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Andreas Hornung

Andreas Hornung

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
47
Citations
7314
World Ranking
4954
National Ranking
154

Overview

Andreas Hornung is affiliated with the Fraunhofer Society in Germany and works primarily within the field of Engineering. Their research focuses on several subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Pollution.

The scientist's main areas of work cover thermochemical biomass conversion processes, energy and environmental impacts, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, graphite and nuclear technology including radiation studies, recycling and waste management techniques, extraction and separation processes, and biofuel production and bioconversion.

Among recent publications by or involving Andreas Hornung are:

  • The effect of torrefaction pre-treatment on the pyrolysis of corn cobs, 2020, Results in Engineering
  • Biochar-just a black matter is not enough, 2021, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
  • Valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass investigating different pyrolysis temperatures, 2020, Journal of the Energy Institute
  • Thermochemical conversion of agricultural wastes applying different reforming temperatures, 2020, Fuel Processing Technology
  • A step change towards sustainable aviation fuel from sewage sludge, 2022, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Frequent coauthors working alongside Hornung include Miloud Ouadi, Robert Daschner, Hessam Jahangiri, Andreas Apfelbacher, and Artur J. Majewski.

The scientist often publishes in venues dedicated to bioenergy and pyrolysis technologies, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • Biomass and Bioenergy
  • Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
  • Processes
  • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining
  • Results in Engineering

Best Publications

  • Kinetic study on the thermal degradation of polypropylene and polyethylene

    H. Bockhorn;A. Hornung;U. Hornung;D. Schawaller

  • Intermediate pyrolysis and product identification by TGA and Py-GC/MS of green microalgae and their extracted protein and lipid components

    Katharina Kebelmann;Andreas Hornung;Ulf Karsten;Gareth Griffiths

  • Ruthenium catalysts for ammonia synthesis at high pressures: Preparation, characterization, and power-law kinetics

    Frank Rosowski;Alessandra Hornung;Olaf Hinrichsen;Daniel Herein

  • Mechanisms and kinetics of thermal decomposition of plastics from isothermal and dynamic measurements

    H Bockhorn;A Hornung;U Hornung

  • Environmental engineering: Stepwise pyrolysis of plastic waste

    Henning Bockhorn;Janbernd Hentschel;Andreas Hornung;Ursel Hornung

  • Production and characterization of a new quality pyrolysis oil, char and syngas from digestate – Introducing the thermo-catalytic reforming process

    Johannes Neumann;Samir Binder;Andreas Apfelbacher;James Richard Gasson

  • Stepwise pyrolysis for raw material recovery from plastic waste

    H Bockhorn;A Hornung;U Hornung

  • Intermediate pyrolysis of biomass energy pellets for producing sustainable liquid, gaseous and solid fuels

    Yang Yang;John Brammer;A.S.N. Mahmood;Andreas Hornung

  • The effect of a curing agent on the thermal degradation of fire retardant brominated epoxy resins

    A.I. Balabanovich;A. Hornung;D. Merz;H. Seifert

  • The intermediate pyrolysis and catalytic steam reforming of brewers spent grain

    Asad S.N. Mahmood;John G. Brammer;Andreas Hornung;Andrew Steele

  • Experiments on the generation of activated carbon from biomass

    Elisabeth Schröder;Klaus Thomauske;Christine Weber;Andreas Hornung

  • Steam gasification of rapeseed, wood, sewage sludge and miscanthus biochars for the production of a hydrogen-rich syngas

    Anwar Sattar;Gary A. Leeke;Andreas Hornung;Joseph Wood

  • Characteristics of the upper phase of bio-oil obtained from co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge with wood, rapeseed and straw

    Janat Samanya;Andreas Hornung;Andreas Apfelbacher;Peter Vale

  • HTHP syngas cleaning concept of two stage biomass gasification for FT synthesis

    Hans Leibold;Andreas Hornung;Helmut Seifert

  • Dehydrochlorination of plastic mixtures

    H Bockhorn;A Hornung;U Hornung;P Jakobströer

  • Characterisation of waste derived intermediate pyrolysis oils for use as diesel engine fuels

    Y. Yang;John Brammer;Miloud Ouadi;J. Samanya

  • The conversion of anaerobic digestion waste into biofuels via a novel Thermo-Catalytic Reforming process

    Johannes Neumann;Johannes Meyer;Miloud Ouadi;Andreas Apfelbacher

  • Effect of sample preparation on the thermal degradation of metal-added biomass

    Zsuzsa A. Mayer;Andreas Apfelbacher;Andreas Hornung

  • Pyrolysis of polyamide 6 under catalytic conditions and its application to reutilization of carpets

    H. Bockhorn;S. Donner;M. Gernsbeck;A. Hornung

  • Kinetic study on the non-catalysed and catalysed degradation of polyamide 6 with isothermal and dynamic methods

    Henning Bockhorn;Andreas Hornung;Ursel Hornung;J. Weichmann

  • A comparative study on the pyrolysis of metal- and ash-enriched wood and the combustion properties of the gained char

    Zsuzsa A. Mayer;Andreas Apfelbacher;Andreas Hornung

  • Thermal Degradation of a Brominated Bisphenol A Derivative

    M. P. Luda;A. I. Balabanovich;A. Hornung;Giovanni Camino

Frequent Co-Authors

Henning Bockhorn
Henning Bockhorn Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Giovanni Camino
Giovanni Camino Polytechnic University of Turin
Jaya Narayan Sahu
Jaya Narayan Sahu University of Stuttgart
Kamal K. Pant
Kamal K. Pant Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten University of Rostock
Caiting Li
Caiting Li Hunan University
Karen Wilson
Karen Wilson Griffith University
Philip A. Davies
Philip A. Davies Aston University
Franco Berruti
Franco Berruti University of Western Ontario
Ondřej Mašek
Ondřej Mašek University of Edinburgh

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