Collection

Engineering: Biofuels

Submission status
Open
Open for submission from
24 February 2023
Submission deadline
31 August 2024
The energy business has continued to change course due to the significant increase in climate change over the last few years. The need for energy is likely to continue to climb globally, and pressure to reform the energy sector is growing. Recently, the energy and trading value chain has been dominated by the energy transition. To cater the climate change, the world's largest economy, the energy sectors have adopted objectives for net-zero emissions by 2050. The power sector's primary objective is to create new energy ecosystems that support economic growth in order to provide global access to clean, dependable, sustainable, and secure electricity in the upcoming years. The energy sectors are reducing emissions through sustainable initiatives and involving in inventions related to more low-carbon energy such as biofuels, hydrogen, charging for electric vehicles and electricity generated by solar, wind power, and so forth. Biofuels are recognized as a pertinent technology since they provide numerous advantages, such as energy security, environmental cleanliness, and sustainable development. In order to increase fuel security, address climate change, and support infrastructure development, biofuels are primarily employed as alternatives to petroleum-based fuels for transportation. Due to economic and technological limitations, biofuels, however, have not been able to totally replace fossil fuels. The purpose of this Topical Collection is to inform readers about the most recent developments in the production of biofuels and bioenergy while also addressing current trends and improvements in biofuel and bioenergy production technology. This Topical Collection will cover all areas of emerging technologies in the area of biofuels technologies, catalysis, process optimization, digitalization, techno-economic analysis and life cycle analysis. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to: (1) biofuels’ production, (2) digitalization in biofuels, (3) catalysis in biofuels production, (4) Circular Economy in biofuels’ production, (5) sustainability in biofuels’ production.

Editors

  • Yie Hua Tan Yie Hua Tan , 

    Yie Hua Tan

    Yie Hua Tan, PhD, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam. She worked as a customer project engineer in X-FAB Sarawak for two years before pursuing her PhD studies in Chemical Engineering at the University of Malaysia, Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia. Her research interests are biomass utilization, biofuel conversion technology, catalysis development, process optimization and modelling. Dr Tan has been awarded Chartered Chemical Engineer, CEng MIChemE from IChemE, UK in 2020.

  • Inn Shi Tan Inn Shi Tan  &

    Inn Shi Tan

    Inn Shi Tan, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University, Malaysia. She accomplished her PhD in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Her main research interest is related to technology services regarding operations relating to product development (biomass and biofuel), which uses chemicals and enzymes for bioethanol and bio-monomer production. She has published a lot of research in high-impact journals such as Carbohydrate Polymer, Bioresource Technology, Energy Conversion and Management, Energy, Fuel, and Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

  • Bridgid Lai Fui Chin Bridgid Lai Fui Chin

    Bridgid Lai Fui Chin

    Bridgid Lai Fui Chin, Associate Professor, Curtin University, Malaysia. She successfully obtained her PhD from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia in the year 2015. She is recognized for her creative contributions within the field of green technology, particularly on the conversion of biomass and municipal solid wastes to renewable energy via thermochemical conversion which firmly focused on solving real-world problems particularly on mitigating climate change and developing clean energy.

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