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Johann Fellner

Johann Fellner

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
5277
World Ranking
7842
National Ranking
69

Overview

Johann Fellner is affiliated with TU Wien in Austria and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, Building and Construction, and Mechanical Engineering.

The primary topics covered in Fellner's research include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Municipal Solid Waste Management, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Landfill Environmental Impact Studies, Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance, and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Fellner has contributed to several recent academic papers, including:

  • Potentials for a circular economy of mineral construction materials and demolition waste in urban areas: a case study from Vienna, 2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Material flow analysis and sustainability of the Italian plastic packaging management, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Mapping biogeochemically active zones in landfills with induced polarization imaging: The Heferlbach landfill, 2020, Waste Management
  • How will tramp elements affect future steel recycling in Europe? - A dynamic material flow model for steel in the EU-28 for the period 1910 to 2050, 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Raw materials consumption and demolition waste generation of the urban building sector 2016-2050: A scenario-based material flow analysis of Vienna, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production

Frequent co-authors in Fellner's work include Jakob Lederer, Andreas Gassner, Therese Schwarzböck, Nora Fricko, and Sabine Dworak.

Publications often appear in journals such as Waste Management, Resources Conservation and Recycling, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Cleaner Production, and Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Best Publications

  • Circular economy of plastic packaging: Current practice and perspectives in Austria.

    Emile Van Eygen;David Laner;Johann Fellner

  • Setting priorities for waste management strategies in developing countries

    Paul H. Brunner;Johann Fellner

  • GIS‐based Analysis of Vienna's Material Stock in Buildings

    Fritz Kleemann;Jakob Lederer;Helmut Rechberger;Johann Fellner

  • Determination of biogenic and fossil CO2 emitted by waste incineration based on 14CO2 and mass balances

    J Mohn;Sönke Szidat;J Fellner;H Rechberger

  • Legal situation and current practice of waste incineration bottom ash utilisation in Europe.

    Dominik Blasenbauer;Florian Huber;Jakob Lederer;Margarida J. Quina

  • A Novel Approach to Characterize Data Uncertainty in Material Flow Analysis and its Application to Plastics Flows in Austria

    David Laner;Julia Feketitsch;Helmut Rechberger;Johann Fellner

  • Comprehensive analysis and quantification of national plastic flows: The case of Austria

    Emile Van Eygen;Julia Feketitsch;David Laner;Helmut Rechberger

  • Present Potentials and Limitations of a Circular Economy with Respect to Primary Raw Material Demand

    Johann Fellner;Jakob Lederer;Christoph Scharff;David Laner

  • Potentials for a circular economy of mineral construction materials and demolition waste in urban areas: a case study from Vienna

    Jakob Lederer;Andreas Gassner;Fritz Kleemann;Johann Fellner

  • A method for determining buildings’ material composition prior to demolition

    Fritz Kleemann;Jakob Lederer;Philipp Aschenbrenner;Helmut Rechberger

  • Wide-scale utilization of MSWI fly ashes in cement production and its impact on average heavy metal contents in cements: The case of Austria.

    Jakob Lederer;Verena Trinkel;Johann Fellner

  • Comparing field investigations with laboratory models to predict landfill leachate emissions.

    Johann Fellner;Gernot Döberl;Gerhard Allgaier;Paul H. Brunner

  • Modeling of leachate generation from MSW landfills by a 2-dimensional 2-domain approach

    Johann Fellner;Paul H. Brunner

  • Flooding of municipal solid waste landfills--an environmental hazard?

    David Laner;Johann Fellner;Paul H. Brunner

  • A New Method to Determine the Ratio of Electricity Production from Fossil and Biogenic Sources in Waste-to-Energy Plants

    Johann Fellner;Oliver Cencic;Helmut Rechberger

  • Framework for the evaluation of anthropogenic resources: A landfill mining case study – Resource or reserve?

    Andrea Winterstetter;David Laner;Helmut Rechberger;Johann Fellner

  • Comparative life cycle assessment of MSWI fly ash treatment and disposal.

    Florian Huber;David Laner;Johann Fellner

  • Evaluation of resource recovery from waste incineration residues--the case of zinc.

    Johann Fellner;J. Lederer;A. Purgar;A. Winterstetter

  • Material flow analysis and sustainability of the Italian plastic packaging management

    Mariarosaria Lombardi;Roberto Rana;Johann Fellner

  • Methods for determining the biomass content of waste.

    Wolfgang Staber;Sabine Flamme;Johann Fellner

  • Thermal co-treatment of combustible hazardous waste and waste incineration fly ash in a rotary kiln.

    Florian Huber;Dominik Blasenbauer;Ole Mallow;Jakob Lederer

  • Urban Mining in Times of Raw Material Shortage

    Manfred Klinglmair;Johann Fellner

Frequent Co-Authors

Sönke Szidat
Sönke Szidat University of Bern
Robbert Kleerebezem
Robbert Kleerebezem Delft University of Technology
Thilo Hofmann
Thilo Hofmann University of Vienna
Thomas Fruergaard Astrup
Thomas Fruergaard Astrup Technical University of Denmark
Brigitte Buchmann
Brigitte Buchmann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Elza Bontempi
Elza Bontempi University of Brescia

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