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Italy
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
80
Citations
21530
World Ranking
540
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for ground breaking contributions in modeling combustion kinetics with a focus on lumping approaches for pyrolysis and low-temperature chemistry

Overview

Eliseo Ranzi is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy, focusing primarily on engineering and chemical engineering. Their research spans several interconnected fields, with a significant emphasis on combustion processes and thermochemical applications.

Ranzi's work covers a range of subfields including biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, fluid flow and transfer processes, organic chemistry, and atmospheric science. This multidisciplinary approach supports diverse research topics such as advanced combustion engine technologies, thermochemical biomass conversion processes, combustion and flame dynamics, heat transfer including supercritical fluids, free radicals and antioxidants, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and catalysis and oxidation reactions.

Their recent scientific contributions include four papers published between 2020 and 2025, addressing detailed kinetic modeling and combustion studies:

  • Combustion of n-C3-C6 Linear Alcohols: An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study. Part II: Speciation Measurements in a Jet-Stirred Reactor, Ignition Delay Time Measurements in a Rapid Compression Machine, Model Validation, and Kinetic Analysis (2020, Energy & Fuels)
  • Combustion of n-C3-C6 Linear Alcohols: An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study. Part I: Reaction Classes, Rate Rules, Model Lumping, and Validation (2020, Energy & Fuels)
  • Theoretical and kinetic modeling study of chloromethane (CH3Cl) pyrolysis and oxidation (2020, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics)
  • Developing chemical kinetic models for thermochemical applications (2025, Nature Protocols)

Ranzi collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including Tiziano Faravelli, Matteo Pelucchi, Sylvain Namysl, Anne Rodriguez, and Cristina Rizzo. These collaborations underline an active engagement within a community focused on chemical kinetics and combustion modeling.

Their publications are predominantly found in specialized journals such as Energy & Fuels, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, and Nature Protocols, reflecting the applied and theoretical aspects of combustion and chemical kinetics research.

In recognition of contributions to the field, Ranzi was named a Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2019 for work on modeling combustion kinetics. This honor specifically cited advancements in lumping approaches for pyrolysis and low-temperature chemistry, highlighting expertise in complex reaction mechanisms involved in combustion processes.

Best Publications

  • Hierarchical and comparative kinetic modeling of laminar flame speeds of hydrocarbon and oxygenated fuels

    E. Ranzi;A. Frassoldati;R. Grana;A. Cuoci

  • Chemical Kinetics of Biomass Pyrolysis

    Eliseo Ranzi;Alberto Cuoci;Tiziano Faravelli;Alessio Frassoldati

  • Experimental formulation and kinetic model for JP-8 surrogate mixtures

    A. Violi;S. Yan;E. G. Eddings;A. F. Sarofim

  • Reduced Kinetic Schemes of Complex Reaction Systems: Fossil and Biomass‐Derived Transportation Fuels

    Eliseo Maria Ranzi;Alessio Frassoldati;Alessandro Stagni;Matteo Pelucchi

  • Lumping procedures in detailed kinetic modeling of gasification, pyrolysis, partial oxidation and combustion of hydrocarbon mixtures

    E. Ranzi;M. Dente;A. Goldaniga;G. Bozzano

  • OpenSMOKE++: An object-oriented framework for the numerical modeling of reactive systems with detailed kinetic mechanisms ☆

    Alberto Cuoci;Alessio Frassoldati;Tiziano Faravelli;Eliseo Maria Ranzi

  • Detailed kinetic modeling of the thermal degradation of lignins

    T. Faravelli;A. Frassoldati;G. Migliavacca;E. Ranzi

  • Thermal degradation of polystyrene

    Tiziano Faravelli;M. Pinciroli;F. Pisano;Giulia Luisa Bozzano

  • Wide-Range Kinetic Modeling Study of the Pyrolysis, Partial Oxidation, and Combustion of Heavy n-Alkanes

    Eliseo Ranzi;Alessio Frassoldati;Silvia Granata;Tiziano Faravelli

  • New reaction classes in the kinetic modeling of low temperature oxidation of n-alkanes

    Eliseo Ranzi;Carlo Cavallotti;Alberto Cuoci;Alessio Frassoldati

  • High Selectivities to Ethylene by Partial Oxidation of Ethane

    A. S. Bodke;D. A. Olschki;L. D. Schmidt;E. Ranzi

  • An experimental and kinetic modeling study of combustion of isomers of butanol

    Roberto Grana;Alessio Frassoldati;Tiziano Faravelli;Ulrich Niemann

  • Kinetic modeling of the interactions between NO and hydrocarbons in the oxidation of hydrocarbons at low temperatures

    Tiziano Faravelli;Alessio Frassoldati;Eliseo Maria Ranzi

  • A wide-range modeling study of n-heptane oxidation

    Eliseo Ranzi;Paolo Gaffuri;Tiziano Faravelli;Philippe Dagaut

  • Experimental and kinetic modeling study of combustion of JP-8, its surrogates and reference components in laminar nonpremixed flows

    S. Humer;Alessio Frassoldati;Silvia Granata;Tiziano Faravelli

  • The ignition, combustion and flame structure of carbon monoxide/hydrogen mixtures. Note 1: Detailed kinetic modeling of syngas combustion also in presence of nitrogen compounds

    A. Frassoldati;T. Faravelli;E. Ranzi

  • Mathematical Modeling of Fast Biomass Pyrolysis and Bio-Oil Formation. Note I: Kinetic Mechanism of Biomass Pyrolysis

    Eliseo Maria Ranzi;Paulo Eduardo Amaral Debiagi;Alessio Frassoldati

  • Thermal degradation of poly(vinyl chloride)

    Alessandro Marongiu;Tiziano Faravelli;Giulia Luisa Bozzano;Mario Dente

  • Kinetic modeling of particle size distribution of soot in a premixed burner-stabilized stagnation ethylene flame

    Chiara Saggese;Chiara Saggese;Sara Ferrario;Joaquin Camacho;Alberto Cuoci

  • Reference components of jet fuels: kinetic modeling and experimental results

    A Agosta;N.P Cernansky;D.L Miller;T Faravelli

  • Comprehensive kinetic study of combustion technologies for low environmental impact: MILD and OXY-fuel combustion of methane

    Ghobad Bagheri;Ghobad Bagheri;Eliseo Ranzi;Matteo Pelucchi;Alessandro Parente

  • An experimental and kinetic modeling study of n-propanol and iso-propanol combustion

    Alessio Frassoldati;Alberto Cuoci;Tiziano Faravelli;Ulrich Niemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiziano Faravelli
Tiziano Faravelli Polytechnic University of Milan
Alessio Frassoldati
Alessio Frassoldati Polytechnic University of Milan
Alberto Cuoci
Alberto Cuoci Polytechnic University of Milan
Flavio Manenti
Flavio Manenti Polytechnic University of Milan
Kalyanasundaram Seshadri
Kalyanasundaram Seshadri University of California, San Diego
Marco Mehl
Marco Mehl Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Angela Violi
Angela Violi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Philippe Dagaut
Philippe Dagaut Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Kevin Van Geem
Kevin Van Geem Ghent University
Gianluca D'Errico
Gianluca D'Errico Polytechnic University of Milan

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