Christopher Varela

523 total citations
11 papers, 350 citations indexed

About

Christopher Varela is a scholar working on Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Varela has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 350 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christopher Varela's work include Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (5 papers), Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (3 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (3 papers). Christopher Varela is often cited by papers focused on Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (5 papers), Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (3 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (3 papers). Christopher Varela collaborates with scholars based in Ecuador, Germany and Netherlands. Christopher Varela's co-authors include Edwin Zondervan, J. Bartels, Diego Barletta, Wided Medjroubi, Timo Wassermann, Sebastian Engell, Yi‐Ting Wang, Jihua Gou, Pritpal Singh and Guillermo Soriano and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Varela

8 papers receiving 334 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Varela Ecuador 6 230 142 79 69 61 11 350
Andreas Zauner Austria 5 276 1.2× 176 1.2× 75 0.9× 42 0.6× 90 1.5× 8 375
Timo Wassermann Germany 7 175 0.8× 107 0.8× 59 0.7× 30 0.4× 79 1.3× 9 273
Sunwoo Kim South Korea 9 161 0.7× 100 0.7× 50 0.6× 40 0.6× 61 1.0× 18 246
Joungho Park South Korea 8 202 0.9× 128 0.9× 57 0.7× 43 0.6× 88 1.4× 13 279
Frédéric Barth Netherlands 5 239 1.0× 126 0.9× 94 1.2× 62 0.9× 69 1.1× 5 343
Franz Lehner Estonia 3 221 1.0× 167 1.2× 66 0.8× 75 1.1× 75 1.2× 6 337
Wojciech Uchman Poland 13 128 0.6× 111 0.8× 55 0.7× 42 0.6× 33 0.5× 23 317
Vinzenz Koning Netherlands 6 175 0.8× 131 0.9× 60 0.8× 33 0.5× 67 1.1× 8 294
G. Matute Spain 7 307 1.3× 180 1.3× 84 1.1× 70 1.0× 128 2.1× 8 370
Marie E. Kopp Germany 3 229 1.0× 173 1.2× 84 1.1× 69 1.0× 72 1.2× 3 325

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Varela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Varela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Varela

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher Varela. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher Varela based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher Varela. Christopher Varela is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Varela, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Deep Artificial Neural Network Modeling of the Ablation Performance of Ceramic Matrix Composites in the Hydrogen Torch Test. Journal of Composites Science. 9(5). 239–239.
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Hidalgo-León, Rubén, et al.. (2025). A comparative assessment of two rooftop hybrid energy systems in an Ecuadorian academic complex. Results in Engineering. 27. 106434–106434.
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Varela, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Modeling and multiobjective optimization of a solar-powered reverse osmosis desalination system with hydrogen energy storage. Energy Conversion and Management. 322. 119148–119148. 1 indexed citations
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Varela, Christopher, et al.. (2023). From green hydrogen to electricity: A review on recent advances, challenges, and opportunities on power-to-hydrogen-to-power systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 189. 113930–113930. 95 indexed citations
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Varela, Christopher, et al.. (2023). A techno-economic evaluation of post-combustion carbon capture using renewable ammonia with different process configurations. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. 8. 100502–100502. 8 indexed citations
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Varela, Christopher, et al.. (2022). Integration of water electrolysis facilities in power grids: A case study in northern Germany. Energy Conversion and Management X. 14. 100209–100209. 11 indexed citations
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Varela, Christopher, et al.. (2022). Capturing CO2 from the atmosphere: Design and analysis of a large-scale DAC facility. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100060–100060. 34 indexed citations
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Varela, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Modeling alkaline water electrolysis for power-to-x applications: A scheduling approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46(14). 9303–9313. 191 indexed citations
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Varela, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Simulated Carbon Capture Process for Sustainable Power-to-X. Applied Sciences. 11(20). 9574–9574. 7 indexed citations
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Varela, Christopher, et al.. (2019). Optimization of chemical processes applying surrogate models for phase equilibrium calculations. 1–8. 3 indexed citations

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