The world is facing unprecedented climate and environmental changes. Pollution caused by industries and the fabrication of products based on fossil fuels are contributing to these adverse changes. As part of the answer to this problem, industries are making efforts to employ more environmentally friendly processes and products. Green manufacturing processes refer to production methods that prioritize environmental sustainability and reduce the negative impact of industrial activities on the planet. These processes are designed to minimize resource consumption, energy use, pollution, and waste generation. This is critical for mitigating climate change, preserving biodiversity, and protecting ecosystems. In fact, this pursuit of sustainability is driving innovation and the development of new technologies that are more efficient, give higher productivity, and show market competitiveness.
This Research Topic is dedicated to the development of green and sustainable processes. Among the new and innovative technologies, non-thermal processes are given special interest since they often consume less energy resources and generate less or no waste. Unlike traditional thermal processes that rely on elevated temperatures, non-thermal processes use alternative techniques to achieve similar results, while preserving the treated material's properties or functional qualities. Non-thermal technologies include high-pressure processing, pulsed electric fields, UV light processes, ozonation, cold plasma, ultrasound processing, and membrane filtration, among others. These technologies have been applied to numerous processes, such as natural product extraction, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food and chemical product fabrication, air purification, gas separation, and wastewater treatment. This collection with explore these and other sustainable manufacturing processes that aim to relieve the environmental impact of industries and chemical production.
This Research Topic welcomes innovative processes to produce renewable chemicals and fuels, with a particular focus on green diesel and hydrogen. In recent years, green hydrogen has boomed with the development of new solutions to improve electrolysis using advanced materials, as well as the application renewable energy sources to provide the electricity needed for this process. We also welcome studies on cold plasma production of hydrogen, ammonia, and other chemical products.
The Topic Editors encourage submissions of Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes that include, but are not limited to:
• Green and sustainable production processes
• Non-thermal and hybrid technologies
• Process intensification using green technologies
• Green fuels production
• Production of new renewable materials
• Air, water, and wastewater treatment using green technologies
• Modeling and optimization of sustainable processes.
Keywords:
Non-thermal processing, green chemistry, sustainable manufacturing, renewable chemicals and materials
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
The world is facing unprecedented climate and environmental changes. Pollution caused by industries and the fabrication of products based on fossil fuels are contributing to these adverse changes. As part of the answer to this problem, industries are making efforts to employ more environmentally friendly processes and products. Green manufacturing processes refer to production methods that prioritize environmental sustainability and reduce the negative impact of industrial activities on the planet. These processes are designed to minimize resource consumption, energy use, pollution, and waste generation. This is critical for mitigating climate change, preserving biodiversity, and protecting ecosystems. In fact, this pursuit of sustainability is driving innovation and the development of new technologies that are more efficient, give higher productivity, and show market competitiveness.
This Research Topic is dedicated to the development of green and sustainable processes. Among the new and innovative technologies, non-thermal processes are given special interest since they often consume less energy resources and generate less or no waste. Unlike traditional thermal processes that rely on elevated temperatures, non-thermal processes use alternative techniques to achieve similar results, while preserving the treated material's properties or functional qualities. Non-thermal technologies include high-pressure processing, pulsed electric fields, UV light processes, ozonation, cold plasma, ultrasound processing, and membrane filtration, among others. These technologies have been applied to numerous processes, such as natural product extraction, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food and chemical product fabrication, air purification, gas separation, and wastewater treatment. This collection with explore these and other sustainable manufacturing processes that aim to relieve the environmental impact of industries and chemical production.
This Research Topic welcomes innovative processes to produce renewable chemicals and fuels, with a particular focus on green diesel and hydrogen. In recent years, green hydrogen has boomed with the development of new solutions to improve electrolysis using advanced materials, as well as the application renewable energy sources to provide the electricity needed for this process. We also welcome studies on cold plasma production of hydrogen, ammonia, and other chemical products.
The Topic Editors encourage submissions of Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes that include, but are not limited to:
• Green and sustainable production processes
• Non-thermal and hybrid technologies
• Process intensification using green technologies
• Green fuels production
• Production of new renewable materials
• Air, water, and wastewater treatment using green technologies
• Modeling and optimization of sustainable processes.
Keywords:
Non-thermal processing, green chemistry, sustainable manufacturing, renewable chemicals and materials
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.