About this Research Topic
Energy is the material basis of social and economic development. All countries in the world have been trying their best to develop new energy utilization or conversion technologies. In face of increasingly prominent environmental pollution problems, clean and efficient use of energy is the megatrend of energy field. It is important to promote energy conservation, develop energy saving technologies and establish effective mechanisms to improve resource efficiency.
Solid, liquid and gaseous pollutants are discharged unavoidably, accompanied with energy conversion process. To control and reduce these pollutants, on the one hand, clean technologies in the conversion process are required; on the other hand, it requires new and efficient technologies to remove the discharged pollutants should be developed. At present, clean and efficient fossil energy conversion technologies are mainly divided into pyrolysis, gasification, chemical chain combustion and liquefaction by catalysis (direct liquefaction and indirect liquefaction), co-gasification, supercritical gasification, etc. Besides, the treatment of solid, liquid and gaseous pollutants is based on extraction, catalysis cracking and CO2 or VOC adsorption. New technologies and theories need to be constantly updated and enriched, to promote the progress and revolution of energy technology.
The control of pollution emission in energy conversion process is widely concerned and is a hot topic nowadays. This Research Topic explores novel feedstocks, recent advancements and technological developments in energy conversion process and removal technologies of discharged pollutants.
Both Original Research and Review articles are welcomed for submission. Topics include, but are not limited to:
• Clean coal technology;
• Carbon emission control in energy conversion process;
• Conventional pollutants (SO2, NOx, dust, etc.) generating and removal mechanism;
• The generation and prevention method of trace elements and inhalable particles in energy conversion process;
• Conversion of liquid, solid and gaseous pollutants;
• Integrated prevention and control of pollutants in energy conversion and utilization process;
• Element migration and transformation in energy conversion process;
• Catalytic pyrolysis or gasification characteristics and mechanisms of pollutants.
Solid, liquid and gaseous pollutants are discharged unavoidably, accompanied with energy conversion process. To control and reduce these pollutants, on the one hand, clean technologies in the conversion process are required; on the other hand, it requires new and efficient technologies to remove the discharged pollutants should be developed. At present, clean and efficient fossil energy conversion technologies are mainly divided into pyrolysis, gasification, chemical chain combustion and liquefaction by catalysis (direct liquefaction and indirect liquefaction), co-gasification, supercritical gasification, etc. Besides, the treatment of solid, liquid and gaseous pollutants is based on extraction, catalysis cracking and CO2 or VOC adsorption. New technologies and theories need to be constantly updated and enriched, to promote the progress and revolution of energy technology.
The control of pollution emission in energy conversion process is widely concerned and is a hot topic nowadays. This Research Topic explores novel feedstocks, recent advancements and technological developments in energy conversion process and removal technologies of discharged pollutants.
Both Original Research and Review articles are welcomed for submission. Topics include, but are not limited to:
• Clean coal technology;
• Carbon emission control in energy conversion process;
• Conventional pollutants (SO2, NOx, dust, etc.) generating and removal mechanism;
• The generation and prevention method of trace elements and inhalable particles in energy conversion process;
• Conversion of liquid, solid and gaseous pollutants;
• Integrated prevention and control of pollutants in energy conversion and utilization process;
• Element migration and transformation in energy conversion process;
• Catalytic pyrolysis or gasification characteristics and mechanisms of pollutants.
Keywords: Energy conversion, thermochemical process, pollution control
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