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Recent Developments in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16573
Keywords: automatic control; control design; survey; industrial control practice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation Control Systems)
Industrial Process Operation State Sensing and Performance Optimization submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 10743
Keywords: data-driven modeling; industrial processes; machine learning; operation state sensing; performance improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation Control Systems)
CFD Applications in Renewable Energy Systems submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9400
Keywords: renewable energy system simulation and modeling; computational fluid dynamics; unsteady flow and system simulation; solar radiation modeling; turbulence modeling; biomass combustion modeling; hydrogen combustion modeling; hydrogen production and use modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Conventional and Novel Processes for the Extraction of Precious Metals from Spent Catalyst and Electronic Equipment submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7958
Keywords: Solid– liquid extraction; Leaching; Adsorption; Solvent extraction; Pyrometallurgy; Precious metals; Spent catalytic converters; Definition of kinetics; Leaching modeling; Economic analysis; Waste electrical and electronic equipment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis Enhanced Processes)
Intelligent Computational Modeling and Processes Optimization Techniques in Geo-Engineering submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3368
Keywords: geo-engineering application; big data; computer vision; data processing; geospatial analysis; real-time monitoring; optimization techniques; site characterization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Digital and Other Processes)
Advances in Recycling and Utilization of Agricultural Wastes submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2927
Keywords: agricultural waste; bio-convention; bio-products; bioenergy; green biotechnology; green processes; cleaner production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Advances in Adsorption of Wastewater Pollutants
edited by , Saeed Al-Meer, and Khalid Al-Saad
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2703
Keywords: adsorption for wastewater treatment; green adsorbents; nanosrobents; synthesis and characterization of sorbent materials; emergent contaminants; adsorptive removal of organics and inorganics; factorial designs and response surface methodology-based techniques; cost analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Advances in Pharmacodynamics and Drug Design Process submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1997
Keywords: experimental pharmacology; clinical pharmacology; pain; metabolic diseases; central nervous system diseases; drug design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)
Study on Solid Waste Characterization and Control, and Pollutant Transport Dynamics
edited by , Jose Antonio Grande, and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1877
Keywords: solid waste; pollutant transport; environmental modeling; petrophysical properties; geophysical prospecting; geochemical prospecting; physicochemical processes; contaminant characterization; surface water; groundwater
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
State-of-the-Art Research and Development in Particle Technology
edited by and Xiaodong Jia
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1577
Keywords: particle characterization; bulk solid handling; particulate solid processing; milling and griding; granulation; powder flow; powder mixing; formulated powders; particulate process system modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Particle Processes)
Synthesis, Characterization and Computational Modeling of Nanostructured Materials
edited by Abdennaceur Karoui, Shizhong Yang and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 771
Keywords: semiconductors; heterostructures; quantum dots; nanosensors; high-entropy materials; photocatalysts; nanocomposites; nanoparticles; ion implantation; high-performance computing; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Numerical Simulation and Modeling of Granular Material
edited by Hamid Salehi and Vivek Garg
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 619
Keywords: granular materials; numerical simulation; modeling; particle dynamics; granular flow; segregation; packing behaviour; computational approaches; additive manufacturing; industrial applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Particle Processes)
Latest Research of Additive Manufacturing Techniques in Tissue Engineering
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 457
Keywords: additive manufacturing; 3D-printing strategies; tools prototyping; property characterization; modelling; cell culture; tissue engineering; personalized medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
Electrosynthesis of Metal–Organic Framework Membranes for Energy and Sensing Applications
edited by and Rana Dalapati
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 364
Keywords: metal– organic framework (MOF); electrochemical methods; ordered films membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Application of Finite Element and Topology Optimization Methods in Smart Structures and Materials
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 318
Keywords: topology optimization; multiphysics; computational homogenization; smart materials; architected materials; design optimization; data-driven; surrogate models; cosserat and second-order elasticity; finite element method
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Design of Sustainable Processes for the Production and Application of Nanocellulose submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 221
Keywords: nanocellulose; cellulose nanofibers; agro-waste; bacterial nanocellulose; circular bioeconomy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)
Advances in Nanomaterials for Cement-Based and Self-Healing Materials submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: cement-based materials; self-healing materials; nanomaterials; cementitious systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
CFD for Design and Optimization of Biopharmaceutical Processes
edited by Behnam Partopour
submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: CFD; biopharmaceutical; advanced therapies; design and optimization; multiscale modeling; digital twins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Processes and Systems)
Anaerobic Digestion Process: Design, Optimization and Application
edited by Gregor Drago Zupančič
submission deadline 2 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1723 | Submission Open
Keywords: anaerobic digestion; food waste; beverage waste; digestate; food by-products; waste management; wastewater treatment; pre-treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Processes and Systems)
Advanced Nanomaterial-Based Sensing in Biological Systems
edited by Serhat Ünal, and
submission deadline 5 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1817 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensor design; ; sensor characterization; medical applications; nanomaterials; polymers; biomolecule detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Processes and Systems)
Application of Biochar in Environmental Research
edited by
submission deadline 5 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1509 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; waste management; wastewater and water treatment; pyrolysis; fertilization; composting; anaerobic digestion; heterogenous catalysis; nanomaterials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Battery Management Processes, Modeling, and Optimization
edited by and Hoang Long Ngo
submission deadline 5 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 531 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric vehicles; battery performance; thermal management; battery management; battery modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Pyrolytic Process for Recycling submission deadline 10 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 523 | Submission Open
Keywords: pyrolysis; waste; biochar; bio-oil; gas; catalytic pyrolysis; numerical modeling; sustainable recycling circular economy; life cycle analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)
Application of Process Systems Engineering in Continuous Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
edited by
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7091 | Submission Open
Keywords: continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing; dynamic modeling and simulation; process control; process analytical technology (PAT); Quality by Design (QbD); material attributes; process and plant design; data science; tablets; API
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmaceutical Processes)
Microstructure, Processing and Numerical Simulation of Coatings
edited by Haibo Zhang, and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2922 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface coating technology; microstructure; coatings material design; simulation analysis; numerical simulation; different process parameters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Innovations in Phase-Change Materials for High-Temperature Heat Storage
edited by and Seiji Yamashita
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 719 | Submission Open
Keywords: heat storage; phase-change material (PCM); exergy; core– shell; ceramics; thermal storage; encapsulated phase-change material (EPCM); high temperature
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Drying Kinetics and Quality Control in Food Processing, 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open
Keywords: drying; kinetics; dehydration; rehydration; modeling; simulation; texture; shelf life; mass transfer; transport phenomena
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
Numerical Modelling of Fluid–Structure Interaction Systems
edited by , and Yuanqing Xu
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open
Keywords: numerical modelling; numerical methods; fluid– structure interaction; fluid– structure– acoustics interaction; viscous flow; biomechanics; biological flow; cardiovascular system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Processes and Systems)
Electrochemically-Based Hydrogen Energy Preparation in Energy Conversion
edited by Zhiyuan Jiang and Zhiguo Qu
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen evolution and oxidation reaction; electrochemical water electrolysis; hydrogen production; electrochemical cells and reactors; electrochemical hydrogen storage; proton exchange membrane fuel cells
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Combustion Process and Emission Control of Alternative Fuels submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14213 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internal combustion engines; advanced combustion technology; exhaust emission control; alternative fuels; dual fuel combustion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Recent Advances in CO2 Capture, CO2 Utilization, and Green Chemistry for Sustainability submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7286 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2 capture; CO2 utilization; integration of carbon capture and utilization (ICCU); chemical looping combustion (CLC); dual-function materials; green chemistry for sustainability; waste recycling; emission of combustion pollutants; catalytic combustion; hydrogen production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
New Trends in Chemical Looping submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4309 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical looping; carbon capture and utilization; oxygen carrying material; process modeling; fuel conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Applications of Chromatographic Separation Techniques in Food and Chemistry—Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1991 | Submission Open
Keywords: chromatographic techniques (GC; HPLC; TLC; TLC-densitometry); food components; food quality; chemical analysis; analysis of bioactive compounds; pharmaceutical analysis; separation techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Separation Processes)
Agricultural and Industrial Waste Recovery Technology and Process Optimization submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open
Keywords: process intensification; process economics; process optimization; bioenergy; circular economy; emerging hazards; biomaterials; biopolymers; environmental impact
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
Monitoring, Process Control, Simulation, and Optimization in Coal Mining
edited by Yangyang Guo, and
