turbulence Models for Turbomachinery
edited by Djordje Cantrak and Jelena Svorcan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6208 | Submission Open
Keywords: turbulence; turbomachinery; RANS; LES; hybrid RANS-LES; DNS; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
High-Temperature Behavior of Polymers and Composites submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5762 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymers; composites; fire testing; thermal degradation; combustion; flammability; small-scale experimentation; mathematical modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Advances in Electrocatalysts for the OER, HER and Biomass Conversion
edited by Mingpeng Chen, Huachuan Sun and Yuxiao Zhang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5220 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen evolution reaction; oxygen evolution reaction; biomass conversion; selective electrooxidation; electrocatalyst design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Simulation, Modeling, and Decision-Making Processes in Manufacturing Systems and Industrial Engineering, 2nd Edition
edited by , Phan Van-Thanh, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5092 | Submission Open
Keywords: Industry 4.0; modeling; innovation in decision-making; machine learning; artificial intelligence; multi-objective optimization; simulation; data-driven decision insights; industrial engineering; soft computing; adaptive decision support; manufacturing systems; sustainability; cybersecurity; process optimization; smart factories; industrial automation; production planning; operations research; other processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
Advances in Computer Vision and Image Processing for Industrial Processes
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4861 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision; image processing; industrial automation; quality control; predictive maintenance; smart manufacturing; machine learning; deep learning; robotics; Industry 4.0
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
Advanced Research on Marine and Deep Oil & Gas Development
edited by Jianbo Zhang, Xiaohui Sun and Wenqiang Lou
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4579 | Submission Open
Keywords: oil and gas development; marine; deep strata; drilling; multiphase flow; flow assurance; pressure control; production increase; intelligence development; environmental safety
Advances in Remediation of Contaminated Sites: 3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4469 | Submission Open
Keywords: site contamination; survey and assessment; remediation technology; remediation strategy; site management; heavy metals; organic pollutants; emerging contaminants; soils and groundwater; water and sediments; environmental processes; environmental behaviors; environmental effects; environmental engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Green Conversion Processes of Waste and Biomass Materials submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4351 | Submission Open
Keywords: recycling of solid waste and biomass; conversion of waste into new and useful products; biological conversion; thermochemical conversion; other eco-friendly processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Electrospray Drying and Freezing Technology in Food Processing
edited by , and Taiyoung Kang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3861 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrospray drying; freeze drying; infrared radiation drying; hybrid processes; microwaves drying; electric field drying; vacuum drying; emerging drying technologies; quality characteristics according to drying
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
Waste-Activated Sludge Treatment
edited by Yanlin Wang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3722 | Submission Open
Keywords: activated sludge; biotransformation; thermochemical transformation; resource utilization; pollutant reduction; system optimization; life cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Antimicrobial Food Packaging: Materials and Technologies
edited by and Aleksandra Bužarovska
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3525 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial agents; antimicrobial polymers/antimicrobial bio-based polymers; broad-spectrum antimicrobial strategy; natural extracts in food packaging and preservation; food packaging: active and smart packaging and novel technologies; edible films and coatings; polymer nanocomposites with antimicrobial properties; consumer awareness/acceptance for antimicrobial platforms; applications of antimicrobial packaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
Exploring the Antibacterial, Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Properties of Natural Products in Drug Discovery and Development
edited by and Mohammad Fahim Kadir
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2888 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural products; herbal medicines; phytochemicals; small molecule drugs; antioxidants; drug discovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)
Studies of the Dosage Form and Stability of the Drug by Various Techniques, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2592 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug analysis; drug stability; dosage form; analytical methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)
Advanced Water Monitoring and Treatment Technologies
edited by Jie Gao and Zhuofan Gao
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2359 | Submission Open
Keywords: water environmental monitoring; water purification technologies; heavy metal and emerging pollutant removal; adsorption; separation processes; sediment and contaminated water treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Resource Utilization of Food Industry Byproducts
edited by , Manuel Salgado Ramos and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2255 | Submission Open
Keywords: food industry byproducts; process optimization; novel valorisation strategies; green technologies; biorefinery; bioactive compounds; functional ingredients; sustainable processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
Biological Methods of Diagnosis in the Microbiology submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2195 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological techniques; microbial culture; microscopy; biochemical tests; molecular diagnostics; hybridization techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Processes and Systems)
Multi Dimensional Value Driven Sustainable Manufacturing Processes and Innovation
edited by , Xiaoqiao Wang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1558 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidimensional value driven innovation; sustainable manufacturing; intelligent manufacturing; technical innovation; value creation; management innovation; green supply chain management; process optimization; multiobjective optimization; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
Recent Advances in Coagulant Technologies and Applications for Wastewater Treatment submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1362 | Submission Open
Keywords: coagulation; wastewater treatment; coagulant technologies; novel materials; organic coagulants; inorganic coagulants; bio-based coagulants; industrial wastewater; environmental impact; Design of Experiments (DoE)  ; Machine Learning (ML) Applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Oil and Gas Drilling Processes: Control and Optimization, 2nd Edition
edited by , and Meng Chen
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1337 | Submission Open
Keywords: drilling; completion; rock mechanics; multiphase flow; well log; formation evaluation; MWD and LWD; experimental study; numerical study
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Experiments and Diagnostics in Reacting Flows
edited by Tao Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1272 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser diagnostics; thermo-chemcial process; combustion; flame
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Recent Advances in Conductor Materials for Energy Storage and Electrocaloric Applications
edited by Marisa A. Frechero
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1215 | Submission Open
Keywords: green energy storage; ceramic and glassy ionic conductors; impedance/dielectric spectroscopy; ceramic and glassy structural characterization; electrode/electrolyte interfaces; grain boundary; solid state bateries; supercapacitors; traditional and cold sintering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Numerical Modeling and Simulation of Multiphase Flows in Industrial and Environmental Applications submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1116 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational fluid dynamics; machine learning; particles; bubbles; and droplets; multiscale modeling; heat and mass transfer; reactive and non-reactive multiphase flows; turbulence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Microencapsulation of Food Antioxidants submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open
Keywords: food antioxidants; nanoencapsulation; microencapsulation techniques; bioactive compound stability; biopolymers; shelf-life; functional foods; nutraceuticals; food fortification; food preservation; micro- or nanocapsule characterization; controlled release; release kinetics; bioaccessibility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
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