Processes

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

edited by Chunjun Huang,

, Shi You and Yi Zheng

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 69 | 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 26752 | 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 10248 | 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 7224 | 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 6408 | 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 5552 | 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 2376 | 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 1747 | 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 1543 | 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 1485 | 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 838 | 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)

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 580 | 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)

Advances in Synthetic Biological Approaches to Microbial Engineering

edited by

Prihardi Kahar

and Gregory Guirimand

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 555 | 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)

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 504 | 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 470 | 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 Bioenergy and Sustainable Biomaterial Production Processes

edited by

Shu-Yii Wu

and Guang-Way Jang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 151 | 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)

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 1479 | 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 1462 | 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 5269 | 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 4754 | 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 3571 | 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 2172 | 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 1423 | 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 816 | 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)

CO₂ Capture and Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production Processes

edited by

Shervan Babamohammadi

,

Salman Masoudi Soltani

and

Reza Andalibi

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 571 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 capture technologies; low‑carbon hydrogen production; green hydrogen (electrolysis: PEM; AEL; SOEC); chemical‑looping combustion/reforming; sorption‑enhanced water‑gas shift (SEWGS); direct air capture (DAC) integration; hybrid CO2 capture and hydrogen systems; techno‑economic analysis & lifecycle assessment; advanced membranes and catalysts; process modelling and intensification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Synthesis, Characteristics and Applications of Nanoparticles for Photocatalysis

edited by

André L. Menezes de Oliveira

, Sayonara Andrade Eliziario and

Mary Cristina Ferreira Alves

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthesis; nanomaterials; nanoparticles; nanocomposites; materials characterization; photocatalysis; catalytic materials; environmental remediation; sustainability; energy gap

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Advanced Functional Materials for Energy: Design, Processing, Mechanisms and Applications

edited by

Abderrahim Boutahar

and

Nabil Chakhchaoui

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials for energy; harvesting energy; hydrogen storage; magnetocaloric and electrocaloric effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Towards Sustainable Machining and Manufacturing: Process Optimization and Green Technologies

edited by

Nabil Jouini

and

Jaharah A.Ghani

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; manufacturing processes; machining; Industry 4.0; environmentally friendly; green technologies

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

Upcycling Waste and Byproduct Streams Generated During Oilseed and Grain Processing

edited by

Nurhan Dunford

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: grain processing; oilseed processing; value-added processing of byproducts and waste streams; waste minimization; food security; sustainability

Advanced Drying Technologies in Food Processing (2nd Edition)

edited by

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced drying; energy; drying process optimization; exergoeconomic; nondestructive testing

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

Smart, Sustainable, and Circular Manufacturing: From Digitalization to Green Innovation and Systemic Transitions

edited by

Ibrahim Abdelfadeel Shaban

,

Ibrahim Khaled Hamdy Mohamed

and

Wenzheng Zhai

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; sustainable manufacturing; realtime monitoring; digital twin; artificial intelligence; circular economy; waste mitigation; energy conservation; CO2 emissions; environmental impact; social impact

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

Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Simulations in Gas and Petroleum Engineering

edited by Miguel Asuaje and

Nicolás Rios Ratkovich

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics; multiphase flow; oil and gas production; pumps; compressors; and equipment; CFD modeling; petroleum engineering; heavy oil; artificial lift systems; digital twins in oil and gas; sustainable oil and gas energy systems; flow assurances

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

Recent Advances in Biomonitoring and Bioremediation of Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Gabriela Madureira Barroso

and

Yifan Li

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; biomonitoring; bioremediation; environmental contamination; biosensors; phytoremediation; microbial remediation; bioindicators; ecotoxicology; sustainable pollution control

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

Circular Economy Waste Conversion in Green Sustainable Chemistry

edited by

Pavlína Pustějovská

and

Edyta Kardas

submission deadline 21 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; waste conversion; green chemistry; sustainable chemistry; materials recovery

