Dear Colleagues,

Applied Chemical Engineering is a blend of engineering principles and industrial practices with sustainability-driven innovations that aims to enable a circular economy and accelerate the transition toward net-zero energy systems. By integrating chemical process engineering with renewable energy technologies, carbon management strategies, and waste valorization, this field provides crucial solutions for reducing emissions, improving efficiency, and fostering sustainable development.

This Special Issue focuses on applied chemical engineering approaches that address the challenges of circular economy and net-zero transition. It seeks to bring together contributions that demonstrate innovative methods, scalable solutions, and interdisciplinary strategies for clean and sustainable energy production.

We welcome a diversity of articles, including conceptual and empirical research, comprehensive reviews, critical commentaries, and meta-analyses, for submission to this Special Issue. Manuscripts from different disciplines, including chemical engineering, energy science, environmental engineering, and materials science, are encouraged, provided they address topics related to the scope.

Scope of the Special Issue

Topics include, but are not limited to:

· Applied chemical engineering in renewable fuels, hydrogen, and solar-to-fuel systems.

· Circular economy strategies: waste-to-energy, plastic recycling, and chemical valorization of byproducts.

· Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) integrated with energy systems.

· Catalysis, nanomaterials, and process intensification for green chemical processes.

· Electrochemical and photochemical engineering for renewable energy applications.

· Process modeling, LCA, and techno-economic assessment of sustainable energy systems.

· Industrial case studies demonstrating pathways to circular and net-zero systems.

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This Special Issue will provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to exchange innovative ideas and practical solutions that contribute to global sustainability goals.

We look forward to your contributions

 

Prof. Dr.Hitesh Panchal

Guest Editor

Applied Chemical Engineering; Circular Economy; Net-Zero Energy; Renewable Fuels; Hydrogen Economy; Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS); Process Intensification; Waste-to-Energy; Plastic Recycling; Green Catalysis; Sustainable Chemical Processes; Energy Transition; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Techno-Economic Analysis; Industrial Sustainability.