Special Issue "Thermodynamic Optimization of Industrial Energy Systems"
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Thermodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2023 | Viewed by 934
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy integration; process synthesis; optimization; environmental analysis; economic assessment
Interests: biomass conversion; biofuel production; process simulation and integration; industrial symbiosis
Interests: applied thermodynamics; exergy analysis; biogas; fuel cells; hydrogen
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The thermodynamic optimization of the industrial systems deals with the application of the thermodynamic principles to evaluate and improve the performance of those energy systems, from the component level up to the complete process synthesis and optimization of chemical plants. The energy integration (pinch method) and the exergy methods are among the most common thermodynamic methods used in the diagnosis and optimization of energy systems. Those methods help to identify the sources of thermodynamic inefficiency and allow proposing means for minimizing energy consumption, while reducing waste generation and, consequently, the environmental impact. Meanwhile, optimization methods aid in determining the best configuration among the vast number of options that satisfy the predefined objectives and restrictions using different mathematical and computational techniques. This Special Issue aims to bring together a comprehensive selection of recently developed techniques used to evaluate the performance of thermodynamic systems. It is also conceived to aim the spotlight at new approaches proposed to assess not only efficiency, but also sustainability and economic attractiveness as decision criteria for future energy systems.
Dr. Daniel Flórez-Orrego
Dr. Meire Ellen Ribeiro Domingos
Dr. Rafael Nogueira Nakashima
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- technoeconomic assessment
- sustainability
- industrial processes
- optimization
- energy integration
