Umberto Arena

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Umberto Arena is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Umberto Arena has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 48 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Umberto Arena's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (43 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (41 papers) and Granular flow and fluidized beds (27 papers). Umberto Arena is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (43 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (41 papers) and Granular flow and fluidized beds (27 papers). Umberto Arena collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and China. Umberto Arena's co-authors include Maria Laura Mastellone, F. Di Gregorio, Filomena Ardolino, Lucio Zaccariello, Francesco Parrillo, Pierluca Vitale, L. Massimilla, Laís Peixoto Rosado, Carmenlucia Santos Giordano Penteado and Matteo D’Amore and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Umberto Arena

102 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Process and technological aspects of municipal solid waste gasification. A review

2011 918 citations Umberto Arena Waste Management profile →

Peers

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Electo Eduardo Silva Lora Brazil

Francesco Fantozzi Italy

Ange Nzihou France

L.A.C. Tarelho Portugal

Hrvoje Mikulčić Croatia

Pietro Bartocci Italy

Maria Laura Mastellone Italy

Javier Dufour Spain

Juan A. Conesa Spain

Muhammad Shahbaz Qatar

Electo Eduardo Silva Lora Brazil

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Countries citing papers authored by Umberto Arena

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Umberto Arena

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Umberto Arena

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

All Works

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Parrillo, Francesco, et al.. (2025). Modelling of oxygen-steam gasification of waste feedstock in industrial fluidized bed reactors. Chemical Engineering Journal. 506. 159763–159763. 6 indexed citations

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Parrillo, Francesco, et al.. (2024). Plastic waste gasification using oxygen-enriched air and steam: Experimental and model results from a large pilot-scale reactor. Waste Management. 183. 53–62. 14 indexed citations

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Parrillo, Francesco, et al.. (2024). Waste-derived catalysts for tar cracking in hot syngas cleaning. Waste Management. 179. 163–174. 13 indexed citations

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Parrillo, Francesco, et al.. (2023). Co-gasification of plastics waste and biomass in a pilot scale fluidized bed reactor. Energy. 273. 127220–127220. 41 indexed citations

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Ardolino, Filomena, et al.. (2023). Combined Use of an Information System and LCA Approach to Assess the Performances of a Solid Waste Management System. Applied Sciences. 13(2). 707–707. 8 indexed citations

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Ardolino, Filomena, et al.. (2021). How to enhance the environmental sustainability of WEEE plastics management: An LCA study. Waste Management. 135. 347–359. 32 indexed citations

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Ardolino, Filomena, et al.. (2021). About the environmental sustainability of the European management of WEEE plastics. Waste Management. 126. 119–132. 47 indexed citations

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Christensen, Thomas H., Anders Damgaard, James W. Levis, et al.. (2020). Application of LCA modelling in integrated waste management. Waste Management. 118. 313–322. 121 indexed citations

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Ardolino, Filomena, et al.. (2020). Environmental performances of a modern waste-to-energy unit in the light of the 2019 BREF document. Waste Management. 104. 94–103. 22 indexed citations

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Rosado, Laís Peixoto, Pierluca Vitale, Carmenlucia Santos Giordano Penteado, & Umberto Arena. (2019). Life cycle assessment of construction and demolition waste management in a large area of São Paulo State, Brazil. Waste Management. 85. 477–489. 79 indexed citations

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Ardolino, Filomena & Umberto Arena. (2019). Biowaste-to-Biomethane: An LCA study on biogas and syngas roads. Waste Management. 87. 441–453. 99 indexed citations

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Arena, Umberto & F. Di Gregorio. (2016). Fluidized bed gasification of industrial solid recovered fuels. Waste Management. 50. 86–92. 42 indexed citations

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Arena, Umberto & F. Di Gregorio. (2013). Element partitioning in combustion- and gasification-based waste-to-energy units. Waste Management. 33(5). 1142–1150. 64 indexed citations

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Mastellone, Maria Laura, et al.. (2011). The O2-enriched air gasification of coal, plastics and wood in a fluidized bed reactor. Waste Management. 32(4). 733–742. 49 indexed citations

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Arena, Umberto. (2011). Process and technological aspects of municipal solid waste gasification. A review. Waste Management. 32(4). 625–639. 918 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arena, Umberto, Lucio Zaccariello, & Maria Laura Mastellone. (2010). Fluidized bed gasification of waste-derived fuels. Waste Management. 30(7). 1212–1219. 150 indexed citations

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Mastellone, Maria Laura, Paul H. Brunner, & Umberto Arena. (2009). Scenarios of Waste Management for a Waste Emergency Area. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 13(5). 735–757. 38 indexed citations

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Mastellone, Maria Laura, Umberto Arena, Lucio Zaccariello, et al.. (2007). Devolatilization and Gasification of Plastic Wastes in a Fluidized Bed Reactor. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 11. 491–496. 1 indexed citations

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Arena, Umberto, Lucio Zaccariello, & Maria Laura Mastellone. (2007). Gassification of a Plastic Waste in a Pilot Fluidized Bed Reactor. Chemical engineering transactions. 12. 641–646. 1 indexed citations

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Arena, Umberto, et al.. (2006). Multi-wall carbon nanotubes production by thermal treatments of polyolefines. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino).

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