Chemical Engineering Transactions · Core Topics

Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction

Environment

EV1 Process Development for Sustainable Environment
EV2 Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Protection
EV3 Green House Gases, Emission Trading
EV4 Environmental Remediation
EV5 Carbon Dioxide as a valuable source of carbon for the chemical industry
EV6 Waste processing and waste-to-energy systems
EV7 Technological innovation for water management in the urban and industrial context
EV8 Soil remediation

Combustion Safety

CS1 Analysis, prevention, protection and mitigation of gas, vapor and dust explosion
CS2 Accidental fires (large-scale, building fires, forest fires, fire prevention)
CS3 Emerging safety issues of innovative fuels

Chemical and Process Hazards

CH1 Hazards of chemical substances
CH2 Process runaway and stability of reactors
CH3 Scale-up of reactive processes
CH4 Environmental safety and occupational health

Risk and Hazard Analysis

RH1 Hazard identification, risk assessment, multi-risk and multi-hazard analysis
RH2 Models and experiments for the analysis of accident consequences
RH3 External hazard factors and security issues
RH4 NaTech scenarios and influence of natural hazards

Human Factors and Safety Culture

HF1 Human error
HF2 Safety culture and education
HF3 Risk perception and communication

HSE Management, Risk Governance and Regulations

HS1 Emergency planning and emergency exposure
HS2 HSE management systems
HS3 Seveso Directive: Applications and experiences
HS4 ATEX and PED related issues

Forensic Engineering and Accident Investigation

FA1 Analytical and computational methods in forensic investigation
FA2 Accident investigation and case-studies
FA3 Learning from accidents

Process Development for Safety and Sustainability

PD1 Life-cycle approach to sustainability
PD2 Process integration and Green Engineering
PD3 Inherent safer processes and performance indicators
PD4 Environmental Impact Assessment and Integrated Pollution Prevention Control

Safety of Energy Systems

SE1 Safety in the oil & gas industry including the LNG and CNG supply chains
SE2 Safety in nuclear energy production
SE3 Safety of energy transportation infrastructures and of renewable sources

Safety of Transportation Systems

ST1 Safety in the land transportation of hazardous materials
ST2 Risk Analysis and Risk Assessment
ST3 Safety in water transportation of hazardous materials

Security Issues in the Chemical and Process Industry

SI1 Security vulnerability analysis and security risk assessment
SI2 Physical and cyber security of industrial installations
SI3 Safety and security synergies