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D-Index
64
Citations
18753
World Ranking
1616
National Ranking
32

Juan Carlos Abanades 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 Juan Carlos Abanades sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 174 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Juan Carlos Abanades 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 Juan Carlos Abanades sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Chemical engineering
  • Natural gas
  • Coal

His scientific interests lie mostly in Waste management, Sorbent, Calcination, Chemical engineering and Chemical looping combustion. His research in Waste management intersects with topics in New energy, Process and Chemical reactor. His Sorbent research incorporates elements of Fluidized bed combustion and Process engineering.

While the research belongs to areas of Process engineering, Juan Carlos Abanades spends his time largely on the problem of Power station, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Scale. His Calcination study combines topics in areas such as Carbonation, Endothermic process, Calcium carbonate and Mineralogy. His Chemical engineering research incorporates themes from Fuel gas, Plug flow, Natural gas, Inorganic chemistry and Hydrogen production.

His most cited work include:

  • Carbon capture and storage update (1087 citations)
  • The maximum capture efficiency of CO2 using a carbonation/calcination cycle of CaO/CaCO3 (394 citations)
  • Sorbent Cost and Performance in CO2 Capture Systems (264 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Waste management, Calcium looping, Sorbent, Chemical engineering and Fluidized bed combustion. His study in Waste management is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Sorption, Power station, Calcination, Gas compressor and Chemical reactor. His Calcium looping research integrates issues from Carbonation, Heat exchanger and Pilot plant.

His Sorbent research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Process engineering, Fraction and Flue gas. His work carried out in the field of Chemical engineering brings together such families of science as Hydrogen production, Chemical looping combustion, Mineralogy and Reaction rate. Juan Carlos Abanades has researched Fluidized bed combustion in several fields, including Nuclear engineering and Particle size.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Waste management (46.08%)
  • Calcium looping (39.22%)
  • Sorbent (38.24%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Calcium looping (39.22%)
  • Waste management (46.08%)
  • Sorbent (38.24%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Calcium looping, Waste management, Sorbent, Chemical looping combustion and Chemical engineering. Juan Carlos Abanades interconnects Pilot plant, Process engineering, Cement and Flue gas in the investigation of issues within Calcium looping. His Waste management study incorporates themes from Power station and Calcination.

In his study, he carries out multidisciplinary Sorbent and Scientific method research. His Chemical looping combustion research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Hydrogen production, Fuel gas, Packed bed and Natural gas. As a part of the same scientific study, Juan Carlos Abanades usually deals with the Chemical engineering, concentrating on Steam reforming and frequently concerns with Calcium carbonate, Syngas and Heat exchanger.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Experimental testing of a sorbent reactivation process in La Pereda 1.7 MWth calcium looping pilot plant (32 citations)
  • CO2 capture from the calcination of CaCO3 using iron oxide as heat carrier (32 citations)
  • Calcium looping CO2 capture system for back-up power plants (29 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Chemical engineering
  • Coal
  • Natural gas

Waste management, Calcium looping, Calcination, Process engineering and Cement are his primary areas of study. The Waste management study combines topics in areas such as Reactor design and Sorbent. Juan Carlos Abanades focuses mostly in the field of Calcium looping, narrowing it down to topics relating to Pilot plant and, in certain cases, Coal and Oxy-fuel.

His Calcination study incorporates themes from Fuel gas, Chemical looping combustion and Chemical engineering. His study looks at the intersection of Process engineering and topics like Work with Post-combustion capture and Fluidized bed combustion. The Cement study combines topics in areas such as Fluidized bed, Exothermic reaction, Flue gas, Combustor and Process design.

Best Publications

  • Carbon capture and storage update

    Matthew E. Boot-Handford;Juan C. Abanades;Edward J. Anthony;Martin J. Blunt

  • Conversion Limits in the Reaction of CO2 with Lime

    J. Carlos Abanades;Diego Alvarez

  • CO2 Capture Capacity of CaO in Long Series of Carbonation/Calcination Cycles

    and Gemma S. Grasa;J. Carlos Abanades

  • The maximum capture efficiency of CO2 using a carbonation/calcination cycle of CaO/CaCO3

    Juan Carlos Abanades

  • Fluidized bed combustion systems integrating CO2 capture with CaO.

    J. Carlos Abanades;Edward J. Anthony;Jinsheng Wang;John E. Oakey

  • Capture of CO2 from combustion gases in a fluidized bed of CaO

    J. Carlos Abanades;Edward J. Anthony;Dennis Y. Lu;Carlos Salvador

  • Emerging CO2 capture systems

    J. C. Abanades;B. Arias;Anders Lyngfelt;Tobias Mattisson

  • Determination of the Critical Product Layer Thickness in the Reaction of CaO with CO2

    Diego Alvarez;J. Carlos Abanades

  • Sorbent Cost and Performance in CO2 Capture Systems

    Juan C. Abanades;Edward S. Rubin;Edward J. Anthony

  • Demonstration of steady state CO2 capture in a 1.7 MWth Calcium looping pilot

    B. Arias;B. Arias;M.E. Diego;M.E. Diego;J.C. Abanades;J.C. Abanades;M. Lorenzo

  • Enhancement of CaO for CO2 capture in an FBC environment

    C. Salvador;D. Lu;E.J. Anthony;J.C. Abanades

  • On the climate change mitigation potential of CO2 conversion to fuels

    J. Carlos Abanades;Edward S. Rubin;Marco Mazzotti;Howard J. Herzog

  • Application of the random pore model to the carbonation cyclic reaction

    Gemma Grasa;Ramón Murillo;Mónica Alonso;J. Carlos Abanades

  • Cost structure of a postcombustion CO2 capture system using CaO

    J Carlos Abanades;G Grasa;M Alonso;N Rodriguez

  • Pore-Size and Shape Effects on the Recarbonation Performance of Calcium Oxide Submitted to Repeated Calcination/Recarbonation Cycles

    Diego Alvarez;J. Carlos Abanades

  • Oxyfuel carbonation/calcination cycle for low cost CO2 capture in existing power plants

    Luis M. Romeo;J. Carlos Abanades;Jesús M. Escosa;Jara Paño

  • Economics of CO2 Capture Using the Calcium Cycle with a Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustor

    A. Mackenzie;D. L. Granatstein;E. J. Anthony;J. C. Abanades

  • Reactivity of highly cycled particles of CaO in a carbonation/calcination loop

    Gemma S. Grasa;J. Carlos Abanades;Mónica Alonso;Belén González

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

    Alexander Charitos;Nuria Rodríguez;Craig Hawthorne;Mónica Alonso

  • Clean and efficient use of petroleum coke for combustion and power generation

    Jinsheng Wang;Edward J. Anthony;Juan Carlos Abanades

Frequent Co-Authors

Gemma Grasa
Gemma Grasa Spanish National Research Council
Ramón Murillo
Ramón Murillo Spanish National Research Council
Nuria Rodríguez
Nuria Rodríguez Autonomous University of Madrid
Juan Adánez
Juan Adánez Instituto de Carboquímica
Edward J. Anthony
Edward J. Anthony Cranfield University
Matteo C. Romano
Matteo C. Romano Polytechnic University of Milan
Luis F. de Diego
Luis F. de Diego Spanish National Research Council
Francisco García-Labiano
Francisco García-Labiano Spanish National Research Council
Anders Lyngfelt
Anders Lyngfelt Chalmers University of Technology
Stefano Brandani
Stefano Brandani University of Edinburgh

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