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Overview

Christian Ludwig is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland and has a research focus concentrated within the field of Engineering. Their scholarly contributions span several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Ludwig's research covers a range of topics that include:

  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Ludwig includes:

  • "Algal cellulose, production and potential use in plastics: Challenges and opportunities," 2021, Algal Research
  • "The effect of sodium hydroxide on Al uptake by calcium silicate hydrates (C S H)," 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Supercritical Water Pseudo-Boiling," 2020, Advanced Science
  • "The effect of equilibration time on Al uptake in C-S-H," 2021, Cement and Concrete Research
  • "Separation and Recycling Potential of Rare Earth Elements from Energy Systems: Feed and Economic Viability Review," 2022, Separations

Ludwig frequently publishes alongside several collaborators, including Laura Torrent, Mohamed Tarik, Tianyu Cen, Andrea Testino, and Ajay B. Patil.

Their work often appears in multiple journals, with repeated contributions to venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, ce/papers, Ecozon European Journal of Literature Culture and Environment, Preprints.org, and the Journal of Aerosol Science.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the life cycle costs and environmental performance of lightweight materials in automobile applications

    Robert A. Witik;Jérôme Payet;Véronique Michaud;Christian Ludwig;Christian Ludwig

  • Carbon fibre reinforced composite waste: An environmental assessment of recycling, energy recovery and landfilling

    Robert A. Witik;Remy Teuscher;Véronique Michaud;Christian Ludwig;Christian Ludwig

  • Catalytic gasification of algae in supercritical water for biofuel production and carbon capture

    Samuel Stucki;Frédéric Vogel;Christian Ludwig;Christian Ludwig;Anca G. Haiduc

  • Persistence of engineered nanoparticles in a municipal solid-waste incineration plant.

    Tobias Walser;Ludwig K. Limbach;Robert Brogioli;Esther Erismann

  • Seasonal variation of municipal solid waste generation and composition in four East European cities

    Gintaras Denafas;Tomas Ruzgas;Dainius Martuzevičius;Sergey Shmarin

  • Algal cellulose, production and potential use in plastics: Challenges and opportunities

    Enio Zanchetta;Eya Damergi;Eya Damergi;Bhavish Patel;Tobias Borgmeyer

  • Municipal solid waste management

    Christian Ludwig;Stefanie Hellweg;Samuel Stucki

  • Thermal Treatment of Metal-Enriched Biomass Produced from Heavy Metal Phytoextraction

    Catherine Keller;Christian Ludwig;Frédéric Davoli;Jörg Wochele

  • Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells.

    Sanghyun Paek;Peng Qin;Yonghui Lee;Kyung Taek Cho

  • SunCHem: an integrated process for the hydrothermal production of methane from microalgae and CO2 mitigation

    Anca G. Haiduc;Martin Brandenberger;Sébastien Suquet;Frédéric Vogel

  • Bioenergy in Switzerland: Assessing the domestic sustainable biomass potential

    B. Steubing;B. Steubing;R. Zah;P. Waeger;C. Ludwig;C. Ludwig

  • Municipal solid waste management strategies and technologies for sustainable solutions

    Christian Ludwig;Stefanie Hellweg;Samuel Stucki

  • Sulphur poisoning of Ni catalysts in the SNG production from biomass: A TPO/XPS/XAS study

    Rudolf P.W.J. Struis;Rudolf P.W.J. Struis;Tilman J. Schildhauer;Izabela Czekaj;Markus Janousch

  • Assessing computer waste generation in Chile using material flow analysis

    Bernhard Steubing;Heinz Böni;Mathias Schluep;Uca Silva

  • Characterization of silver nanoparticle products using asymmetric flow field flow fractionation with a multidetector approach--a comparison to transmission electron microscopy and batch dynamic light scattering.

    H. Hagendorfer;R. Kaegi;M. Parlinska;B. Sinnet

  • Size-fractionated characterization and quantification of nanoparticle release rates from a consumer spray product containing engineered nanoparticles

    Harald Hagendorfer;Christiane Lorenz;Ralf Kaegi;Brian Sinnet

  • Visualization of supercritical water pseudo -boiling at Widom line crossover

    Florentina Maxim;Cristian Contescu;Pierre Boillat;Bojan Niceno;Bojan Niceno

  • Life cycle assessment of SNG from wood for heating, electricity, and transportation

    Bernhard Steubing;Bernhard Steubing;R. Zah;Christian Ludwig;Christian Ludwig

  • Preliminary evaluation of risks related to waste incineration of polymer nanocomposites.

    Lex Roes;Martin Kumar Patel;Ernst Worrell;Christian Ludwig;Christian Ludwig

  • Surface Complexation on TiO2, I. Adsorption of H+ and Cu2+ Ions onto TiO2 (Anatase)

    Christian Ludwig;Paul W. Schindler

  • Heat, electricity, or transportation? The optimal use of residual and waste biomass in Europe from an environmental perspective.

    Bernhard Steubing;Bernhard Steubing;Rainer Zah;Christian Ludwig;Christian Ludwig

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Lothenbach
Barbara Lothenbach Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Jan Van herle
Jan Van herle École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Christof Holliger
Christof Holliger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Alexander Wokaun
Alexander Wokaun Paul Scherrer Institute
William H. Casey
William H. Casey University of California, Davis
Ralf Kaegi
Ralf Kaegi Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Olivier Jolliet
Olivier Jolliet University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul Bowen
Paul Bowen École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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