Processes

Eco-Friendly Drilling Fluids: Biodegradable Formulations and Performance Evaluation

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-friendly drilling fluids; biodegradable drilling fluids; sustainable drilling technologies; green drilling additives; bio-based polymers; nanotechnology; drilling fluid performance evaluation; rheology of drilling fluids; filtration control; fracture mechanics

Application of Mesoporous and Nanomaterials for Environmental Adsorption and Catalytic Degradation

edited by Fernando Dal Pont Morisso

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesoporous materials; nanomaterials; physisorption and chemisorption; heterogeneous catalysis; catalytic degradation of pollutants; water treatment; air purification; soil remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)

Natural Gas/Hydrogen Liquefaction Processes and Refrigerating System

edited by Heng Sun

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquefaction process; specific energy consumption; natural gas; hydrogen; ortho-para hydrogen conversion; operation simulation; process optimization; control strategy

(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 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 198 | 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)

Advanced Manufacturing Processes for Emerging Energy Storage Technologies

edited by

Hicham Es-Soufi

and

Hssain Bih

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 193 | 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)

Air Pollution Control and Treatment

edited by Chi He, Jianrong Li and Fenglian Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution control; emission abatement; pollution treatment technologies; air quality management; environmental remediation; sustainable mitigation; environmental policy (related to air)

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

Extraction, Analysis and Process Optimization of Bioactive Compounds from Food Sources

edited by Felipe de Moura Souza

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 130 | 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

Modeling, Simulation and Control in Energy Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Dimitris Ipsakis

and Andreas Yiotis

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero carbon technologies; energy efficiency; hybrid and smart-grid systems; combined heat and power (CHP units); advanced process control; system design and optimization; energy economics; policy and planning; AI tools in energy

Innovations in Renewable Methane Production from Biomass and Waste

edited by

Halil Senol

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: lignocellulosic biomass; anaerobic digestion; renewable energy; advanced oxidation processes (AOP); process modeling; life cycle assessment (LCA); biorefinery; circular bioeconomy; waste valorization; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)

Advanced Nanomaterial-Based Processes for Electrochemical Sensing and Energy Storage

edited by

Tamilalagan Elayappan

, Sabarison Pandiyarajan and

Balasubramanian Sriram

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

Keywords: biosensor; electrochemical sensor; nanomaterials; supercapacitor; electrocatalysis; energy storage

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

Single Particle Dynamics in Granular Systems

edited by

Vivek Garg

and

Jan Nečas

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 95 | 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)

Innovative Strategies for Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into Modern Grids

edited by Yun Ii Go and

Wolf-Gerrit Früh

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 79 | 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)

Optimization and Analysis of Bioprocesses in Bioreactors

edited by

Esra İmamoğlu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 65 | 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)

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 61 | 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)

Thermodynamic Properties, Heat Transfer and Drying Kinetics of Food Materials

edited by Clairmont Clementson

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 61 | 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 57 | 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)

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 55 | 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)

Environmental Occurrence and Transformation Mechanisms of Emerging Contaminants

edited by

Xiaoyun Liu

, Xiaomeng Ji and Chi Xu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 52 | 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)

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 48 | 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 44 | 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)

Turbulent Flows in Turbomachinery: Optimization and Design Innovations

edited by

Václav Uruba

, Vitalii Yanovych and

Richard Lenhard

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 39 | 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)

Synthesis and Utilization of Clean Ammonia as Fuel

edited by Rajavasanth Rajasegar and Javishk R. Shah

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 38 | 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)

Advanced Thin Films for Antioxidant Food Packaging and Preservation

edited by Meritaine Da Rocha

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 31 | 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)

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 26 | 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 55 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4298 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3331 | 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)

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 289 | 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 89 | 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)

Feature Review Papers in Section "Chemical Processes and Systems"

edited by

Blaž Likozar

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

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

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

Current Trends in Pollutant Catalytic Conversion Process and Power Generation

edited by

Jayanthi Narayanan

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutant degradation; power production; degration mechanism; renewable energy; photocataytic 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 45 | Submission Open

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

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

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 33 | 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)

CCUS for Carbon Neutrality: Innovations and Applications

edited by

, Bingbing Chen,

,

and

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 31 | 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)

Advances in Biochar and Biobased Carbonaceous Materials

edited by

Esin Apaydın Varol

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 27 | 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)

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 5731 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5027 | 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)

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 1141 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 918 | 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)

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 419 | 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 | Viewed by 57 | 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)

Hydraulic Fracturing Experiment, Simulation, and Optimization

edited by

Bo Wang

,

Jie Wang

and Shiqian Xu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 56 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

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

(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 | Viewed by 35 | 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)

Analysis and Integration of Micropolar Fluid Systems

edited by Kyriaki-Evangelia Aslani and

Efstratios Tzirtzilakis

submission deadline 16 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1308 | 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 | Viewed by 1117 | 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)

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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3632 | 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 Power Converters in Energy and Microgrid Systems

edited by

Flávio Alessandro Serrão Gonçalves

and

Moacyr Aureliano Gomes de Brito

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1716 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 1555 | 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)

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 1049 | 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)

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