Renu Kumar Rathnam

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Renu Kumar Rathnam is a scholar working on Catalysis, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Renu Kumar Rathnam has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Catalysis, 4 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Renu Kumar Rathnam's work include Catalysts for Methane Reforming (4 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (4 papers) and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (3 papers). Renu Kumar Rathnam is often cited by papers focused on Catalysts for Methane Reforming (4 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (4 papers) and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (3 papers). Renu Kumar Rathnam collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and Switzerland. Renu Kumar Rathnam's co-authors include Terry Wall, Liza Elliott, Behdad Moghtaderi, Yinghui Liu, Jianglong Yu, A. Abánades, Stefan Stückrad, Rajender Gupta, Sameer Khare and Toshihiko Yamada and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and Energy & Fuels.

In The Last Decade

Renu Kumar Rathnam

8 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

An overview on oxyfuel coal combustion—State of the art research and technology development

2009 690 citations Terry Wall, Yinghui Liu et al. Process Safety and Environmental Protection profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Renu Kumar Rathnam Germany	8	1.0k	495	491	436	339	8	1.6k
Henrik Wiinikka Sweden	28	1.2k 1.2×	281 0.6×	417 0.8×	454 1.0×	133 0.4×	67	1.8k
Shinji Kambara Japan	19	383 0.4×	761 1.5×	261 0.5×	124 0.3×	501 1.5×	90	1.6k
Robin W. Hughes Canada	26	1.6k 1.6×	444 0.9×	1.6k 3.3×	301 0.7×	242 0.7×	84	2.3k
Christian Bergins Germany	15	484 0.5×	176 0.4×	611 1.2×	179 0.4×	198 0.6×	25	1.3k
Rohan Stanger Australia	21	795 0.8×	370 0.7×	804 1.6×	215 0.5×	88 0.3×	58	1.6k
Jochen Ströhle Germany	32	2.3k 2.3×	438 0.9×	2.0k 4.1×	850 1.9×	191 0.6×	125	3.2k
Kevin J. Whitty United States	23	895 0.9×	380 0.8×	635 1.3×	238 0.5×	106 0.3×	45	1.4k
Ronald W. Breault United States	25	940 0.9×	443 0.9×	1.0k 2.1×	1.0k 2.4×	123 0.4×	88	2.1k
Henrik Ström Sweden	19	610 0.6×	345 0.7×	296 0.6×	569 1.3×	127 0.4×	113	1.4k
Liza Elliott Australia	13	1.6k 1.6×	624 1.3×	870 1.8×	869 2.0×	118 0.3×	18	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renu Kumar Rathnam

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Abánades, A., et al.. (2016). Life cycle assessment of hydrogen production by thermal cracking of methane based on liquid-metal technology. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41(48). 23204–23212. 49 indexed citations

Geißler, T., A. Abánades, A. Heinzel, et al.. (2016). Hydrogen production via methane pyrolysis in a liquid metal bubble column reactor with a packed bed. Chemical Engineering Journal. 299. 192–200. 167 indexed citations

Plevan, M., T. Geißler, A. Abánades, et al.. (2015). Thermal cracking of methane in a liquid metal bubble column reactor: Experiments and kinetic analysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 40(25). 8020–8033. 137 indexed citations

Geißler, T., M. Plevan, A. Abánades, et al.. (2015). Experimental investigation and thermo-chemical modeling of methane pyrolysis in a liquid metal bubble column reactor with a packed bed. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 40(41). 14134–14146. 131 indexed citations

Abánades, A., Renu Kumar Rathnam, A. Heinzel, et al.. (2015). Development of methane decarbonisation based on liquid metal technology for CO2-free production of hydrogen. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41(19). 8159–8167. 80 indexed citations

Rathnam, Renu Kumar, Liza Elliott, Terry Wall, Yinghui Liu, & Behdad Moghtaderi. (2009). Differences in reactivity of pulverised coal in air (O2/N2) and oxy-fuel (O2/CO2) conditions. Fuel Processing Technology. 90(6). 797–802. 245 indexed citations

Li, Xianchun, Renu Kumar Rathnam, Jianglong Yu, et al.. (2009). Pyrolysis and Combustion Characteristics of an Indonesian Low-Rank Coal under O₂/N₂and O₂/CO₂Conditions^†. Energy & Fuels. 24(1). 160–164. 92 indexed citations

Wall, Terry, Yinghui Liu, Chris Spero, et al.. (2009). An overview on oxyfuel coal combustion—State of the art research and technology development. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 87(8). 1003–1016. 690 indexed citations breakdown →

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