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Aimaro Sanna is affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in the field of engineering, with a particular focus on biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, and renewable energy, sustainability and the environment.

Their research covers a variety of main topics including thermochemical biomass conversion processes, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, chemical looping and thermochemical processes, catalysis for biomass conversion, carbon dioxide capture technologies, lignin and wood chemistry, and catalysts for methane reforming.

Recent notable publications by Aimaro Sanna include:

  • Tuning Na2ZrO3 for fast and stable CO2 adsorption by solid state synthesis, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Recent Catalytic Advances in Hydrotreatment Processes of Pyrolysis Bio-Oil, 2021, Catalysts
  • Thermogravimetric characterisation and kinetic analysis of Nannochloropsis sp. and Tetraselmis sp. microalgae for pyrolysis, combustion and oxy-combustion, 2020, Energy
  • Highly selective hydropyrolysis of lignin waste to benzene, toluene and xylene in presence of zirconia supported iron catalyst, 2022, Bioresource Technology
  • Hydrogenation of Biobased Aldehydes to Monoalcohols Using Bimetallic Catalysts, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors such as Giuseppe Bagnato, Ocean Cheung, Javier Fermoso, Michela Signoretto, and Federica Menegazzo.

Sanna's work is commonly published in the following venues:

  • Molecules
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Catalysts
  • Bioresource Technology

Best Publications

  • Renewable Chemical Commodity Feedstocks from Integrated Catalytic Processing of Pyrolysis Oils

    Tushar P. Vispute;Huiyan Zhang;Huiyan Zhang;Aimaro Sanna;Aimaro Sanna;Rui Xiao

  • A review of mineral carbonation technologies to sequester CO2

    A. Sanna;M. Uibu;G. Caramanna;R. Kuusik

  • Glycerol Production and Transformation: A Critical Review with Particular Emphasis on Glycerol Reforming Reaction for Producing Hydrogen in Conventional and Membrane Reactors

    Giuseppe Bagnato;Adolfo Iulianelli;Aimaro Sanna;Angelo Basile

  • Waste materials for carbon capture and storage by mineralisation (CCSM) - A UK perspective

    Aimaro Sanna;Aimaro Sanna;Marco Dri;Matthew R. Hall;Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Degradation of amine-based solvents in CO2 capture process by chemical absorption

    Fernando Vega;Aimaro Sanna;Benito Navarrete;M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Hydrodeoxygenation of the aqueous fraction of bio-oil with Ru/C and Pt/C catalysts

    Aimaro Sanna;Aimaro Sanna;Tushar P. Vispute;Tushar P. Vispute;George W. Huber;George W. Huber

  • Post-processing pathways in carbon capture and storage by mineral carbonation (CCSM) towards the introduction of carbon neutral materials

    Aimaro Sanna;Matthew R. Hall;Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Nannochloropsis algae pyrolysis with ceria-based catalysts for production of high-quality bio-oils.

    Tevfik Aysu;Aimaro Sanna

  • Mineral carbonation from metal wastes: Effect of solid to liquid ratio on the efficiency and characterization of carbonated products

    Marco Dri;Aimaro Sanna;M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Enhancing Mg extraction from lizardite-rich serpentine for CO2 mineral sequestration

    Aimaro Sanna;Xiaolong Wang;Alicja Lacinska;Mike T. Styles

  • Development of sodium/lithium/fly ash sorbents for high temperature post-combustion CO2 capture

    Aimaro Sanna;Ili Izyan Syazwani Ramli;M Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Dissolution of steel slag and recycled concrete aggregate in ammonium bisulphate for CO2 mineral carbonation

    Marco Dri;Aimaro Sanna;M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Bio-oil and bio-char from low temperature pyrolysis of spent grains using activated alumina.

    Aimaro Sanna;Sujing Li;Rob Linforth;Katherine A. Smart

  • Carbon dioxide capture and storage by pH swing aqueous mineralisation using a mixture of ammonium salts and antigorite source

    Aimaro Sanna;Aimaro Sanna;Marco Dri;Marco Dri;M Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Silicate rock dissolution by ammonium bisulphate for pH swing mineral CO2 sequestration

    Aimaro Sanna;Alicja Lacinska;Mike T. Styles;M Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Advanced Biofuels from Thermochemical Processing of Sustainable Biomass in Europe

    Aimaro Sanna

  • Synergistic effects during the co-pyrolysis and co-gasification of high volatile bituminous coal with microalgae.

    Javier Fermoso;Thomas Corbet;Francesca Ferrara;Alberto Pettinau

  • Catalytic pyrolysis of Tetraselmis and Isochrysis microalgae by nickel ceria based catalysts for hydrocarbon production

    Tevfik Aysu;Tevfik Aysu;Nur Adilah Abd Rahman;Aimaro Sanna

  • Ceria on alumina support for catalytic pyrolysis of Pavlova sp. microalgae to high-quality bio-oils

    Tevfik Aysu;Tevfik Aysu;Javier Fermoso;Aimaro Sanna

  • Tuning Na2ZrO3 for fast and stable CO2 adsorption by solid state synthesis

    S. Munro;M. Åhlén;O. Cheung;A. Sanna

  • Effects of titania based catalysts on in-situ pyrolysis of Pavlova microalgae

    Tevfik Aysu;Tevfik Aysu;Oluwafunmilola Opeyemi Ola;M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer;Aimaro Sanna

  • CO2 Capture at High Temperature Using Fly Ash-Derived Sodium Silicates

    Aimaro Sanna;M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer

  • Recent Catalytic Advances in Hydrotreatment Processes of Pyrolysis Bio-Oil

    Giuseppe Bagnato;Aimaro Sanna;Emilia Paone;Enrico Catizzone

  • Effect of Li-LSX-zeolite on the in-situ catalytic deoxygenation and denitrogenation of Isochrysis sp. microalgae pyrolysis vapours

    Nur Adilah Abd Rahman;Javier Fermoso;Aimaro Sanna

  • Ceria promoted deoxygenation and denitrogenation of Thalassiosira weissflogii and its model compounds by catalytic in-situ pyrolysis

    Tevfik Aysu;M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer;Aimaro Sanna

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer
M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer Heriot-Watt University
Angelo Basile
Angelo Basile National Research Council (CNR)
Adolfo Iulianelli
Adolfo Iulianelli National Research Council (CNR)
George W. Huber
George W. Huber University of Wisconsin–Madison
Xiaolong Wang
Xiaolong Wang University of California, San Diego
Huiyan Zhang
Huiyan Zhang Southeast University
Jin Xuan
Jin Xuan University of Surrey
Alberto Figoli
Alberto Figoli National Research Council (CNR)
Robert S. T. Linforth
Robert S. T. Linforth University of Nottingham
Bart J. Kooi
Bart J. Kooi University of Groningen

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