Thomas Kolb

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
165 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Kolb is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kolb has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 50 papers in Computational Mechanics and 40 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kolb's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (54 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (25 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (23 papers). Thomas Kolb is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (54 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (25 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (23 papers). Thomas Kolb collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Kolb's co-authors include Siegfried Bajohr, Frank Graf, Jonathan Lefebvre, R. Reimert, Manuel Götz, Friedemann Mörs, Tobias F. Jakobs, Stefan Schneider, Sabine Fleck and Neda Djordjevic and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kolb

148 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Renewable Power-to-Gas: A technological and economic review

2015 2.0k citations Jonathan Lefebvre, Friedemann Mörs et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Kolb Germany	28	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	975	165	4.2k
Jonathan Lefebvre Germany	11	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	537 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	743 0.8×	18	3.4k
Calin Zamfirescu Canada	29	1.0k 0.7×	662 0.5×	736 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	588 0.6×	74	3.9k
R. Reimert Germany	24	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	680 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	779 0.8×	83	3.2k
Siegfried Bajohr Germany	17	2.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	640 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	810 0.8×	40	3.9k
Manuel Götz Germany	9	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	552 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	751 0.8×	21	3.4k
Nazim Muradov United States	28	2.1k 1.5×	574 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	2.5k 2.1×	609 0.6×	57	4.9k
Zaoxiao Zhang China	39	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	913 0.8×	2.6k 2.2×	749 0.8×	232	5.2k
Jürgen Karl Germany	32	753 0.6×	359 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	876 0.7×	580 0.6×	148	3.0k
Tilman J. Schildhauer Switzerland	35	1.8k 1.3×	431 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	351 0.4×	99	3.7k
Haris Ishaq Canada	27	671 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	542 0.5×	926 0.8×	775 0.8×	62	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Kolb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Kolb

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Kolb

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Kolb. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Kolb 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 Thomas Kolb. Thomas Kolb is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Dammann, M., et al.. (2025). Characterisation of beech wood pyrolysis oil: Chemical and physical properties and decomposition kinetics. Fuel. 404. 134897–134897.

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Bajohr, Siegfried, et al.. (2025). Deactivation of Ni catalyst in three-phase CO ₂ methanation. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 10(12). 2825–2834.

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Bajohr, Siegfried, et al.. (2025). Hydrogenation of dibenzyl toluene—A competing side reaction in three phase methanation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 132. 166–173. 1 indexed citations

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Bajohr, Siegfried, et al.. (2025). Review on CO₂ Activation via Catalytic Reverse Water‐Gas Shift Reaction. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 97(8-9). 860–881.

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Dammann, M., et al.. (2024). Entrained flow gasification: Pilot-scale experimental, balancing and equilibrium data for model validation. Fuel. 382. 132809–132809. 8 indexed citations

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Kolb, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Operation of a differential fixed bed reactor for investigations on micro-kinetics of heterogeneous gasification reactions. Fuel. 381. 133561–133561.

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Mörs, Friedemann, et al.. (2024). Process Engineering Analysis of Transport Options for Green Hydrogen and Green Hydrogen Derivatives. Energy Technology. 13(2). 3 indexed citations

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Dammann, M., et al.. (2024). Devolatilisation of beech wood char: Kinetics from thermogravimetric analyses and drop-tube reactor experiments. Fuel. 375. 131967–131967. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Feichi, S. Wachter, Thorsten Zirwes, et al.. (2023). Effect of nozzle upscaling on coaxial, gas-assisted atomization. Physics of Fluids. 35(4). 5 indexed citations

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Kolb, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Phase behavior and surface tension of soft active Brownian particles. Soft Matter. 17(26). 6337–6351. 16 indexed citations

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Kolb, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Chemical fractionation of inorganic constituents in entrained flow gasification of slurry from straw pyrolysis. Biomass and Bioenergy. 141. 105732–105732. 7 indexed citations

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Mancini, Marco, et al.. (2018). Entrained flow gasification. Part 2: Mathematical modeling of the gasifier using RANS method. Fuel. 225. 596–611. 24 indexed citations

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Lefebvre, Jonathan, et al.. (2018). A study on three-phase CO2 methanation reaction kinetics in a continuous stirred-tank slurry reactor. Fuel. 217. 151–159. 22 indexed citations

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Merkle, Wolfgang, Jonas Lindner, Simon Zielonka, et al.. (2017). Influence of pressures up to 50 bar on two-stage anaerobic digestion. Bioresource Technology. 232. 72–78. 35 indexed citations

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Kolb, Thomas, Manfred Aigner, Reinhold Kneer, et al.. (2015). Tackling the challenges in modelling entrained-flow gasification of low-grade feedstock. Journal of the Energy Institute. 89(4). 485–503. 46 indexed citations

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Захарова, Г. С., Ch. Täschner, Thomas Kolb, et al.. (2013). Morphology controlled NH4V3O8 microcrystals by hydrothermal synthesis. Dalton Transactions. 42(14). 4897–4897. 51 indexed citations

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Frimmel, Fritz H., et al.. (2012). Engler-Bunte-Institut des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT) und Technologiezentrum Wasser, Karlsruhe (TZW) im Jahre 2012. 153(6). 724–733. 1 indexed citations

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Mätzing, H., Hans‐Joachim Gehrmann, Thomas Kolb, & H. Seifert. (2012). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Wood Particle Combustion in Fixed Bed Reactors. Environmental Engineering Science. 29(10). 907–914. 4 indexed citations

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Gehrmann, Hans‐Joachim, et al.. (2010). Synergies Between Biomass and Solid Recovered Fuel in Energy Conversion Processes. Environmental Engineering Science. 27(7). 557–567. 9 indexed citations

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Kolb, Thomas, et al.. (2009). Chemischer Quench bei der Flugstromvergasung von Biomasse. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 81(8). 1141–1141.

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