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Günter Scheffknecht

Günter Scheffknecht

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
42
Citations
6901
World Ranking
6584
National Ranking
217

Günter Scheffknecht publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Günter Scheffknecht sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 162 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Günter Scheffknecht D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Günter Scheffknecht sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Günter Scheffknecht is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart in Germany. Their primary research focus lies within the field of engineering, with a total of 89 publications across several related subfields. These subfields include biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work addresses multiple core topics mainly related to thermochemical and chemical processes. These topics include thermochemical biomass conversion processes, chemical looping and thermochemical processes, catalysts for methane reforming, iron and steelmaking processes, industrial gas emission control, carbon dioxide capture technologies, and thermal and kinetic analysis.

Their research has been published in a variety of journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Fuel
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energies
  • Fuel Processing Technology
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, often contributing to multidisciplinary studies. The most frequent co-authors are:

  • Max Schmid (22 joint publications)
  • Jörg Maier (13 joint publications)
  • Selina Hafner (6 joint publications)
  • Joseba Moreno (6 joint publications)
  • Nico Mader (6 joint publications)

Among their recent papers are several addressing biomass and gasification processes, flue gas treatment, and CO2 capture. Notable publications include:

  • "Sorption enhanced gasification (SEG) of biomass for tailored syngas production with in-situ CO2 capture: Current status, process scale-up experiences and outlook," 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Influence of temperature on products from fluidized bed pyrolysis of wood and solid recovered fuel," 2020, Fuel
  • "Investigation on the behavior of mercury across the flue gas treatment of coal combustion power plants using a lab-scale firing system," 2020, Fuel Processing Technology
  • "Experimental investigation of the calcination reactor in a tail-end calcium looping configuration for CO2 capture from cement plants," 2020, Fuel
  • "Steam-oxygen gasification of sewage sludge: Reduction of tar, H2S and COS with limestone as bed additive," 2021, Biomass and Bioenergy

Best Publications

  • Oxy-fuel coal combustion—A review of the current state-of-the-art

    Günter Scheffknecht;Leema Al-Makhadmeh;Uwe Schnell;Jörg Maier

  • Oxyfuel combustion for CO2 capture in power plants

    Rohan Stanger;Terry Wall;Reinhold Spörl;Manoj Paneru

  • Experimental Validation of the Calcium Looping CO2 Capture Process with Two Circulating Fluidized Bed Carbonator Reactors

    Alexander Charitos;Nuria Rodríguez;Craig Hawthorne;Mónica Alonso

  • Parametric investigation of the calcium looping process for CO2 capture in a 10kWth dual fluidized bed

    A. Charitos;C. Hawthorne;A.R. Bidwe;S. Sivalingam

  • Wood smoke as a source of particle-phase organic compounds in residential areas

    Md. Aynul Bari;Guenter Baumbach;Bertram Kuch;Guenter Scheffknecht

  • Development of the calcium looping CO2 capture technology from lab to pilot scale at IFK, University of Stuttgart

    Heiko Dieter;Ajay R. Bidwe;Glykeria Varela-Duelli;Alexander Charitos

  • NOx-emissions from flameless coal combustion in air, Ar/O2 and CO2/O2

    Hannes Stadler;Dragisa Ristic;Malte Förster;Anja Schuster

  • Comparison of Different Global Reaction Mechanisms for MILD Combustion of Natural Gas

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  • Experimental research on the performance of CO2-loaded solutions of MEA and DEA at regeneration conditions

    Paula Galindo;Anke Schäffer;Kevin Brechtel;Sven Unterberger

  • Ash fusibility and compositional data of solid recovered fuels

    Gregory Dunnu;Jörg Maier;Günter Scheffknecht

  • Particle-phase concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air of rural residential areas in southern Germany

    Md. Aynul Bari;Günter Baumbach;Bertram Kuch;Günter Scheffknecht

  • CO2 Capture for Fossil Fuel‐Fired Power Plants

    Ralf Notz;Inga Tönnies;Nichola Mccann;Günter Scheffknecht

  • Comparative study on differently concentrated aqueous solutions of MEA and TETA for CO2 capture from flue gases

    A. Schäffer;K. Brechtel;G. Scheffknecht

  • Steam gasification of wood pellets, sewage sludge and manure: Gasification performance and concentration of impurities

    Daniel Schweitzer;Andreas Gredinger;Max Schmid;Gebhard Waizmann

  • Oxy-fuel combustion technology for cement production – State of the art research and technology development

    Francisco Carrasco-Maldonado;Reinhold Spörl;Kristina Fleiger;Volker Hoenig

  • Simulation of the carbonate looping power cycle

    C. Hawthorne;M. Trossmann;P. Galindo Cifre;A. Schuster

  • Integration of a chemical process model in a power plant modelling tool for the simulation of an amine based CO2 scrubber

    P. Galindo Cifre;K. Brechtel;S. Hoch;H. García

  • Nickel-base superalloys for ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plants: Fireside corrosion. Laboratory studies and power plant exposures

    Gosia Stein-Brzozowska;Diana M. Flórez;Jörg Maier;Günter Scheffknecht

  • The oxycoal process with cryogenic oxygen supply

    Alfons Kather;Günter Scheffknecht

  • CO2 capture with CaO in a 200 kWth dual fluidized bed pilot plant

    C. Hawthorne;H. Dieter;A. Bidwe;A. Schuster

  • Comparison of experimental results from three dual fluidized bed test facilities capturing CO2 with CaO

    Nuria Rodríguez;Mónica Alonso;Juan Carlos Abanades;Alexander Charitos

  • Hydrodynamic analysis of a 10 kWth Calcium Looping Dual Fluidized Bed for post-combustion CO2 capture

    A. Charitos;C. Hawthorne;A.R. Bidwe;L. Korovesis

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Hasse
Hans Hasse Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Hartmut Spliethoff
Hartmut Spliethoff Technical University of Munich
Terry Wall
Terry Wall University of Newcastle Australia
Mikko Hupa
Mikko Hupa Åbo Akademi University
Emmanuel Kakaras
Emmanuel Kakaras National Technical University of Athens
Panagiotis Grammelis
Panagiotis Grammelis Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Gartzen Lopez
Gartzen Lopez University of the Basque Country
Juan Carlos Abanades
Juan Carlos Abanades Spanish National Research Council
Kalpit Shah
Kalpit Shah RMIT University
Nuria Rodríguez
Nuria Rodríguez Autonomous University of Madrid

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