The March issue of CJCE features two special issue sections with content from two conferences: the 71st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference – Energy Symposium and the 9th Jordan International Chemical Engineering Conference.
The first special section features 5 articles based on presentations from the Energy Symposium held at the 71st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Montréal, Québec. In the preface to the first special section, guest editor Clémence Fauteux-Lefebvre highlights the importance of the energy sector in the world today and notes the types of work that these 5 papers cover: “The papers in this special issue section—which cover experimental studies, modelling work, and impact analysis—represent the variety of technological investigations and proposed solutions discussed during the symposium.” This special section also features an issue highlight article by Emilie Breuvart and Frank Zeman from the Royal Military College of Canada: “CO2 utilization in Eastern Canada: Sources, sites, and grid effects”.
The second special issue section featured in this month’s issue comprises 5 articles based on presentations from the 9th Jordan International Chemical Engineering Conference. These papers cover a variety of topics as well, from “Sentinel 2 analysis of turbidity retrieval models in inland water bodies: The case study of Jordanian dams” to “Evaluation of mechanical and thermal properties of carrageenan/hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose hard capsule.” Be sure to browse these two special issue sections!
This month’s Editor’s Choice article from Alex De Visscher and Paôlla Chrystine Pinheiro Patrício, titled “Two chemical engineers look at the COVID-19 pandemic”, delves into important questions related to the pandemic and shows how skills required in the chemical engineering field can be used “to better understand and fight the COVID-19 epidemic”. In the abstract, the authors note, “In this study, we consider a problem that has eluded the COVID-19 research community, which is nevertheless very tractable with a chemical engineering mindset: the true or intrinsic mortality rate of COVID-19, that is, the fraction or percentage of COVID-19-infected people that die of the disease.”
We would also like to spotlight an open access article from our January issue, “Synergism of enzymes in chemical pulp bleaching from an industrial point of view: A critical review”, by Peter Immerzeel and Juha Fiskari from Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden. This mini review is currently the top-downloaded article from 2023 and has received an incredible 751 full-text downloads since publication. As noted in the abstract, this article provides a discussion about “the advantages of incorporating modern enzyme preparations in the bleaching of chemical pulp.” Be sure to check out this article if you have not already!