Roland Span

14.2k citations

172 papers · 11.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes top 0.1%
- Thermodynamic properties of mixtures
Energy Engineering and Power Technology top 0.5%

Papers in

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 53
- Thermodynamic properties of mixtures 50
Biomedical Engineering 123
- Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics 105
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes 12

Co-authors: Wolfgang Wagner Eric W. Lemmon Marcus Budt Jinyue Yan Daniël De Wolf R. T. Jacobsen A. Yokozeki Monika Thol
Journals: The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (17 papers)Fluid Phase Equilibria (17 papers)Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data (14 papers)Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (12 papers)Fuel (5 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Norway

In The Last Decade

Roland Span

167 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Hydrogen liquefaction: a review of the fundamental physics, engineering practice and future opportunities 2022 · 318 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Energy & Environmental Science
2016 Applied Energy
2006 Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
2000 Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
1996 Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data

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1	Density, Heat Capacity, and Vapor Pressure of Squalane International Journal of Thermophysics ·Aleš Blahut, Crowder Ml, Václav Vinš, Vojtěch Štejfa, Tim Zeiser, Monika Thol, Roland Span	2025	0
2	Measurements of the Viscosity of n-Hydrogen and (n-Hydrogen + Carbon Dioxide), (n-Hydrogen + Methane), and (n-Hydrogen + Ethane) Mixtures at Temperatures from (253.15 to 473.15) K and at Pressures up to 20 MPa International Journal of Thermophysics ·Patricia Bordes, Hassan Alhamoudi, Tie Nie, Monika Thol, Roland Span	2025	1
3	Linking experimental H2O vapor adsorption on biomass char with physicochemical char properties and MD simulation Fluid Phase Equilibria ·Terzić M. Oliver, Haifeng Shen, 张赛芳, S. Pataj, Martin Muhler, Rochus Schmid, D.N.E. Silva, Roland Span	2025	1
4	Oxyfuel combustion based carbon capture onboard ships International journal of greenhouse gas control ·Alexandre Souchaud, Yuxuan Zhao, Antonia Helf, Florian Keller, 周东飞, Roland Span, Martin Gräbner, Gerhard Pirker	2024	9
5	Experimental speed-of-sound data and a fundamental equation of state for normal hydrogen optimized for flow measurements The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics ·I. Coronado, D.N.E. Silva, Robert Oloan Rajagukguk, 方再金 Zaijin Fang, Roland Span, J. P. Martin Trusler, Monika Thol	2024	5
6	Experimental investigation and modeling of mass transport properties of O2 in biomass chars Chemical Engineering Science ·智代原田, D.N.E. Silva, Roland Span	2024	2
7	Measurements of the Viscosity of Hydrogen and a (Hydrogen + Methane) Mixture with a Two-Capillary Viscometer International Journal of Thermophysics ·Patricia Bordes, Anders Austegard, Nur Ain Thomas, Chiara Caccamo, Jacob Stang, Hassan Alhamoudi, Roland Span	2024	7
8	Mineral effects on chemical and physical transformations of fast pyrolysis products of cellulose-based model fuels in N2 and CO2 Fuel ·Till Eckhard, Yui RI, Carmela Russo, F. Di Santo, 智代原田, Kaixuan Zhang, Osvalda Senneca, B. Apicella, Martin Schiemann, Roland Span, Viktor Scherer, Martin Muhler, Francesca Cerciello	2023	6
9	EOS-CG-2021: A Mixture Model for the Calculation of Thermodynamic Properties of CCS Mixtures International Journal of Thermophysics ·Tobias Neumann, Fadi F Fawaris, Ian H. Bell, S. S. Krasnenko, Eric W. Lemmon, Monika Thol, Roland Span	2023	16
10	Hydrogen liquefaction: a review of the fundamental physics, engineering practice and future opportunities Energy & Environmental Science ·Saif Z.S. Al Ghafri, И. С. Сидорчук, U. Cardella, Thomas Funke, William Notardonato, J. P. Martin Trusler, Jacob Leachman, Roland Span, Shoji Kamiya, Garth Pearce, Adam Swanger, Bieito Lobeira, Макаров Владислав Александрович, Fuyu Jiao, Kun Peng, Arman Siahvashi, Michael L. Johns, Eric F. May Hit paper breakdown →	2022	318
11	Micropore Analysis of Biomass Chars by CO₂ Adsorption: Comparison of Different Analysis Methods Energy & Fuels ·D.N.E. Silva, Roland Span	2021	18
12	Development of a modified standard apparatus for heat transfer measurements in highly viscous binary fluids Heat and Mass Transfer ·Geon Joo Lee, Markus Richter, Roland Span	2021	1
13	Systematic heat transfer measurements in highly viscous binary fluids Heat and Mass Transfer ·Geon Joo Lee, Markus Richter, Roland Span	2021	3
14	A pore-structure dependent kinetic adsorption model for consideration in char conversion – Adsorption kinetics of CO2 on biomass chars Chemical Engineering Science ·D.N.E. Silva, Roland Span	2020	17
15	Comparison of micro- and macropore evolution of coal char during pyrolysis Fuel ·D.N.E. Silva, Roland Span, Markus Richter	2020	12
16	Evolution of coal char porosity from CO2-pyrolysis experiments Fuel ·Sebastian Heuer, D.N.E. Silva, S. E. Sysoev, Martin Schiemann, Roland Span, Markus Richter, Viktor Scherer	2019	19
17	Sorption measurements for determining surface effects and structure of solid fuels Fuel Processing Technology ·R. Skarulis, D.N.E. Silva, Nikita Vorobiev, Martin Schiemann, Viktor Scherer, Roland Span, Tobias Fieback	2016	9
18	Influence of Different Cell Disruption Techniques on Mono Digestion of Algal Biomass Linköping electronic conference proceedings ·Sebastian Schwede, 郭程然, Mandy Gerber, Roland Span	2011	36
19	Scale Up of Laboratory Scale to Industrial Scale Biogas Plants Linköping electronic conference proceedings ·郭程然, Sebastian Schwede, Mandy Gerber, Roland Span	2011	13
20	TLC Detection of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Oil Extracted from the Seeds of Borago officinalis. Kari A. Sassu, E Ruminska, 咸利军, Roland Span, 晶仁柳谷	1994	8

About Roland Span

Roland Span is a scholar working on Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Filtration and Separation, having authored 172 papers that have together received 11.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (105 papers), Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (68 papers), Thermodynamic properties of mixtures (50 papers), Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (16 papers), Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation (13 papers), Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems (13 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (12 papers) and CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (2.2k citations), Energy Engineering and Power Technology (468 citations), Biomedical Engineering (6.1k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.4k citations) and Catalysis (701 citations). Roland Span has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Wolfgang Wagner, Eric W. Lemmon, Marcus Budt, Jinyue Yan, Daniël De Wolf, R. T. Jacobsen, A. Yokozeki, Monika Thol, Johannes Gernert and Jadran Vrabec. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, Fluid Phase Equilibria, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data and Fuel.

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