The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Processes

Process Engineering — Current State and Future Trends

Part of the International Electronic Conference on Processes (ECP) series

Chemistry, Biology, Material, Energy, Environment, Food, Engineering, Fields

Welcome from the Chairs

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Processes: Process Engineering - Current State and Future Trends (ECP 2023), which will be hosted online from 17 to 31 May 2023.

This conference will present the latest studies in process/system-related research in chemistry, biology, material, energy, environment, food and engineering fields. The goal is to show the current state, challenges, opportunities and future trends in process systems engineering.

All process/system-related scientists or researchers are welcome to join this event and share their findings around the following general and related themes including, but not limited to:

Green chemistry engineering and environment relevant process;
Experimental, theoretical, and computational research on process development and engineering;
Process modeling, simulation, optimization, and control;
Food-relevant processing and improvement of food quality;
Sustainable and renewable systems engineering;
Energy system and current demand and electricity market;
Supply chain management;
Circular economies;
Eco-friendly processes and methods.

ECP 2023 will be free of charge for presenters and visitors. Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee. The authors of accepted contributions will be invited to produce an extended abstract for the conference proceedings along with a presentation slide of their work. Following the conference, selected contributions will be invited for submission to the journal Processes (Impact Factor: 3.352).

We look forward to having you join us at this exciting event.

Conference Chairs:

Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto
University of Turin, Italy
Prof. Dr. Dariusz Dziki
University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Prof. Dr. Krist V. Gernaey
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

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Live Session Information

During the duration of the conference, one online session will be programmed. The live-streaming platform we are using is Zoom. During the live session, the participants will have the possibility to ask questions during a Q&A session.

The live session is free of charge. The authors who submit submissions to ECP 2023 will have priority for registration (with no extra cost) to the live online session with our keynote speakers. If it is not completely full, registration will be open for unregistered participants. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized. The number of participants in the live session is limited, but the recording will be made available on Sciforum shortly afterward.

We are pleased to invite you to subscribe to our conference so that you can receive email notifications when the live session program is online and open online discussions.

Live Session Program

Live Session

23 May 2023 | 2:00 pm CEST

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto

Speaker	Presentation Topic	Time in CEST
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto	Introduction	2:00 - 2:10 pm
Prof. Dr. Dariusz Dziki	Current Trends in Wheat Flour Milling	2:10 - 2:40 pm
Prof. Dr. Tom Van Gerven	The Use of Ultrasound in the Transition to Flow Processes	2:40 - 3:10 pm
Dr. Shuyi Li	Impact of Physical Field Treatment on the Extraction and Interaction of Food Components	3:10 - 3:40 pm
Prof. Dr. Robert J. Meier	The Enthalpy of Formation of Organic Compounds with "Chemical Accuracy" - Challenging the limits of the GC method	3:40 - 4:10 pm
	Q&A Session	4:10 - 4:30 pm

Live Session Recording

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List of accepted submissions (131)