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

Research on Water Pollution Control and Remediation Technology

edited by

Ahmed Moufti

submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3335 | Submission Open

Keywords: water pollution; remediation technology; new technologies in environmental; sciences; remediation; environmental waste

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

Stability and Optimal Control of Linear Systems

edited by

José Mario Araújo

and Carlos Eduardo Trabuco Dórea

submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3270 | Submission Open

Keywords: linear systems; stability; optimization; control; filtering

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

Advanced Studies of Oil and Gas Flow in Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoir

edited by

Adebayo Abdulrauf

,

Liwu Jiang

and Ahmed Al-Yaseri

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7184 | Submission Open

Keywords: unconventionals; petrophysics; geomechanics; oil; gas; carbondioxide; hydrogen storage

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

Machine Learning for Industrial Optimization and Predictive Control

edited by

Chien-Chih Wang

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5064 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; process optimization; fault diagnosis; real-time process monitoring and control; smart manufacturing process monitoring and control; intelligent manufacturing diagnostics; quality control; system simulation

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

Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Methods for Green Manufacturing

edited by

Zhigang Jiang

and

Yan Wang

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1340 | Submission Open

Keywords: green manufacturing; artificial intelligence; remanufacturing process; green logistics; reverse supply chain

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

Engineering of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: From Powder to Power

edited by Keqing Zheng and

Li Li

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid oxide fuel cell; powder synthesis; electrode manufacturing; stack assembly; system integration; modeling and simulation; industrial scale-up

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

Engine Control Theory and System Modelling

edited by Bing Yu,

Zhonglin Lin

and Xuanpeng Li

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: engine control; system modeling; adaptive control; robust control; model predictive control; digital twin; fault diagnosis; emission optimization; multi-physics coupling; virtual testing; measuring and testing techniques; instrumentation engineering

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

Thermal Properties of Composite Materials

edited by Zecan Tu

submission deadline 26 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 483 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite materials ; heat resistance ; thermal conduction ; thermal radiation; gradient heat conduction; optimization of thermal properties; thermal management; thermal interface materials; anisotropic thermal conductivity

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

Electrochemical Sensors for the Detection of Environmental Pollutants

edited by

Viviana Bressi

, Rayhane Zribi,

Angelo Ferlazzo

and Claudia Espro

submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; carbon nanomaterials; sensors; pollutant detection; functionalization; electrochemical sensing; heavy metals; volatile organic compounds

(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 30 Apr 2026 | 21 articles | Viewed by 58713 | 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)

Biochemical Processes for Sustainability, 2nd Edition

edited by

Francisco José Hernández Fernández

and

Antonia Pérez de los Ríos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19122 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochemical processes; biocatalysis; nanotechnology; water treatment; pollution control; biofuels; microbial fuel cells

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

Fault Diagnosis Process and Evaluation in Systems Engineering

edited by Shaoke Wan,

Naipeng Li

and

Zijian Qiao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16034 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault diagnosis; fault prediction; system engineering; feature extraction; system security and reliability; multi-source information fusion; reliability analysis

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

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

edited by

Chao Min

,

Xin Ma

, Xiaogang Li and Huohai Yang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13517 | 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)

Numerical Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer Processes

edited by

Cesar Nieto-Londoño

and

William Quitiaquez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10988 | Submission Open

Keywords: turbulent reacting flows; combustion and clean fuels; fluid– structure interaction with multi-physics and multi-scale models; nanofluids in microchannel heat sinks; applications in porous media; advancements in turbulence modeling; hybrid numerical methods; machine learning integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Combustion Processes and Emissions Assessment of Internal Combustion Engines

edited by

Cherng-Yuan Lin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10620 | Submission Open

Keywords: combustion mechanism and processes; chemical composition and fuel properties; advanced injection or cylinder design; engine performance and emission characteristics; life cycle analysis for alternative fuel; techno-economic analysis for various applications; development prospects to meet carbon-neutral requirement; novel combustion technology for non-carbon alternative fuel

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

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