Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Publication of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
Official Journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering

ChERD aims to be the principal international journal for publication of high quality, original papers in chemical engineering.

Papers showing how research results can be used in chemical engineering design, and accounts of experimental or theoretical research work bringing new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating directions for future research, are particularly welcome. Contributions that deal with new developments in plant or processes and that can be given quantitative expression are encouraged. The journal is especially interested in papers that extend the boundaries of traditional chemical engineering.

The journal publishes regular special issues focusing on specific topics, and issues dedicated to selected papers from major conferences.

Core topic areas:

Distillation and absorption

• Sustainable process design, operation and intensification
• Process modelling, simulation and optimization
• Process equipment characterization, design and selection
• Hydrodynamics, heat and mass transfer in separation equipment
• Physical properties and thermodynamic models/methods

Fluid flow

• Fluid flow and mixing in process equipment
• Laminar to turbulent flow
• Reactive flow
• Multiphase flow
• Flow of Non-Newtonian fluids
• Flow in porous media
• Interfacial flows, coating & wetting phenomena
• Microfluidics
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Flow visualization and advanced experimental flow measurement

Heat and mass transfer

• Mechanisms of heat and mass transfer
• Multicomponent mass transfer
• Simulation of heat and mass transfer processes
• Simultaneous heat and mass transfer

Materials processing and product development

• Fundamental properties of interest to processing of materials
• Injection moulding of materials
• In-line measurement and control of material processes
• Morphological development processes
• Pre-processing, shaping, multi-layering and finishing of final product form
• Product design based on chemical engineering tools
• Structure-function relationships in products and relevant systems
• Tailoring chemical products and materials for end-use applications

Particle technology

• Formation and synthesis of particulates
• Crystallisation and precipitation
• Product formulation and rheology
• Mechanics of particulate solids
• Particle-fluid and particle-particle interactions
• Physics-based and data-driven modelling of particle systems
• Measurement and characterisation of particulate systems
• Comminution, attrition, agglomeration and coating
• Processing, handling and storage of particulate solids and dispersions
• Mixing and separation of particulate systems
• Fluidisation and multiphase flow
• Dust formation and control
• Design and control of systems, processes and equipment operating with particulates
• Applications of particulates in processes and materials

Pharmaceutical engineering

• Advanced (Bio)pharmaceutical Manufacturing:
Modelling, quality-by-design, digitalization, digital twins, process analytical technologies, smart manufacturing, new unit operations, continuous manufacturing, modular and decentralized production, etc.
• Design, characterisation and modelling of drug delivery systems
• Formulation, modified release, etc.
• Data Science for Pharmaceutical Engineering
• Supply chain, personalized medicine, reaction condition prediction, solid-state form prediction, in-silico prediction of pharmacokinetics, etc.

Process systems engineering

• Process design and integration
• Process modelling, simulation and optimization
• Process dynamics, control and monitoring
• Information modelling and analysis
• Machine Learning in Process Design and Operations
• Techno-economic analysis
• Production planning/scheduling and supply chain
• Domain application (bioprocesses, energy and environmental systems engineering)

Reaction engineering

• Catalysis engineering
• Process intensification
• Reaction kinetics
• Reactive flows
• Reactor development, modelling and scale-up

Separation processes

• Adsorption Science and Technology
• Molecular Separations: membranes, chromatography
• Phase Separations: clarification, flocculation, coagulation, centrifugation, cyclone separation, etc.
• Reactive Separations: hybrid and integrated separation techniques
• Other Separations: extraction, leaching, novel separation processes, etc.
• Intensification and Integration of Separation Processes: process optimization, machine learning and AI, Industry 4.0, and digitalization, etc.

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