Reliability, Sustainability and Risk Management of Energy and Pipeline Systems for a Low-Carbon Future
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 December 2025 | Viewed by 117
Special Issue Editors
Interests: safety science and engineering; oil and gas facility integrity; hydrogen delivery processes; big data and artificial intelligence
Interests: mechanical engineering; energy performance; thermodynamics and heat transfer analysis; fuzzy control system; design and implementation of smart systems in hot and dry climate
Interests: new eco-fuel using smart pipelines; energy and petroleum project; development of new innovative technologies in the production of alternative fuels; smart flow through closed high-frequency pipe systems
2. Pipeline Technology and Safety Research Center, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China
Interests: oil and gas storage and transportation; mitigation measures of transporting waxy crude; safety analysis; eco-energy and automation; mechanical engineering and AI
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This new Special Issue is a collection of scientific and applied research papers with many successful case studies addressing quantitative and semi-quantitative evaluations and mitigation measures in the energy industry based mainly on big data conducted to enrich the academic libraries of the world. This Special Issue thoroughly examines the development of the reliability, sustainability, and risk management of energy and pipeline systems for a low-carbon future. It divides the creation of the integrity system into management system creation and technological development and the prediction of the future development trend of energy and pipeline integrity management systems under the theme of “striving to build a full life cycle of smart energy and pipeline networks”, which has important practical value for the technological innovation and management innovation of energy and pipeline enterprises.
For instance, renewable energy sources such as hydrogen are now essential for sustainable energy systems due to the shift to a low-carbon energy future. Converting existing oil and gas pipelines for renewable energy transportation is one practical and affordable way to boost the energy economy while utilizing current infrastructure investments. Therefore, interested researchers are encouraged to offer research findings that benefit the global energy business through a comprehensive analysis of technical, economic, and strategic considerations. On the other hand, we intend to perform a thorough cause analysis, provide a comprehensive overview of various industrial hazards and challenges, and elaborate on risk assessment technology advancements, risk factor identification techniques, risk acceptability indicators, high-consequence area identification and evaluation, regional-level risk assessment, and other technical contents. We also propose semi-quantitative/quantitative risk assessments of energy onsite locations, including underground storage tanks, station distribution and booster stations, energy storage depots, and various facilities, among others.
Thus, safety, risk management, condition monitoring, early fault detection, and effective prediction measures in climate change scenarios are among the focal points of this Special Issue. It, finally, serves as a resource for researchers, management, and technical personnel.
To sum up, our mission to inspire experts, researchers, and students requires us to collect up-to-date topics on the reliability, sustainability, and risk management of energy and pipeline systems around the globe. Hence, in this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following list:
- Safety Science and Engineering;
- Energy Performance;
- Renewable Energy;
- Smart Structures;
- Nanotechnology;
- Materials Characterization;
- Modeling and Simulation;
- Sensitivity Analysis;
- Risk Assessment;
- Environmental protection;
- Smart Pipelines Networks;
- New Eco-Fuel;
- Net-zero Emissions;
- Climate Change;
- Waste-to-Energy Technology Selection;
- Optimization.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Shaohua Dong
Dr. Issam M. Ali Aljubury
Prof. Dr. Milos Stankovic
Prof. Dr. Yasir M. F. Mukhtar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- safety
- energy and pipeline systems
- reliability
- sustainability
- risk assessment
- low-carbon
- modeling and simulation
- environmental protection
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