Id	Title	Authors	Presentation Video	Poster PDF
sciforum-068324	Co-pyrolysis of Waste Polystyrene Foam and Microalgae at Low Temperatures Ebru Gizem Ormanci , Gamze Ozcakir , Ali Karaduman Submitted: 28 Nov 2022 Abstract: Show Abstract	Ebru Gizem Ormanci , Gamze Ozcakir , Ali Karaduman	N/A		Show Abstract
Fossil fuel reserves have depleted. So, renewable and sustainable energy form an important issue. Microalgae as a third generation biomass can be an alternative carbon neutral fuel source. But its fuel quality is low. Co-pyrolysis is important technique to upgrade fuel quality of microalgae. In this study, we aimed to carry out pyrolysis of polystyrene and Spirulina sp. microalgae at low temperatures (350, 400, 450 ⁰C). The plastic waste source, polystyrene (PS), was supplied as an electronic device package. Before the pyrolysis it was divided small pieces and dried in oven. The microalgae source, Spirulina (SP), was bought in powder form commercially. The experiments were done by using semi-batch reactor setup. Co-pyrolytic product yields (bio-oil, bio-char and bio-gas) were calculated. Composition of bio-oil was enlightened by using GC-MS. As a result of the analysis, it was detected aromatic compounds like styrene, toluene in the co-pyrolytic bio-oil. Besides that it was observed co-pyrolysis was increased bio-char yield while it was decreased liquid and gas product yield. For co-pyrolysis, maximum bio-char and bio-oil yield were obtained as nearly 60% by weight at 350 ⁰C and 70% by weight at 450 ⁰C respectively.
sciforum-068384	Artificial Intelligence (Ai) in the Sustainable Energy Sector Seemant Tiwari Submitted: 01 Dec 2022 Abstract: Show Abstract	Seemant Tiwari	N/A		Show Abstract
The power business is at a point of intersection. Modern technical advances have the potential to drastically alter our electricity supply, trading, and usage. Artificial intelligence (Ai) technologies are transforming the current modernization approach. Big data management, vast computational resources, telecommunications, enhanced machine learning, and deep learning techniques have all contributed to the rapid surge in Ai technology. Smooth software that improves judgment and management will automatically adjust the merging of electricity supply, usage, and sustainable energy into the electricity network. Supercomputers, power systems, and communications networks between the command center and devices are all part of a smart electricity system. Ai would be crucial in attaining this required. This research assessed whether artificial intelligence algorithms surpass conventional methods in stability, massive data management, smart grid, energy-saving optimization, and planned maintenance management for renewables. As a result, we can conclude that Ai would perform an essential position in the upcoming energy business. To get better results, the sustainable energy industry, companies, power network administrators, and independent generators of electricity might want to put more emphasis on Ai technologies.
sciforum-068423	Implications of Machine Learning in Renewable Energy Seemant Tiwari Submitted: 02 Dec 2022 Abstract: Show Abstract	Seemant Tiwari	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
Artificial neural networks (ANN) are preferred over some other machine learning (ML) techniques due to their extension potential. The requirement for using ML approaches inside the renewable energy market would rise significantly in the upcoming decades, due to the huge market for graduate institutions in research, mathematics, and technology connected to machine learning. Collection of data, administration, and protection are predicted to play critical roles in the effective deployment of ML techniques that may be distributed among the main players in the renewable energy industry, hence fostering the creation of large smart energy schemes. The integration of new techniques for generating accurate data, as well as other pieces of knowledge, will improve the communication of data among ML and networks. Both supervised and unsupervised learning are likely to play important roles in the renewable energy industry, however, this will hinge on the development of certain other significant topics in machine learning, like big data analytics (BDA). Because the renewable energy business is dependent on weather, forecasting is an essential aspect of renewables. Machine learning algorithms aid in the precise prediction of renewables.
sciforum-068535	Evaluation of bacterial growth ability and PHA production using various combinations of fatty acids Young-Cheol Chang , M. Venkateswar Reddy Submitted: 07 Dec 2022 Abstract: Show Abstract	Young-Cheol Chang , M. Venkateswar Reddy	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
