2026 Emmanuel Kakaras: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	50	4119	3958	35	33	162	8599

Overview

Emmanuel Kakaras is affiliated with the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. Their research work primarily focuses on engineering, with a notable emphasis on biomedical engineering, mechanics of materials, plant science, aerospace engineering, and environmental engineering as subfields.

The main topics addressed throughout Kakaras's publications include:

Biofuel production and bioconversion
Forest biomass utilization and management
Thermochemical biomass conversion processes
Microbial fuel cells and bioremediation
Process optimization and integration
Catalysts for methane reforming
Biodiesel production and applications

Kakaras has contributed several recent papers that highlight their involvement in sustainable energy and biomass research. Selected publications include:

Bioenergy with carbon capture and utilization: A review on the potential deployment towards a European circular bioeconomy, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Combustion of olive tree pruning pellets versus sunflower husk pellets at industrial boiler. Monitoring of emissions and combustion efficiency, 2021, Renewable Energy
Performance evaluation and optimization of the cooling system of a hybrid thermionic-photovoltaic converter, 2020, Energy Conversion and Management
Valorisation of olive tree prunings for the production of particleboards. Evaluation of the particleboard properties at different substitution levels, 2023, Industrial Crops and Products
Monitoring feedstock losses over five months storage of olive tree pruning hog fuel in piles. Comparison of covered vs. uncovered storage, 2021, Biomass and Bioenergy

Frequent publication venues where Kakaras's work appears include:

Biomass and Bioenergy
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Renewable Energy
Energy Conversion and Management

Kakaras collaborates regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

Panagiotis Grammelis
Michael Alexandros Kougioumtzis
Emmanouil Karampinis
Sotiriοs Karellas
Efthymia Ioanna Koytsoumpa

Best Publications

Energetic and economic investigation of Organic Rankine Cycle applications

A. Schuster;S. Karellas;E. Kakaras;H. Spliethoff

708
Citations
Effects of ethanol-diesel fuel blends on the performance and exhaust emissions of heavy duty DI diesel engine

D.C. Rakopoulos;C.D. Rakopoulos;E.C. Kakaras;E.G. Giakoumis

450
Citations
Investigation of the performance and emissions of bus engine operating on butanol/diesel fuel blends

D.C. Rakopoulos;C.D. Rakopoulos;D.T. Hountalas;E.C. Kakaras

364
Citations
Energetic and exergetic analysis of waste heat recovery systems in the cement industry

S. Karellas;A.-D. Leontaritis;G. Panousis;E. Bellos

299
Citations
Investigation of technical and economic aspects for methanol production through CO2 hydrogenation

Konstantinos Atsonios;Kyriakos D. Panopoulos;Emmanuel Kakaras

238
Citations
Ash properties and environmental impact of various biomass and coal fuels and their blends

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193
Citations
Agglomeration in fluidised bed gasification of biomass

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190
Citations
Alternative thermochemical routes for aviation biofuels via alcohols synthesis: Process modeling, techno-economic assessment and comparison

Konstantinos Atsonios;Michael-Alexander Kougioumtzis;Kyriakos D. Panopoulos;Emmanuel Kakaras

185
Citations
Integrated CHP with autothermal biomass gasification and SOFC–MGT

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183
Citations
High temperature solid oxide fuel cell integrated with novel allothermal biomass gasification: Part I: Modelling and feasibility study

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175
Citations
Comparative thermodynamic analysis of compressed air and liquid air energy storage systems

Piotr Krawczyk;Łukasz Szabłowski;Sotirios Karellas;Emmanuel Kakaras

169
Citations
Smart energy management algorithm for load smoothing and peak shaving based on load forecasting of an island’s power system

Spyridon Chapaloglou;Athanasios Nesiadis;Petros Iliadis;Konstantinos Atsonios

163
Citations
Energy and exergy analysis of adiabatic compressed air energy storage system

Lukasz Szablowski;Piotr Krawczyk;Krzysztof Badyda;Sotirios Karellas

155
Citations
Pyrolysis and Combustion Characteristics of Biomass and Waste-Derived Feedstock

George Skodras;Panagiotis Grammelis;Panagiotis Basinas;Emmanuel Kakaras

149
Citations
Thermocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation for methanol and ethanol production: Process improvements

Konstantinos Atsonios;Kyriakos D. Panopoulos;Emmanuel Kakaras

147
Citations
Numerical investigation of the oxy-fuel combustion in large scale boilers adopting the ECO-Scrub technology

Nikos Nikolopoulos;Aristeidis Nikolopoulos;Emmanouil Karampinis;Panagiotis Grammelis

139
Citations
Integration of calcium looping technology in existing cement plant for CO2 capture: Process modeling and technical considerations

K. Atsonios;P. Grammelis;S.K. Antiohos;N. Nikolopoulos

128
Citations
Computer simulation studies for the integration of an external dryer into a Greek lignite-fired power plant

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128
Citations
An innovative biomass gasification process and its coupling with microturbine and fuel cell systems

S. Karellas;J. Karl;E. Kakaras

126
Citations
High-resolution 3-D full-loop simulation of a CFB carbonator cold model

A. Nikolopoulos;N. Nikolopoulos;A. Charitos;P. Grammelis

123
Citations
Numerical investigation Greek lignite/cardoon co-firing in a tangentially fired furnace

E. Karampinis;N. Nikolopoulos;A. Nikolopoulos;P. Grammelis

117
Citations
Calcium looping for CO2 capture from a lignite fired power plant

Ilias Vorrias;Konstantinos Atsonios;Aristeidis Nikolopoulos;Nikos Nikolopoulos

111
Citations
High temperature electrolyte supported Ni-GDC/YSZ/LSM SOFC operation on two-stage Viking gasifier product gas

P. Hofmann;A. Schweiger;L. Fryda;K.D. Panopoulos

108
Citations
An advanced EMMS scheme for the prediction of drag coefficient under a 1.2 MWth CFBC isothermal flow—Part II: Numerical implementation

A. Nikolopoulos;K. Atsonios;N. Nikolopoulos;P. Grammelis

105
Citations
Effects of biomass co-firing with coal on ash properties. Part I: Characterisation and PSD

P. Grammelis;G. Skodras;E. Kakaras

102
Citations