Dear Colleagues,

With the onset of the Corona pandemic, the entire world economy, with very few exceptions, is on its knees. The oil industry in particular has been strongly affected, as evidenced by the unprecedented negative oil prices we have witnessed in the last few months.

Thus, within the framework of this meeting, we are interested in the subject of the rationalization of energy consumption through the optimization, audit, and control of processes. Mainly, our focus is on the different processes, electrification, heating and air conditioning, refining, petrochemicals, gas treatment, pharmaceuticals, food processing, etc., without of course forgetting conventional and new hybrid energy systems in addition to economic models combining fossil and renewable energies.

Based on these ideas, we are inviting authors to submit original research and review papers on a broad range of topics to this Special Issue on “Rationalization of Energy Consumption through the Optimization, Audit, and Control of Processes”. Experimental and modeling works focused on process optimization and energy metering in a wide variety of application fields as well as reviews or technical notes in terms of the synergy between conventional and renewable energy are highly welcome.

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Hadjadj
Dr. Hossein Aminian
Guest Editors

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• energy consumption rationalization
• process optimization
• audit and control
• energy metering
• fossil and renewable energy hybridization