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Diego Luna is affiliated with the University of Córdoba in Spain and specializes primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work spans several significant subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Materials Chemistry, Computational Mechanics, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research focuses on topics such as Biodiesel Production and Applications, Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Heat Transfer and Supercritical Fluids, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

Diego Luna has published extensively, with a substantial presence in journals such as Energies, Catalysts, Sustainability, Catalysis Today, and Molecular Catalysis. The majority of their publications appear in Energies, followed by contributions to Catalysts and other noted venues.

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Biodiesel Is Dead: Long Life to Advanced Biofuels-A Comprehensive Critical Review" (2022, Energies)
  • "Diethyl Ether as an Oxygenated Additive for Fossil Diesel/Vegetable Oil Blends: Evaluation of Performance and Emission Quality of Triple Blends on a Diesel Engine" (2020, Energies)
  • "Current Research on Green Ammonia (NH3) as a Potential Vector Energy for Power Storage and Engine Fuels: A Review" (2023, Energies)
  • "Outlook for Direct Use of Sunflower and Castor Oils as Biofuels in Compression Ignition Diesel Engines, Being Part of Diesel/Ethyl Acetate/Straight Vegetable Oil Triple Blends" (2020, Energies)
  • "A Review on Green Hydrogen Valorization by Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Captured CO2 into Value-Added Products" (2022, Catalysts)

Their frequent collaborators include Rafael Estévez, Felipa M. Bautista, Antonio A. Romero, Laura Aguado-Deblas, and Francisco J. López-Tenllado.

Best Publications

  • Sustainable Preparation of Supported Metal Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Catalysis

    Juan M. Campelo;Diego Luna;Rafael Luque;José M. Marinas

  • Biofuels: a technological perspective

    Rafael Luque;Rafael Luque;Lorenzo Herrero-Davila;Juan M. Campelo;James H. Clark

  • Knoevenagel condensation in the heterogeneous phase using aluminum phosphate-aluminum oxide as a new catalyst

    Jose A. Cabello;Juan M. Campelo;Angel Garcia;Diego Luna

  • Knoevenagel condensation in the heterogeneous phase using AlPO4-Al2O3 as a new catalyst

    J. A. Cabello;J. M. Campelo;A. Garcia;D. Luna

  • An overview on glycerol-free processes for the production of renewable liquid biofuels, applicable in diesel engines

    Juan Calero;Diego Luna;Enrique D. Sancho;Carlos Luna

  • Alkali-promoted AlPO4 catalysis

    J.M Campelo;A Garcia;J.M Gutierrez;D Luna

  • Synthesis of acidic Al-MCM-48: influence of the Si/Al ratio, degree of the surfactant hydroxyl exchange, and post-treatment in NH4F solution

    J.M. Campelo;D. Luna;R. Luque;J.M. Marinas

  • Conversion of alcohols (α-methylated series) on AlPO4 catalysts

    J.M. Campelo;A. Garcia;J.F. Herencia;D. Luna

  • Influence of acid–base properties of catalysts in the gas-phase dehydration–dehydrogenation of cyclohexanol on amorphous AlPO4 and several inorganic solids

    F.M Bautista;J.M Campelo;A Garcı́a;D Luna

  • Sustainable preparation of a novel glycerol-free biofuel by using pig pancreatic lipase: Partial 1,3-regiospecific alcoholysis of sunflower oil

    Veronica Caballero;Felipa M. Bautista;Juan M. Campelo;Diego Luna

  • Effect of Phosphate Precursor and Organic Additives on the Structural and Catalytic Properties of Amorphous Mesoporous AlPO4 Materials

    J. M. Campelo;M. Jaraba;D. Luna;R. Luque

  • Activity of Gallium and Aluminum SBA-15 materials in the Friedel–Crafts alkylation of toluene with benzyl chloride and benzyl alcohol

    Maria J. Gracia;Elia Losada;Rafael Luque;Juan M. Campelo

  • Screening of amorphous metal–phosphate catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene

    F.M. Bautista;J.M. Campelo;D. Luna;J.M. Marinas

  • Influence of the starting aluminum salt on the surface and acid properties of AlPO4 catalysts precipitated with ammonium hydroxide

    J.M. Campelo;A. Garcia;D. Luna;J.M. Marinas

  • Development of a new biodiesel that integrates glycerol, by using CaO as heterogeneous catalyst, in the partial methanolysis of sunflower oil

    Juan Calero;Diego Luna;Enrique D. Sancho;Carlos Luna

  • Skeletal isomerization of cyclohexene on AlPO4 catalysts

    J. M. Campelo;A. Garcia;J. M. Gutierrez;D. Luna

  • Selective ethanolysis of sunflower oil with Lipozyme RM IM, an immobilized Rhizomucor miehei lipase, to obtain a biodiesel-like biofuel, which avoids glycerol production through the monoglyceride formation.

    Juan Calero;Cristóbal Verdugo;Diego Luna;Enrique D. Sancho

  • Fluoride and Sulfate Treatment of AlPO4-Al2O3 Catalysts .I. Structure, Texture, Surface Acidity and Catalytic Performance in Cyclohexene Conversion and Cumene Cracking

    F.M. Bautista;J.M. Campelo;A. Garcia;D. Luna

  • Production of a new second generation biodiesel with a low cost lipase derived from Thermomyces lanuginosus: Optimization by response surface methodology

    Cristóbal Verdugo;Diego Luna;Alejandro Posadillo;Enrique D. Sancho

  • Production of MLM-Type structured lipids catalyzed by immobilized heterologous rhizopus oryzae lipase

    P. A. Nunes;P. A. Nunes;P. Pires-Cabral;P. Pires-Cabral;M. Guillén;F. Valero

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio A. Romero
Antonio A. Romero Spanish National Research Council
José M. Marinas
José M. Marinas University of Córdoba
Rafael Luque
Rafael Luque King Saud University
José Antonio Navío
José Antonio Navío Spanish National Research Council
Antoni Llobet
Antoni Llobet Autonomous University of Barcelona
Teodor Parella
Teodor Parella Autonomous University of Barcelona
José L. Tirado
José L. Tirado University of Córdoba
Hafiz M.N. Iqbal
Hafiz M.N. Iqbal Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Ashutosh Sharma
Ashutosh Sharma Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
José J. Calvino
José J. Calvino University of Cádiz

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