2026 Bo G Leckner: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	73	865	819	9	8	466	18807

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Sweden Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Sweden Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Bo G Leckner is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a focus on mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, materials chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their work covers various topics, including:

Iron and Steelmaking Processes
Granular flow and fluidized beds
Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
Mineral Processing and Grinding
Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics
Coal and Its By-products

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bo G Leckner include:

Alberto Gómez-Barea
Fredrik Lind
David Pallarès
Anders Lyngfelt
Carl Linderholm

Their research has been published in several venues, most often in:

Fuel
Powder Technology
SSRN Electronic Journal
Waste Management
Energy & Fuels

Significant recent publications authored or co-authored by Bo G Leckner include:

Combustion of municipal solid waste in fluidized bed or on grate - A comparison, 2020, Waste Management
Hundred years of fluidization for the conversion of solid fuels, 2022, Powder Technology
Fluid dynamic regimes in circulating fluidized bed boilers-A mini-review, 2021, Chemical Engineering Science

Other notable papers in the related field include:

Achieving Adequate Circulation in Chemical Looping CombustionDesign Proposal for a 200 MW_th Chemical Looping Combustion Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler, 2022, Energy & Fuels
The effect of H2O on the oxy-fuel combustion of a bituminous coal char particle in a fluidized bed: Experiment and modeling, 2020, Combustion and Flame

Best Publications

A fluidized-bed combustion process with inherent CO2 separation; Application of chemical-looping combustion

Anders Lyngfelt;Bo G Leckner;Tobias Mattisson

1393
Citations
Modeling of biomass gasification in fluidized bed

A. Gómez-Barea;B. Leckner

1075
Citations
The spectral distribution of solar radiation at the earth's surface—elements of a model

Bo G Leckner

771
Citations
Emission characteristics of modern and old-type residential boilers fired with wood logs and wood pellets

Linda S. Johansson;Bo G Leckner;Lennart Gustavsson;David Cooper

661
Citations
Characterization of fluidization regimes by time-series analysis of pressure fluctuations

F Johnsson;RC Zijerveld;JC Jaap Schouten;CM van den Bleek

589
Citations
Particle emissions from biomass combustion in small combustors

L.S. Johansson;C. Tullin;Bo G Leckner;Peter Sjövall

457
Citations
Spectral and total emissivity of water vapor and carbon dioxide

Bo G Leckner

376
Citations
Thermal conductivity and diffusivity of wood.

B. M. Suleiman;J. Larfeldt;B. Leckner;M. Gustavsson

369
Citations
Emission control of nitrogen oxides in the oxy-fuel process

Fredrik Normann;Klas Andersson;Bo G Leckner;Filip Johnsson

365
Citations
Composition of Volatile Gases and Thermochemical Properties of Wood for Modeling of Fixed or Fluidized Beds

Henrik Thunman;Fredrik Niklasson;Filip Johnsson;Bo G Leckner

316
Citations
Fluidized bed combustion: mixing and pollutant limitation

Bo G Leckner

312
Citations
A 1000 MWth boiler for chemical-looping combustion of solid fuels – Discussion of design and costs

Anders Lyngfelt;Bo G Leckner

303
Citations
Account for variations in the H2O to CO2 molar ratio when modelling gaseous radiative heat transfer with the weighted-sum-of-grey-gases model

Robert Johansson;Bo Leckner;Klas Andersson;Filip Johnsson

281
Citations
Gaseous emissions from co-combustion of sewage sludge and coal/wood in a fluidized bed

Bo G Leckner;Lars-Erik Åmand;K. Lücke;J. Werther

233
Citations
Combustion of wood particles—a particle model for eulerian calculations

Henrik Thunman;Bo G Leckner;Fredrik Niklasson;Filip Johnsson

225
Citations
Digital image analysis of hydrodynamics two-dimensional bubbling fluidized beds

Laihong Shen;Filip Johnsson;Bo G Leckner

224
Citations
Countermeasures against alkali-related problems during combustion of biomass in a circulating fluidized bed boiler

Kent Davidsson;Lars-Erik Åmand;Britt-Marie Steenari;Anna-Lena Elled

202
Citations
Modelling and measurements of the pyrolysis of large wood particles

Jenny Larfeldt;Bo G Leckner;M. Melaaen

196
Citations
Models for gaseous radiative heat transfer applied to oxy-fuel conditions in boilers

Robert Johansson;Klas Andersson;Bo G Leckner;Henrik Thunman

194
Citations
Fundamentals of turbulent gas-solid flows applied to circulating fluidized bed combustion

Eric Peirano;Bo G Leckner

193
Citations
A fluidized bed combustion process with inherent CO2 separation; application of chemical looping combustion

Bo G Leckner;Anders Lyngfelt

0
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