State-Of-The-Art Review of Papers Presented at the Symposium “Modern Energy- and Resource-Saving Technologies MERST-2017” Held within the International Scientific and Technical Forum “First International Kosygin Readings “Current Topics in Engineering Sciences””

This review analyzes papers presented at the symposium “Modern Energy- and Resource-Saving Technologies MERST-2017,” which was held within the International Scientific and Technical Forum “First International Kosygin Readings “Current Topics in Engineering Sciences.”” The presented papers have considered the key problems of energy and resource conservation in modern chemical, thermal, and mass-transfer processes, the priority directions of the implementation of energy-efficient and resource-saving environmentally safe technologies, innovations in energy and resource conservation, alternative energy, current topics in import substitution, the quality of the target products, and other issues. The place, role, and tasks of engineering sciences in the modern Russian society have also been discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]