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Overview

Colomba Di Blasi is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, contributing extensively to the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research primarily addresses topics related to thermochemical biomass conversion processes and lignin and wood chemistry.

Their scholarly output includes numerous papers published in well-known venues such as Fuel, Thermochimica Acta, Processes, Fire Safety Journal, and the Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. Frequent co-authors include Carmen Branca and A. Galgano, with whom they have collaborated on multiple studies.

Several recent publications highlight their focus on the thermal and combustion behavior of biomass and related materials. Notable papers include:

  • Self-heating effects in the thermogravimetric analysis of wood char oxidation (2020, Fuel)
  • Thermal degradation behavior and kinetics of industrial hemp stalks and shives (2021, Thermochimica Acta)
  • Burning Dynamics of Straw Chars under the Conditions of Thermal Analysis (2021, Energy & Fuels)
  • Effects of heat/mass transfer limitations and process exothermicity on the kinetic parameters of the devolatilization and oxidation reactions of wood chars (2022, Thermochimica Acta)
  • Enhancement and inhibition of the oxidation rates of pyrolytic chars from wood loaded with potassium compounds (2022, Fuel)

Their research spans multiple subfields, including biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, safety, risk, reliability and quality, aerospace engineering, and geochemistry and petrology. This interdisciplinary approach supports investigations across fire dynamics and safety research, flame retardant materials and properties, natural fiber reinforced composites, combustion and detonation processes, and coal and its by-products.

Main areas of study they have addressed include:

  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Flame retardant materials and properties
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Coal and Its By-products

With 46 publications in engineering and 18 in materials science, their work reflects an emphasis on applied research related to material behavior under thermal conditions and the development of safer, more sustainable materials and processes.

Best Publications

  • Modeling chemical and physical processes of wood and biomass pyrolysis

    Colomba Di Blasi

  • Combustion and gasification rates of lignocellulosic chars

    Colomba Di Blasi

  • Thermogravimetric Analysis and Devolatilization Kinetics of Wood

    Morten Gunnar Grønli;Gábor Várhegyi;Colomba Di Blasi

  • Modeling and simulation of combustion processes of charring and non-charring solid fuels

    Colomba Di Blasi

  • Product Distribution from Pyrolysis of Wood and Agricultural Residues

    Colomba Di Blasi;Gabriella Signorelli;and Carlo Di Russo;Gennaro Rea

  • GC/MS characterization of liquids generated from low-temperature pyrolysis of wood

    Carmen Branca;Paola Giudicianni;Colomba Di Blasi

  • Heat, momentum and mass transport through a shrinking biomass particle exposed to thermal radiation

    Colomba Di Blasi

  • Dynamic behaviour of stratified downdraft gasifiers

    Colomba Di Blasi

  • Intrinsic kinetics of isothermal xylan degradation in inert atmosphere

    Colomba Di Blasi;Mario Lanzetta

  • Pyrolytic behavior and products of some wood varieties

    Colomba Di Blasi;Carmen Branca;Antonio Santoro;Elier Gonzalez Hernandez

  • Kinetic and Heat Transfer Control in the Slow and Flash Pyrolysis of Solids

    C. Di Blasi

  • Critical evaluation of global mechanisms of wood devolatilization

    Carmen Branca;Alessandro Albano;Colomba Di Blasi

  • Analysis of Convection and Secondary Reaction Effects Within Porous Solid Fuels Undergoing Pyrolysis

    Colomba Di Blasi

  • Comparison of semi-global mechanisms for primary pyrolysis of lignocellulosic fuels

    Colomba Di Blasi

  • Modeling wood gasification in a countercurrent fixed‐bed reactor

    Colomba Di Blasi

  • A study on the production of agricultural residues in Italy.

    C. Di Blasi;V. Tanzi;M. Lanzetta

  • Countercurrent fixed-bed gasification of biomass at laboratory scale

    C. Di Blasi;G. Signorelli;G. Portoricco

  • Kinetics of the isothermal degradation of wood in the temperature range 528–708 K

    Carmen Branca;Colomba Di Blasi

  • Pyrolysis kinetics of wheat and corn straw

    Mario Lanzetta;Colomba Di Blasi

  • Reactivities of some biomass chars in air

    Colomba Di Blasi;Federico Buonanno;Carmen Branca

  • Modeling intra- and extra-particle processes of wood fast pyrolysis

    Colomba Di Blasi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Marc Franssen
Jean-Marc Franssen University of Liège

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