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Christoph Hochenauer

Christoph Hochenauer

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
39
Citations
6415
World Ranking
7675
National Ranking
28

Overview

Christoph Hochenauer is affiliated with Graz University of Technology in Austria and specializes in engineering, with a focus on computational mechanics, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and catalysis. Their research spans a variety of subfields that reflect an interdisciplinary approach to complex engineering challenges.

Their primary topics of work include thermochemical biomass conversion processes, combustion and flame dynamics, advancements in solid oxide fuel cells, radiative heat transfer studies, advanced combustion engine technologies, chemical looping and thermochemical processes, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hochenauer include Vanja Subotić, Andrés Anca-Couce, Robert Scharler, René Prieler, and Martin Demuth.

Among the venues where Hochenauer frequently publishes are the journals Fuel, SSRN Electronic Journal, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Applied Thermal Engineering, and Energy Conversion and Management.

Selected recent papers highlight the scope of their research:

  • Bioenergy technologies, uses, market and future trends with Austria as a case study, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Assessment of natural gas/hydrogen blends as an alternative fuel for industrial heat treatment furnaces, 2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Analysis of solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells operated in a real-system environment: State-of-the-health diagnostic, failure modes, degradation mitigation and performance regeneration, 2022, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Detailed insight into processes of reversible solid oxide cells and stacks using DRT analysis, 2020, Energy Conversion and Management
  • Experimental investigation and demonstration of pilot-scale combustion of oil-water emulsions and coal-water slurry with pronounced water contents at elevated temperatures with the use of pure oxygen, 2020, Fuel

Best Publications

  • Water droplet accumulation and motion in PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel cell mini-channels

    J.G. Carton;V. Lawlor;A.G. Olabi;C. Hochenauer

  • Prediction of the heating characteristic of billets in a walking hearth type reheating furnace using CFD

    René Josef Prieler;Bernhard Mayr;Martin Demuth;Burkhardt Holleis

  • Characterization and performance evaluation of ammonia as fuel for solid oxide fuel cells with Ni/YSZ anodes

    Bernhard Stoeckl;Vanja Subotić;Michael Preininger;Marcel Schwaiger

  • Bioenergy technologies, uses, market and future trends with Austria as a case study.

    A. Anca-Couce;C. Hochenauer;R. Scharler

  • Assessment of natural gas/hydrogen blends as an alternative fuel for industrial heat treatment furnaces

    Markus Mayrhofer;Michael Koller;Peter Seemann;René Josef Prieler

  • Applicability of the SOFC technology for coupling with biomass-gasifier systems: Short- and long-term experimental study on SOFC performance and degradation behaviour

    Vanja Subotić;Arianna Baldinelli;Linda Barelli;Robert Scharler

  • Novel validated method for GIS based automated dynamic urban building energy simulations

    Peter Nageler;Gregor Zahrer;Richard Heimrath;Thomas Mach

  • CFD analysis of a pusher type reheating furnace and the billet heating characteristic

    Bernhard Mayr;René Josef Prieler;Martin Demuth;Luca Moderer

  • Extensive analysis of large planar SOFC: Operation with humidified methane and carbon monoxide to examine carbon deposition based degradation

    Bernhard Stoeckl;Vanja Subotić;David Reichholf;Hartmuth Schroettner

  • Fast and accurate CFD-model for NOx emission prediction during oxy-fuel combustion of natural gas using detailed chemical kinetics

    C. Schluckner;C. Gaber;M. Landfahrer;M. Demuth

  • Analysis of solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells operated in a real-system environment: State-of-the-health diagnostic, failure modes, degradation mitigation and performance regeneration

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  • Numerical investigation of the steady flamelet approach under different combustion environments

    René Josef Prieler;Martin Demuth;Davor Spoljaric;Christoph Hochenauer

  • Evaluation of a steady flamelet approach for use in oxy-fuel combustion

    René Josef Prieler;Martin Demuth;Davor Spoljaric;Christoph Hochenauer

  • Validation of dynamic building energy simulation tools based on a real test-box with thermally activated building systems (TABS)

    Peter Josef Nageler;Gerald Schweiger;Martin Pichler;Daniel Brandl

  • Numerical analysis of the transient heating of steel billets and the combustion process under air-fired and oxygen enriched conditions

    René Josef Prieler;Bernhard Mayr;Martin Demuth;Burkhardt Holleis

  • Comparison of dynamic urban building energy models (UBEM): Sigmoid energy signature and physical modelling approach

    Peter Josef Nageler;Andreas Koch;Franz Mauthner;Ingo Leusbrock

  • Detailed insight into processes of reversible solid oxide cells and stacks using DRT analysis

    Vanja Subotić;Benjamin Königshofer;Đani Juričić;Mihails Kusnezoff

  • CFD and experimental analysis of a 115 kW natural gas fired lab-scale furnace under oxy-fuel and air–fuel conditions

    Bernhard Mayr;René Josef Prieler;Martin Demuth;Michael Potesser

  • Towards a practical tool for online monitoring of solid oxide fuel cell operation: An experimental study and application of advanced data analysis approaches

    Vanja Subotić;Bernhard Stoeckl;Vincent Lawlor;Johannes Strasser

  • Experimental investigation and demonstration of pilot-scale combustion of oil-water emulsions and coal-water slurry with pronounced water contents at elevated temperatures with the use of pure oxygen

    Christian Gaber;Philipp Wachter;Martin Demuth;Christoph Hochenauer

  • SOFC operation with carbon oxides: Experimental analysis of performance and degradation

    Bernhard Stoeckl;Vanja Subotić;Michael Preininger;Hartmuth Schroettner

  • Anode regeneration following carbon depositions in an industrial-sized anode supported solid oxide fuel cell operating on synthetic diesel reformate

    Vanja Subotić;Christoph Schluckner;Jörg Mathe;Jürgen Rechberger

  • Pilot plant study of ethylenediamine as a solvent for post combustion carbon dioxide capture and comparison to monoethanolamine

    Markus Rabensteiner;Gerald Kinger;Martin Koller;Günter Gronald

  • An experimental study of a thermochemical regeneration waste heat recovery process using a reformer unit

    Christian Gaber;Martin Demuth;René Prieler;Christoph Schluckner

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdul-Ghani Olabi
Abdul-Ghani Olabi University of Sharjah
Dieter Meissner
Dieter Meissner Tallinn University of Technology
Norbert H. Menzler
Norbert H. Menzler Forschungszentrum Jülich
Linda Barelli
Linda Barelli University of Perugia
Teko W. Napporn
Teko W. Napporn University of Poitiers
Wiebren de Jong
Wiebren de Jong Delft University of Technology
Umberto Desideri
Umberto Desideri University of Pisa

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