6th Sino-Australian Symposium on Advanced Coal and Biomass Utilisation Technologies

This series of Sino-Australian Symposia was initiated by the Australian partner Curtin University (Curtin) and Chinese partner Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in 2006. The objectives have always been providing a regular platform for research exchange among Australian, Chinese, and other international researchers in the field of coal and biomass utilization technologies. These were successfully achieved in the first five symposia held in Wuhan, China, resulting in five special sections(1−5) in Energy & Fuels. Upon the conclusion of the fifth symposium(5) in 2015, both Australian and Chinese teams unanimously agreed to hold the next symposium in Australia. sixth symposium was successfully held at the Hyatt Regency, Perth, Western Australia, from December 4 to 8, 2017. It was a great success and received a large number of full paper submissions in the themes of the symposium. All submissions were subjected to the screening process of the editorial office and the subsequent rigorous peer review process, with the following papers being included in the special section.