submission deadline 21 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1127 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanisms and preventions; coal seams; gas extraction technology; coal bed gas adsorption; coal mine gas explosions; process control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Process Control and Monitoring)
New Trends and Processes in Nanofluids and Carbon-Based Nanoparticles
edited by and
submission deadline 23 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4757 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanofluids; carbon-based materials; viscosity; thermal conductivity; surface tension; electrical conductivity; specific heat
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Microbiotechnology in Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals and Food submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12686 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolic engineering; novel biochemical pathways; microbial interactions; secondary metabolite; antibiotics; antimicrobials; probiotics; microbial contamination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Processes and Systems)
Sustainable and Intelligent Energy Systems and Processes: Recent Advances and Challenges
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Aug 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9274 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; intelligent control; renewable energy; reliability and resilience; smart grid; energy storage; edge computing; SCADA
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Microscale Processing with Non-thermal Plasma Discharges and Its Application submission deadline 29 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1166 | Submission Open
Keywords: atmospheric microplasma jets; atomic layer deposition/etching (ALD/ALE); biochemical sensors; low-temperature plasmas; microfluidic plasmas; micro/nanolithography; physics of microdischarges; plasma medicine; plasma nanosynthesis; single-atom catalysts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
The Amazing World of Peptide Engineering
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15221 | Submission Open
Keywords: peptide; drug; materials; enzyme; analytical system; molecular machine; synthesis; phage display; self-assembly; pharmaceutics; engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Processes and Systems)
Advances in Value-Added Products from Waste submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15109 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioprocess; bioproducts; biorefinery; anaerobic digestion; fermentation; waste upcycling; organic wastes; biofuels; platform chemicals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)
Technological Processes for Chemical and Related Industries
edited by
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8267 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical industry; petrochemical operations; chemical synthesis; chemical technology; chemical engineering; circular economy; Industry 4.0; sustainability in chemical technologies; air; water; and soil treatment; pollution mitigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Removal of Micropollutants submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7715 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological treatment; micropollutants; minimization of material and energy inputs; priority and persistent substances; reduction in sludge production; degradative; transformation; separation; and combined processes; sludge treatment; toxicity; renewable carbon source; processes’ and technologies’ sustainability; wastewater treatment; water reuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
New Research on Microbial Contamination and Microbial Safety in the Food Chain
edited by
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5244 | Submission Open
Keywords: food chain; epidemiology; microorganisms; food safety; hurdle technologies; antimicrobials; interventions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Metal Oxide Nanomaterials (MONs) submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2389 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanostructured materials; green synthesis; electrospinning; characterization methods; food packaging; photocatalysis; sensors and biosensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Green Fuels: Utilization, Production and Processing Technologies
edited by , Pengbo Dong, and Tiemin Xuan
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1784 | Submission Open
Keywords: green fuel; zero-carbon combustion; low-carbon fuel processing; high-efficiency combustion; low-emission combustion; advanced combustion strategy; atomization technology; internal combustion engine; marine engine development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
Advances in Nanomaterials Synthesis and Applications in Electrochemical Processes submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1576 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced techniques in the synthesis of nanomaterials; electrochemical energy conversion; electrochemical energy storage devices; electrocatalysts; water splitting; hydrogen energy; fuel cells
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
Food Processing and Food Chemistry: Principles, Methodology, and Applications
edited by , Yongcheol Lee and Damla Dag
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1427 | Submission Open
Keywords: food processing; food chemistry; food analysis; food drying; meat products; dairy products; egg products; plant-based foods; fermented foods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Process Engineering)
Electrochemical and Photocatalytic-Based Degradation Technologies for the Treatment of Emerging Contaminants
edited by Wei Wang and
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1038 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrocatalysis; photocatalysis; photoelectrocatalysis; advanced oxidation process; energy system; environmental functional materials; emerging contaminants; degradation technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
Engineering Porous Materials: From Synthesis to Real-World Applications
edited by Hamidreza Mahdavi and Joseph Olorunyomi
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 958 | Submission Open
Keywords: porous materials; design; synthesis; characterization; application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
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