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Ingwald Obernberger 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 Ingwald Obernberger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 159 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ingwald Obernberger 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 Ingwald Obernberger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ingwald Obernberger is affiliated with Graz University of Technology in Austria and has a significant body of work in the field of engineering, focusing mainly on thermochemical biomass conversion processes. Their research spans topics such as environmental impact and sustainability, combustion and flame dynamics, and forest biomass utilization and management.

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Claudia Schön, Hans Hartmann, Thomas Brunner, Hans Martin Behr, and Robert Mack. These collaborations suggest a network of research activity centered on biomass and renewable energy technologies.

Ingwald Obernberger has contributed scholarly articles to various specialized journals. The venues where they have published more than once include:

  • Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (3 publications)
  • Biomass and Bioenergy (2 publications)
  • Energies (1 publication)
  • Renewable Energy (1 publication)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts (1 publication)

Their main research subfields fall within biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, and industrial and manufacturing engineering, emphasizing multi-disciplinary approaches to engineering challenges.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Obernberger include:

  • "Combining Biomass Gasification and Solid Oxid Fuel Cell for Heat and Power Generation: An Early-Stage Life Cycle Assessment" (2020, Energies)
  • "Influence of pellet length, content of fines, and moisture content on emission behavior of wood pellets in a residential pellet stove and pellet boiler" (2022, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery)
  • "Interactions of high temperature H2S and HCl cleaning sorbents with biosyngas main components and testing in a pilot integrated biomass gasifier SOFC system" (2021, Renewable Energy)
  • "Influence of wood species and additives on emission behavior of wood pellets in a residential pellet stove and a boiler" (2023, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery)
  • "Development of a transient CFD model for charcoal production in a batch reactor and validation with measurement data" (2020, Biomass and Bioenergy)

The scientist's research themes extensively cover sustainable industrial ecology and biofuel production and bioconversion, illustrating a comprehensive exploration of renewable energy and environmental engineering issues from both applied and theoretical perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Physical characterisation and chemical composition of densified biomass fuels with regard to their combustion behaviour

    Ingwald Obernberger;Gerold Thek

  • Chemical properties of solid biofuels¿significance and impact

    Ingwald Obernberger;Thomas Brunner;Georg Bärnthaler

  • Concentrations of inorganic elements in biomass fuels and recovery in the different ash fractions

    Ingwald Obernberger;Friedrich Biedermann;Walter Widmann;Rudolf Riedl

  • Fuel Indexes: A Novel Method for the Evaluation of Relevant Combustion Properties of New Biomass Fuels

    Peter Sommersacher;Thomas Brunner;Ingwald Obernberger

  • Wood pellet production costs under Austrian and in comparison to Swedish framework conditions

    Gerold Thek;Ingwald Obernberger

  • A CFD model for thermal conversion of thermally thick biomass particles

    Ramin Mehrabian;Selma Zahirovic;Robert Scharler;Ingwald Obernberger

  • Thermodynamic equilibrium calculations concerning the removal of heavy metals from sewage sludge ash by chlorination

    G. Fraissler;M. Jöller;H. Mattenberger;T. Brunner

  • From waste to raw material—the route from biomass to wood ash for cadmium and other heavy metals

    M. Narodoslawsky;I. Obernberger

  • Effects of pyrolysis conditions on the heating rate in biomass particles and applicability of TGA kinetic parameters in particle thermal conversion modelling

    Ramin Mehrabian;Robert Scharler;Ingwald Obernberger

  • Kinetic scheme of biomass pyrolysis considering secondary charring reactions

    Andrés Anca-Couce;Ramin Mehrabian;Robert Scharler;Ingwald Obernberger

  • Quantification of the release of inorganic elements from biofuels

    Flemming Frandsen;Simone Cornelia van Lith;Rob Korbee;Patrik Yrjas

  • Modelling of an updraft fixed-bed gasifier operated with softwood pellets

    Christoph Mandl;Ingwald Obernberger;Friedrich Biedermann

  • Experimental investigation of nitrogen species release from different solid biomass fuels as a basis for release models

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  • Multi-physics modelling of packed bed biomass combustion

    Ramin Mehrabian;Ali Shiehnejadhesar;Robert Scharler;Ingwald Obernberger

  • Influence of dry and humid gaseous atmosphere on the thermal decomposition of calcium chloride and its impact on the remove of heavy metals by chlorination

    G. Fraissler;M. Jöller;T. Brunner;I. Obernberger

  • In vitro toxicological characterization of particulate emissions from residential biomass heating systems based on old and new technologies

    Pasi I. Jalava;Mikko S. Happo;Joachim Kelz;Thomas Brunner

  • Pulmonary inflammation and tissue damage in the mouse lung after exposure to PM samples from biomass heating appliances of old and modern technologies

    Mikko S. Happo;Oskari Uski;Oskari Uski;Pasi I. Jalava;Joachim Kelz

  • Application of a detailed biomass pyrolysis kinetic scheme to hardwood and softwood torrefaction

    Andrés Anca-Couce;Ingwald Obernberger

  • Modelling of grate combustion in a medium scale biomass furnace for control purposes

    Robert Bauer;Markus Gölles;Thomas Brunner;Nicolaos Dourdoumas

  • Determination of major and minor ash-forming elements in solid biofuels

    Georg Baernthaler;Michael Zischka;Conny Haraldsson;Ingwald Obernberger

  • Modeling of aerosol formation during biomass combustion in grate furnaces and comparison with measurements

    Markus Joeller;Thomas Brunner;Ingwald Obernberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner University of Konstanz
Maija-Riitta Hirvonen
Maija-Riitta Hirvonen University of Eastern Finland
Jorma Jokiniemi
Jorma Jokiniemi University of Eastern Finland
Flemming Frandsen
Flemming Frandsen Technical University of Denmark
Peter Arendt Jensen
Peter Arendt Jensen Technical University of Denmark
Larry L. Baxter
Larry L. Baxter Brigham Young University
Kim Dam-Johansen
Kim Dam-Johansen Technical University of Denmark
Peter Glarborg
Peter Glarborg Technical University of Denmark
Veli-Matti Kosma
Veli-Matti Kosma University of Eastern Finland

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