The present study explains the growth pattern and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production capacity of Bacillus sp. CYR1 (DNA Data Bank of Japan accession number LC049103) uses various fatty acids as substrates. Various combinations of fatty acids were used as substrates for the growth of strain CYR1. Among them, strain CYR1 showed good growth with the combination of two fatty acids (acetic acid and butyric acid) and the combination of three kinds of fatty acids (acetic acid, propionic acid, and caproic acid). Apart from the growth pattern, PHA production was also evaluated using various fatty acids as substrates. PHA production was in coordination with the growth pattern. The amount of PHA and PHA production (% cell dry mass (CDM)) calculated based on the Soxhlet extraction method was 0.158 g/L and 41.8 (%CDM) for the combination of acetic acid and butyric acid, and 0.241 g/L and 40.16 (%CDM) for the combination of acetic acid, propionic acid, and caproic acid. The wet and dry weights were higher in the combination of the three types of combination, and the amount of PHA was higher in the combination. It is essential to reduce the cost of the substrate for PHA production by replacing expensive carbon sources with wastewater. The organic compounds in domestic wastewater and wastewater produced from various factories will contain mixed fatty acids. By studying different combinations of two or more fatty acids, we gained new insights into utilizing wastewater containing various fatty acids.
sciforum-072365	Electrical Resilience in Residential Microgrids Powered by Biogas Micro-Combined Heat and Power (Micro-CHP) Systems Iker De Loma-Osorio , David Borge Diez Submitted: 24 Mar 2023 Abstract: Show Abstract	Iker De Loma-Osorio , David Borge Diez		N/A	Show Abstract
Current energy systems are becoming increasingly decentralized, diverse, and dynamic. More energy is generated and consumed locally through Distributed Energy Systems (DES) and microgrids, which support the conventional centralized system. Both DES and microgrids can operate autonomously or in island mode, but they can also connect to a larger grid. In this way, well-designed DES can help improve the resilience of networks with a large percentage of renewable energy. An optimal DES considers the different affected agents, the technical-economic feasibility, and the efficiency of the system. These systems are becoming increasingly important in the future of energy, as they complement conventional centralized generation. DES and microgrids are optimal solutions to create more intelligent and resilient systems that can accept a greater share of renewable energies. On the other hand, these technologies facilitate the access of prosumers (those who produce and consume energy) to energy markets. The presented project represents a scientific novelty that solves a growing problem for the following reasons: The need to integrate renewable energies into the current electrical system: the capacity of electricity generated by renewable energies will reach 4800 GW of capacity in 2026, which is equivalent to the current capacity of electricity generated by fossil fuels or nuclear energy. Therefore, the electrical system needs to transform towards this type of generation since the fluctuation of weather conditions that affect energies such as wind and solar generates fluctuations in the grid. Generating net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is one of the COP26 objectives: this measure is necessary to maintain the rise in temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius. To achieve this, they promote the decarbonization of the energy system, the reduction in deforestation, the shift towards electric vehicles, and the promotion of investment in renewable energies. Dependence on fossil fuels: today there is still enormous energy dependence on countries that produce oil, coal, and gas, as in 2019, 64% of electricity came from this type of fuel. The increase of electric vehicles in the global transportation system: between 2019 and 2020, the increase in electric vehicles globally was around 43%, which resulted in more than 10 million of these types of vehicles in 2020. For this growth to be sustainable, it is necessary for the electrical system to adapt to this type of load and coexist with renewable generation. The need to ensure good resilience in the grid for systems with renewable energies, electric vehicles, or other systems that compromise the current grid: microgrids help prevent failures and blackouts in the electrical system since these networks can operate in island mode and promote the integration of renewable energies.

