Special Issue on 10th International Symposium on Coal Combustion

About International Symposium on Coal Combustion

Coal remains a dominant global energy source, and this reliance may persist for several more decades until abundant new and renewable energy options are widely accessible. Coal presents significant challenges due to its detrimental environmental impact, as it contains harmful impurities and is more carbon-intensive compared to other fossil fuels. Hence, it is crucial for the international community to actively pursue methods for achieving cleaner, low-carbon, secure, and highly efficient utilization of coal.

The International Symposium on Coal Combustion (ISCC) is a series of symposia sponsored and organized by Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Since its inception in 1987, this event has been successfully held every four years. The forthcoming ISCC-10, the tenth in the series, is scheduled to take place in Taiyuan, a renowned historical city located in central China, from August 6th to 9th, 2023. To commemorate this milestone, we are organizing a virtual special issue to publish 10-15 high-quality articles selected from all submissions to the symposium. We invite you to keep a lookout for this special issue!

Topics covered:

All topics include fundamentals, advanced concepts, simulation, measurement and control, novel invention as well as applications.

Fundamental of Solid Fuels

• Fuel chemistry and kinetics
• Pyrolysis, gasification and oxidation
• Diagnosis of combustion
• Multiphase flow
• Mineral effects, slagging and fouling

Coal combustion and gasification

• Pulverized coal combustion
• Fluidized coal combustion
• Coal gasification and Coal to chemicals
• IGCC and poly-generation
• Blending with other fuels

Low Carbon Fuels

• Biomass and waste
• Hydrogen
• Ammonia
• CO₂-derived fuels
• Other low carbon fuels

Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage

• Carbon capture
• Oxy-fuel combustion
• Chemical looping
• Fuel cell
• CO₂ utilization and storage

Combustion Emission Control & Byproduct Utilization

• De-SOx and de-NOx technologies
• Dust and heavy metal removal
• Synergetic removal of multi-emissions
• Byproduct utilization
• High add-value byproducts

Combustion Emission Control & Byproduct Utilization

• Plant flexibility
• Smart power plant
• Advanced Technologies of Coal and fuels
• Energy storage
• Coal power plant in smart grid

Important Deadlines:

• Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

Submission Instructions:

Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All articles should be submitted online, please select VSI: 10thISCC on submission.

Guest Editors:

• Prof. Junfu Lyu, Tsinghua University, China. Email: lvjf@tsinghua.edu.cn
• Dr. Yuge Yao, Tsinghua University, China. Email: yyg18@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

About Carbon Resources Conversion

Carbon Resources Conversion (ISSN 2588-9133) is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes fundamental studies and industrial developments focusing on the clean, efficient, value-added, and low-carbon utilization of carbon-containing resources as fuel for energy and as feedstock for materials or chemicals. This journal also publishes scientific and engineering studies on resource characterization and pretreatment, carbon material innovation and production, clean technologies related to carbon resource conversion and utilization, and various process-supporting technologies including online or offline measurement and monitoring, modeling and simulations of safe and efficient operation and control, and process and equipment optimization.

Carbon Resources Conversion has been indexed within several important databases, including ESCI, Scopus, DOAJ, Inspec, Ei, and, CAS. In June 2023, Carbon Resources Conversion achieved its first impact factor of 6.0, ranking #2/18 in the Engineering, Chemical category and #7/36 in the Energy & Fuels category in ESCI. The CiteScore 2022 for Carbon Resources Conversion is 8.8, ranking #25/150 in the Materials Science (miscellaneous) category and #20/117 in the Fuel Technology category in Scopus.