Sergio Rapagnà

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Sergio Rapagnà is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sergio Rapagnà has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 24 papers in Computational Mechanics and 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sergio Rapagnà's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (36 papers), Granular flow and fluidized beds (21 papers) and Iron and Steelmaking Processes (13 papers). Sergio Rapagnà is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (36 papers), Granular flow and fluidized beds (21 papers) and Iron and Steelmaking Processes (13 papers). Sergio Rapagnà collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United Kingdom. Sergio Rapagnà's co-authors include Pier Ugo Foscolo, Katia Gallucci, Manuela Di Marcello, A. Kiennemann, Steffen Heidenreich, Manfred Nacken, Renzo Di Felice, Giuseppe Mazziotti di Celso, H. Provendier and Corinne Petit and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Bioresource Technology and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Sergio Rapagnà

43 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Steam-gasification of biomass in a fluidised-bed of olivine particles

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sergio Rapagnà Italy	21	1.7k	722	663	399	392	46	2.0k
Javier Gil Spain	11	1.4k 0.8×	607 0.8×	580 0.9×	278 0.7×	167 0.4×	17	1.5k
Reinhard Rauch Austria	22	1.3k 0.8×	620 0.9×	722 1.1×	364 0.9×	237 0.6×	63	1.8k
Prapan Kuchonthara Thailand	20	999 0.6×	527 0.7×	187 0.3×	325 0.8×	150 0.4×	44	1.3k
Zhennan Han China	21	698 0.4×	484 0.7×	198 0.3×	345 0.9×	172 0.4×	72	1.2k
Shiro Kajitani Japan	17	1.7k 1.0×	629 0.9×	153 0.2×	485 1.2×	244 0.6×	28	1.8k
Islam Ahmed United States	16	1.4k 0.8×	381 0.5×	276 0.4×	264 0.7×	105 0.3×	25	1.7k
Josef Fuchs Austria	18	774 0.5×	437 0.6×	277 0.4×	132 0.3×	190 0.5×	43	1.0k
Jae-Goo Lee South Korea	16	773 0.5×	387 0.5×	264 0.4×	226 0.6×	99 0.3×	45	1.1k
Tae‐Young Mun South Korea	25	982 0.6×	383 0.5×	181 0.3×	217 0.5×	163 0.4×	55	1.3k
Qingbo Yu China	20	770 0.5×	694 1.0×	252 0.4×	345 0.9×	68 0.2×	37	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sergio Rapagnà

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Nardo, Antonio Di, et al.. (2025). Three-dimensional computational fluid-dynamic simulation of sorption enhanced gasification. Chemical Engineering Journal. 520. 165913–165913.

Foscolo, Pier Ugo, et al.. (2025). A Pilot-Scale Gasifier Freeboard Equipped with Catalytic Filter Candles for Particulate Abatement and Tar Conversion: 3D-CFD Simulations and Experimental Tests. Processes. 13(7). 2233–2233. 1 indexed citations

Carlo, Andrea Di, et al.. (2024). Three-dimensional computational fluid-dynamic simulation of polypropylene steam gasification. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 95. 1328–1341. 7 indexed citations

Savuto, Elisa, et al.. (2023). Synergic Effects of Bed Materials and Catalytic Filter Candle for the Conversion of Tar during Biomass Steam Gasification. Energies. 16(2). 595–595. 14 indexed citations

Gallucci, Katia, Andrea Di Giuliano, & Sergio Rapagnà. (2021). Steam O2-enriched air gasification of lignite and solid recovered fuel in fluidized bed. Fuel. 303. 121271–121271. 8 indexed citations

Savuto, Elisa, Andrea Di Carlo, Katia Gallucci, Andrea Di Giuliano, & Sergio Rapagnà. (2020). Steam gasification of lignite and solid recovered fuel (SRF) in a bench scale fluidized bed gasifier. Waste Management. 114. 341–350. 24 indexed citations

Giuliano, Andrea Di, Katia Gallucci, Sergio Rapagnà, & Pier Ugo Foscolo. (2019). Evaluation at Laboratory-scale of Nickel-catalyst Pellets for In-situ Tar Steam Reforming in Biomass Thermochemical Conversion. ETA Florence. 570–576. 1 indexed citations

Rapagnà, Sergio, et al.. (2018). Integration of Biomass Gasification and Hot Gas Cleaning Processes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 67. 661–666. 4 indexed citations

Rapagnà, Sergio, Katia Gallucci, & Pier Ugo Foscolo. (2017). Olivine, dolomite and ceramic filters in one vessel to produce clean gas from biomass. Waste Management. 71. 792–800. 58 indexed citations

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Rapagnà, Sergio, et al.. (2016). Biomass Gasification with Dolomite and Olivine Particles as a Bed Inventory in Presence of Ceramic Filters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 52. 289–294. 4 indexed citations

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Rapagnà, Sergio. (2015). Air-Steam Biomass Gasification in a Fluidised Bed Reactor in Presence of Ceramic Filters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Rapagnà, Sergio, Annunziata D’Orazio, Katia Gallucci, et al.. (2014). Hydrogen Rich Gas from Catalytic Steam Gasification of Biomass in a Fluidized Bed Containing Catalytic Filters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20 indexed citations

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Celso, Giuseppe Mazziotti di, Sergio Rapagnà, Marina Prisciandaro, & Éverton Fernando Zanoelo. (2014). Effect of Biomass Feed Position on the Kinetics of Devolatilization in a Fluidized Bed. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Rapagnà, Sergio, Katia Gallucci, Manuela Di Marcello, & Muriel Matt. (2010). Improvement of Gas Yield from Biomass Gasification by Using Fe-olivine as Gasifier Bed Inventory. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Rapagnà, Sergio, Katia Gallucci, Manuela Di Marcello, et al.. (2010). Characterisation of Tar produced in the Gasification of Biomass with in situ Catalytic Reforming. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 8(1). 10 indexed citations

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Rapagnà, Sergio, Katia Gallucci, Manuela Di Marcello, et al.. (2010). Gas cleaning, gas conditioning and tar abatement by means of a catalytic filter candle in a biomass fluidized-bed gasifier. Bioresource Technology. 101(18). 7123–7130. 82 indexed citations

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Rapagnà, Sergio, H. Provendier, Corinne Petit, A. Kiennemann, & Pier Ugo Foscolo. (2002). Development of catalysts suitable for hydrogen or syn-gas production from biomass gasification. Biomass and Bioenergy. 22(5). 377–388. 158 indexed citations

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Rapagnà, Sergio. (1998). Catalytic gasification of biomass to produce hydrogen rich gas. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 23(7). 551–557. 259 indexed citations

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Felice, Renzo Di, Sergio Rapagnà, Pier Ugo Foscolo, & L.G. Gibilaro. (1992). Cold modelling studies of fluidised bed reactors. Chemical Engineering Science. 47(9-11). 2233–2238. 13 indexed citations

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Rapagnà, Sergio, Renzo Di Felice, L.G. Gibilaro, & Pier Ugo Foscolo. (1989). STEADY-STATE EXPANSION CHARACTERISTICS OF MONOSIZE SPHERES FLUIDISED BY LIQUIDS. Chemical Engineering Communications. 79(1). 131–140. 19 indexed citations

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