Full List

Event Chairs

Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Cravotto

Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Italy

Prof. Dr. Dariusz Dziki

Department of Thermal Technology and Food Process Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

Prof. Dr. Krist V. Gernaey

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Antoni Sánchez

Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Dr. Gade Pandu Rangaiah

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Prof. Dr. Evangelos Tsotsas

Thermal Process Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitaetsplatz 2, Germany

Dr. Bipro R. Dhar

Environmental Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Dr. Jui-Yuan Lee

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

Dr. Enrique Rosales-Asensio

Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Industrial and Civil Engineering, ULPGC, Campus de Tafira s/n, Spain

Prof. Dr. Chi-Fai Chau

Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Prof. Dr. José Manuel Moreno-Rojas

Food Science and Health, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Spain

Prof. Dr. Kuo-Lin Huang

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Dr. Farooq Sher

Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Prof. Dr. Juan Francisco García Martín

Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Dr. Christophe Bengoa

Departament d’Enginyeria Química (DEQ), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda dels Països Catalans, Spain

Event Committee

Prof. Dr. Peter Glavic

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Prof. Dr. Fabiano A. N. Fernandes

Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), razil

Prof. Dr. Abraham Kabutey

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech

Dr. Qiang Guo

Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, USA

Dr. Fernanda F.G. Dias

Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, USA

Dr. Abdolreza Kharaghani

Thermal Process Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, Germany

Dr. Elsayed Elbeshbishy

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science, Ryerson University, Canada

Dr. Maximilian Lackner

Faculty of Industrial Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria

Dr. Barbara Socas

Group of Chemical Analysis Applied to the Industry, Environment and Agroalimentary Products (Aqaimpa). Department of Chemistry. University of La Laguna (ULL), Spain

Dr. Giuseppe Pipitone

Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politechnic of Turin, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 1029 Turin, Italy

Dr. Nicolò Morselli

Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Dr. Jan Havlík

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech

Dr. Maria Tufariello

CNR-ISPA, National Research Council-Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Italy

Dr. Bruna De Falco

Fundación Canaria Parque Científico Tecnológico, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Dr. Carlos Sierra Fernández

Department of Mining, Topography and Structural Engineering, University of León, Spain

Dr. Tereza Kudelova

Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Dr. Axel Funke

Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology (IKFT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

Prof. Dr. Lilia Sabantina

Berlin School of Culture and Design, Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin), Germany

Prof. Dr. Chien-Chih Wang

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan

Dr. Ratnak Sok

Research Institute for Automotive Model-Based Control, Waseda University, Japan

Dr. Péter Sipos

Doctoral School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Dr. Carlo Boaretti

Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Italy

Dr. Francesco BIANCO

Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy

Dr. Thinesh Selvaratnam

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Lamar University, USA

Dr. Michael Short

Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, UK

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Dr. Tom Van Gerven

Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems, Belgium

Prof. Dr. Robert J. Meier

Pro-Deo Consultant, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Prof. Dr. Dariusz Dziki

Department of Thermal Technology and Food Process Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

Dr. Shuyi Li

Wuhan Polytechnic University, China

Sessions

S1. Environmental and Green Processes
S2. Energy Systems
S3. Food Processes
S4. Chemical Processes and Systems
S5. Particle processes

Instructions for Authors

Submission Information

To present your research at the ECP2023:

Create an account on Sciforum. If you do not have one, then click on ‘New Submission’ in the upper-right corner of the window, or by clicking on ‘Submit Abstract’ at the top of this webpage.
Submit a short abstract in English (150–300 words) before 13 March 2023.
The Conference Committee will evaluate all the submitted abstracts, and authors will be notified by 27 March 2023 about acceptance.
If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author will be invited to prepare a full description of their work (max. 6 pages), optionally accompanied by a Poster/PowerPoint/Video Presentation (max. 5 minutes), for the submission deadline of 17 April 2023. Authors will receive a notification about the acceptance of their papers by 30 April 2023.
The manuscripts and presentations will be available on sciforum.net for discussion and rating during the time of the conference, from 17–31 May 2023.
All submissions will be reviewed using the powerful text comparison tool iThenticate. This procedure aims to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism. Submissions will then be peer-reviewed by conference committees based on originality/novelty, quality of presentation, scientific soundness, interest to the readers, overall merit and English level. After the conference, all submissions will be published on sciforum.net, and only the proceeding paper (3-6 pages) will be published in the MDPI Engineering Proceedings journal (ISSN 2673-4591 Indexed in Scopus)Note: Publication of proceedings paper is free of charge.
Before publication Engineering Proceedings journal (ISSN 2673-4591 Indexed in Scopus) will check the plagiarism issue again. Submissions with a lack of novelty will not be published in the journal.
Participants of this e-conference will also be encouraged to submit a full paper to the conference Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Processes: Process Engineering—Current State and Future Trends (ECP2023)" in Processes with a 20% discount on the article processing charge (APC).

