Volker Lenz

1.0k total citations
46 papers, 764 citations indexed

About

Volker Lenz is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Lenz has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 764 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Volker Lenz's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (20 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (9 papers) and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (7 papers). Volker Lenz is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (20 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (9 papers) and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (7 papers). Volker Lenz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Jordan and Austria. Volker Lenz's co-authors include Thomas Zeng, Annett Pollex, Michael Nelles, Ingo Hartmann, Daniela Thrän, Saad Ihsan Butt, Andreas Ortwein, Dirk Enke, Hossein Beidaghy Dizaji and Nóra Szarka and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy, Fuel and Renewable Energy.

In The Last Decade

Volker Lenz

43 papers receiving 745 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Volker Lenz Germany 13 505 125 119 112 102 46 764
Tobias Pape Thomsen Denmark 15 575 1.1× 71 0.6× 105 0.9× 63 0.6× 239 2.3× 25 1.0k
Bundit Fungtammasan Thailand 16 687 1.4× 96 0.8× 96 0.8× 73 0.7× 187 1.8× 33 957
Henrik Tolvanen Finland 17 463 0.9× 57 0.5× 103 0.9× 37 0.3× 185 1.8× 22 847
Cuiping Liao China 10 284 0.6× 79 0.6× 74 0.6× 66 0.6× 78 0.8× 34 712
Sonal K. Thengane India 20 825 1.6× 58 0.5× 117 1.0× 65 0.6× 293 2.9× 38 1.2k
Bothwell Batidzirai Netherlands 10 489 1.0× 31 0.2× 189 1.6× 156 1.4× 81 0.8× 17 792
Jaap Koppejan Netherlands 8 886 1.8× 148 1.2× 139 1.2× 235 2.1× 211 2.1× 14 1.2k
Stergios Vakalis Greece 16 436 0.9× 26 0.2× 144 1.2× 50 0.4× 139 1.4× 67 861
Fernando Preto Canada 21 939 1.9× 130 1.0× 114 1.0× 113 1.0× 340 3.3× 42 1.3k
Szymon Szufa Poland 18 391 0.8× 58 0.5× 56 0.5× 41 0.4× 159 1.6× 52 814

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Volker Lenz

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thrän, Daniela, Matthias Jordan, Volker Lenz, et al.. (2025). The role of BECCS in Germany: a key to sustainable and permanent CO2 removal?. Environmental Research Communications. 7(9). 91010–91010.
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Al-Addous, Mohammad, et al.. (2025). Advancements in hybrid heating systems for residential applications. Energy Exploration & Exploitation. 43(5). 2221–2275. 1 indexed citations
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Al-Addous, Mohammad, et al.. (2025). Enhancing energy sustainability: integrating concentrated solar power in Jordan’s oil shale extraction. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies. 20. 453–465.
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Zeng, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Long-term emission demonstration using pretreated urban non-woody biomass residues as fuel for small scale boilers. Renewable Energy. 237. 121815–121815. 3 indexed citations
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Jordan, Matthias, Kathleen Meisel, Martin Dotzauer, et al.. (2024). Do current energy policies in Germany promote the use of biomass in areas where it is particularly beneficial to the system? Analysing short- and long-term energy scenarios. Energy Sustainability and Society. 14(1). 1 indexed citations
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Meisel, Kathleen, Matthias Jordan, Martin Dotzauer, et al.. (2024). Quo Vadis, Biomass? Long‐Term Scenarios of an Optimal Energetic Use of Biomass for the German Energy Transition. International Journal of Energy Research. 2024(1). 4 indexed citations
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Jordan, Matthias, Kathleen Meisel, Martin Dotzauer, et al.. (2023). The controversial role of energy crops in the future German energy system: The trade offs of a phase-out and allocation priorities of the remaining biomass residues. Energy Reports. 10. 3848–3858. 11 indexed citations
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Zeng, Thomas, Agata Mlonka-Mędrala, Volker Lenz, & Michael Nelles. (2019). Evaluation of bottom ash slagging risk during combustion of herbaceous and woody biomass fuels in a small-scale boiler by principal component analysis. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 11(4). 1211–1229. 33 indexed citations
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Lenz, Volker, et al.. (2019). Biological effects of particulate matter emissions from residential pellet boilers in bacterial assays: influence of an electrostatic precipitation. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 9(1). 227–239. 4 indexed citations
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Jordan, Matthias, Volker Lenz, Markus Millinger, Katja Oehmichen, & Daniela Thrän. (2019). Future competitive bioenergy technologies in the German heat sector: Findings from an economic optimization approach. Energy. 189. 116194–116194. 28 indexed citations
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Lenz, Volker. (2019). Special issue: particulate matter emissions from boilers for solid biofuels—influencing parameters and impacts. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 9(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Purkus, Alexandra, Erik Gawel, Nóra Szarka, et al.. (2018). Contributions of flexible power generation from biomass to a secure and cost-effective electricity supply—a review of potentials, incentives and obstacles in Germany. Energy Sustainability and Society. 8(1). 45 indexed citations
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Dotzauer, Martin, et al.. (2018). Technologiebericht 1.1 Bioenergie innerhalb des Forschungsprojekts TF_Energiewende. Publication Server of the Wuppertal Institute (Wuppertal Institute). 1 indexed citations
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Borggrefe, Frieder, Andreas Hauer, Ernst Huenges, et al.. (2015). Erneuerbare Energien im Wärmesektor : Aufgaben, Empfehlungen und Perspektiven : Positionspapier. Publication Server of the Wuppertal Institute (Wuppertal Institute). 1 indexed citations
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Lenz, Volker, et al.. (2015). Besonderheiten des Wärmemarktes und Konsequenzen für eine erfolgreiche Wärmewende. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations
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Lenz, Volker. (2014). Feinstaubminderung im Betrieb von Scheitholzkaminöfen unter Berücksichtigung der toxikologischen Relevanz. Qucosa (Saxon State and University Library Dresden). 3 indexed citations
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Hartmann, Ingo, et al.. (2011). Catalyst Tests on a Pilot Plant for Small Biomass Combustion Systems. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 83(3). 371–376. 3 indexed citations
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Hartmann, Ingo, Volker Lenz, Christian Thiel, et al.. (2011). Katalytisch unterstützte Minderung von Emissionen aus Biomasse-Kleinfeuerungsanlagen. Qucosa (Saxon State and University Library Dresden). 1 indexed citations
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Lenz, Volker, et al.. (2010). Monitoring of Precipitators. ETA Florence. 1192–1199. 1 indexed citations

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