Bernd Epple

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
204 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Bernd Epple is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Epple has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 117 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 50 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Bernd Epple's work include Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (71 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (59 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (39 papers). Bernd Epple is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (71 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (59 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (39 papers). Bernd Epple collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Iraq and South Korea. Bernd Epple's co-authors include Jochen Ströhle, Falah Alobaid, Alexander Galloy, Peter Ohlemüller, Hyun-Gee Kim, Nicolas Mertens, Wisam Abed Kattea Al‐Maliki, Martin Haaf, Christian Heinze and Jan May and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Epple

194 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Progress in CFD Simulations of Fluidized Beds for Chemical and Energy Process Engineering

2021 163 citations Falah Alobaid, Jan May et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernd Epple Germany	40	3.0k	2.9k	1.4k	763	550	204	5.1k
W. Nowak Poland	42	2.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	956 0.7×	416 0.5×	572 1.0×	200	4.0k
Jarosław Krzywański Poland	42	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	773 0.6×	468 0.6×	344 0.6×	131	3.5k
Jochen Ströhle Germany	32	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	850 0.6×	344 0.5×	438 0.8×	125	3.2k
Defu Che China	43	2.6k 0.9×	4.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	269 0.4×	1.3k 2.3×	363	6.8k
Falah Alobaid Germany	32	1.4k 0.5×	983 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	528 0.7×	180 0.3×	104	2.9k
Elham Doroodchi Australia	39	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	579 0.8×	591 1.1×	131	4.3k
Qingyan Fang China	31	713 0.2×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	175 0.2×	645 1.2×	122	2.9k
Giorgio Micale Italy	50	1.6k 0.5×	6.0k 2.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	484 0.9×	239	8.6k
Chungen Yin Denmark	34	855 0.3×	2.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.6×	173 0.2×	369 0.7×	114	4.1k
Boshu He China	31	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	840 0.6×	187 0.2×	322 0.6×	116	2.5k

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Ströhle, Jochen, et al.. (2025). Modeling and design of a calciner for commercial-scale CO2 capture using stochastic methods and results from pilot tests. Fuel. 388. 133931–133931. 2 indexed citations

Epple, Bernd, et al.. (2025). Experimental study of particle velocity fields and gas-phase temperatures in oxy-fuel biomass combustion in a semi-industrial swirl-stabilized combustion chamber. Fuel. 412. 138026–138026.

Ströhle, Jochen, et al.. (2024). A carbonator model for CO2 capture based on results from pilot tests. Part I: Hydrodynamics and reactor model. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 155119–155119. 3 indexed citations

Richter, Marcel, Jochen Ströhle, & Bernd Epple. (2024). Up-scaling of a laboratory-scale pulverised oxyfuel burner to semi-industrial-scale through a flow similarity approach. Fuel. 371. 131809–131809. 6 indexed citations

Ströhle, Jochen, et al.. (2024). A carbonator model for CO2 capture based on results from pilot tests. Part II: Deactivation and reaction model. Chemical Engineering Journal. 508. 159041–159041. 4 indexed citations

Richter, Marcel, et al.. (2024). Radiative Heat Flux Measurement in a Semi-Industrial Oxyfuel Combustion Chamber with Biomass and Coal. Energies. 17(11). 2735–2735. 1 indexed citations

Ströhle, Jochen, et al.. (2023). Negative CO2 emissions in the lime production using an indirectly heated carbonate looping process. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 28(6). 17 indexed citations

Dieringer, Paul, et al.. (2023). Process efficiency and syngas quality from autothermal operation of a 1 MWth chemical looping gasifier with biogenic residues. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science. 16. 100217–100217. 8 indexed citations

Dieringer, Paul, Michael Müller, Andrea Di Giuliano, et al.. (2023). Fate of ilmenite as oxygen carrier during 1 MWth chemical looping gasification of biogenic residues. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science. 16. 100227–100227. 9 indexed citations

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Heinze, Christian, et al.. (2022). High Temperature Winkler gasification of Rhenish lignite in an optimized 500 kWth pilot plant. Fuel. 333. 126289–126289. 10 indexed citations

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Ströhle, Jochen, et al.. (2021). Efficient CO2 capture from lime production by an indirectly heated carbonate looping process. International journal of greenhouse gas control. 112. 103430–103430. 20 indexed citations

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Dieringer, Paul, et al.. (2021). Design of a 1 MWth Pilot Plant for Chemical Looping Gasification of Biogenic Residues. Energies. 14(9). 2581–2581. 40 indexed citations

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Peters, Jens, Jan May, Jochen Ströhle, & Bernd Epple. (2020). Flexibility of CFB Combustion: An Investigation of Co-Combustion with Biomass and RDF at Part Load in Pilot Scale. Energies. 13(18). 4665–4665. 17 indexed citations

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Debiagi, Paulo, Marcel Richter, Jochen Ströhle, et al.. (2020). Experimental and modeling assessment of sulfur release from coal under low and high heating rates. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 38(3). 4053–4061. 15 indexed citations

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Dieringer, Paul, et al.. (2020). Process Control Strategies in Chemical Looping Gasification—A Novel Process for the Production of Biofuels Allowing for Net Negative CO2 Emissions. Applied Sciences. 10(12). 4271–4271. 53 indexed citations

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Ströhle, Jochen, et al.. (2019). Performance of the carbonator and calciner during long-term carbonate looping tests in a 1 MWth pilot plant. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 8(1). 103578–103578. 25 indexed citations

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Haaf, Martin, et al.. (2017). Investigation of the fuel influence on the carbonate looping process in 1 MWth scale. Fuel Processing Technology. 169. 170–177. 31 indexed citations

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Mertens, Nicolas, Falah Alobaid, Thomas Lanz, Bernd Epple, & Hyun-Gee Kim. (2015). Dynamic simulation of a triple-pressure combined-cycle plant: Hot start-up and shutdown. Fuel. 167. 135–148. 34 indexed citations

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Epple, Bernd, et al.. (2012). Alstom’s Chemical Looping Prototypes. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Galloy, Alexander, Jochen Ströhle, & Bernd Epple. (2012). Post-combustion CO2 capture experiments in a 1 MWth carbonate looping pilot. 2 indexed citations

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