Proceedings Papers

Proceedings papers must be prepared in MS Word using the Proceedings template and converted to PDF before submission. They should follow this organization:

Title;
Full author names;
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
Abstract;
Keywords;
Introduction;
Methods;
Results and Discussion;
Conclusions;
Conflict of Interest;
(Acknowledgements);
References.

The manuscript should be at least three pages (including figures, tables, and references) and not exceed six pages. Authors are asked to keep their papers as concise as possible. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame that can superimpose the text and complicate the layout.

Please note that the manuscript cannot be published in any place other than the conference proceedings. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal website and ensure that your manuscript submission adheres to these guidelines.

Presentation Slides

Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software to be displayed online along with the manuscript. Slides can be prepared the same way as for any traditional conference. They should be converted to PDF format before submission.

Video Presentations

Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. This is a unique way of presenting your research and discussing it with peers from all over the world. Videos should be no longer than 3–5 minutes and prepared in one of the following formats: mp4/webm/ogg (max size: 200Mb). Videos should be submitted before 29 March 2023.

Posters

Posters will be available on this conference website during and after the event. As with papers presented on the conference, participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters. Posters without an accompanying proceedings paper should be presented in the Poster Session.

After abstract acceptance, if you wish to submit your presentation slides, poster, or video without a proceedings paper, please upload a copy of the short abstract as PDF and Word files, in the corresponding required fields, and upload your file in the corresponding optional field. Submissions without a proceedings paper will not be added to the proceedings of the conference.

Special Issue Submission

Full-paper versions of accepted submissions are encouraged to be submitted to the conference Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Processes: Process Engineering—Current State and Future Trends (ECP2023)" after the conference. These full papers should be novel and significantly different from the proceedings papers. These papers will be subject to peer review after they are submitted using the journal submission system.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

All authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. This should be conveyed in a separate ‘Conflict of Interest’ statement preceding the ‘Acknowledgments’ and ‘References’ sections at the end of the manuscript. If there is no conflict, please state ‘The authors declare no conflict of interest.’ Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the ‘Acknowledgments’ section.

Copyright

MDPI, the owner of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).

List of Authors (385)

Anvar Abdushukurov

Hassana Abubakar

Ayoub ALLAM

Shumyla Allaqaband

Hassan Alqahtani

Elohor Amarie

Azeezah Amigun

Mikel Añibarro-Ortega

Marvin Anker

Justinas Anušauskas

Kasthuri Arumugan

Rania Bahadi

Abdulaziz Bakhtiyorov

Sabiha BECHIR

Event Awards

To acknowledge the support of the conference esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to launch the following awards.

The Awards

Best Paper Award: CHF 500

Number of Awards Available: 1

Best Presentation Award: CHF 500

Number of Awards Available: 1

Terms and Conditions:

On behalf of the chairs of ECP 2023, we are pleased to announce the winner of the Best Paper Award:

sciforum-072128, "Antimicrobial activity of natural extracts: the problematic of mathematical modeling"
Aurora Silva, Catarina Lourenço-Lopes, Maria Carpena, Paula Garcia -Oliveira, Javier Echave, F. Chamorro, M.Fátima Barroso, M.A. Prieto
The Award consists of 500 CHF and a certificate.

On behalf of the chairs of ECB 2023, we are pleased to announce the winner of the Best Presentation Award:

sciforum-072043, "Photocatalytic Degradation and Defluorination of Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) using TiO₂ Nanoparticles under UV-visible Light"
Saheed Mustapha, Tijani Oladejo Jimoh, Rabi Elabor, Etsuyankpa Binin Muhammed, Azeezah Taiwo Amigun, Damola Taye Shuaib, Abdulmumini Sumaila, Jelil Adekunle Olaoye, Hassana Ladio Abubakar, Saka Ambali Abdulkareem, Muhammed Muhammed Ndamitso
The Award consists of 500 CHF and a certificate.