I2: Energy and Combustion Science
A section of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Section Information
Since the first industrial revolution, combustion has played a central role in power generation, engine operation, industrial and domestic heating processes and appliances. This is not expected to change significantly in the mid-term future, in the frame of the fourth industrial revolution that sees the realization of digitalization, decarbonization and electrification.
Efficiency, environmental impact and flexibility are key challenges and drivers for the decarbonization of the energy industry. The path to decarbonization necessarily passes through combustion of “carbon-free” fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia for power generation and transportation and for low carbon footprint industrial processes, maintaining and improving efficiency and flexibility.
Responding to the above, the Energy and Combustion Science Section aims to provide a platform for cutting-edge research covering the entire spectrum of challenges towards the decarbonization of energy systems and processes that traditionally exploit combustion. These include the production, delivery and combustion of carbon-free fuels and biofuels, burner and combustion chamber design and operation, process and system design, modifications and adaptations, thermal energy production and storage and their techno-economic-environmental assessment. This Section considers full-length, short communications and review articles. Focal points of the Energy and Combustion Science include but are not limited to:
Scope
Applications:
- Fuel solutions for internal combustion engines and gas turbines;
- Power cycles for carbon neutral energy production;
- Low-carbon thermal energy for industrial processes;
- Carbon neutral domestic sector systems;
- Innovative thermo-chemical processes for e-fuels.
Energy topics:
- Hydrogen energy;
- Fuel cells;
- P-to-X systems;
- Energy sustainability;
- Energy modeling.
Combustion topics:
- Fossil and green fuels;
- Flame structure, characteristics and propagation;
- Experiments and modeling (e.g., burners, combustion chambers, furnaces, kilns, industrial processes);
- Chemical and reaction kinetics;
- Safety.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- High-Speed Aerodynamics and High Energy and Efficiency Aerospace Propulsion System: Modeling and Optimization (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Internal Combustion Engines for Carbon Neutrality: Performance, Combustion and Emission (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Future Perspectives of Internal Combustion Engines of High Efficiency: Analysis, Modeling and Control Strategies and Application of Sustainable Fuels (Deadline: 23 May 2024)
- Advanced Research on Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Internal Combustion Engine Technology (Deadline: 25 May 2024)
- New Fuels and Advanced Combustion Modes for Innovative Internal Combustion Engines (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Experimental and Numerical Studies on Coupled Physical–Chemical Field of Turbulent Combustion of Low- to Zero-Carbon Fuels (Deadline: 13 June 2024)
- Engine Combustion Characteristics, Performance, and Emission (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advances in Ignition Technology for Combustion Engines (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Innovations in Vehicle Engines: Towards Low Carbon and Reduced Emissions (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Recent Studies on Flow, Atomization, and Combustion in Swirl Combustors (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Advances in Waste Heat Recovery and Integrated Energy Systems (Deadline: 18 July 2024)
- Advanced Research in Combustion Energy: Optimization, Applications, and Analysis (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Internal Combustion Engine: Research and Application—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Heat Transfer and Advanced Combustion in Gas Turbines (Deadline: 24 August 2024)
- Emission Control Technology in Internal Combustion Engines (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Emissions of Gaseous Pollutants and Fine Particles from Combustion and Gasification Processes (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Disruptive Solutions for Innovative Internal Combustion Engines and Advanced Combustion (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Recent Advances in Energy Combustion and Flame (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advances in Low-Emission Combustion Technologies and Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Optimization of Efficient Clean Combustion Technology (Deadline: 4 September 2024)
- Internal Combustion Engine Performance 2024 (Deadline: 25 September 2024)
- Advances in Analysis and Application of Biofuels, Alternative fuels and Combustion Technology (Deadline: 27 September 2024)
- Advances in Fuels and Combustion (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Combustion Characteristics of Advanced Alternative Fuels and Emission Reduction Methodologies (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: