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Luca Fiori is affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy. Their research work primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a notable specialization in Biomedical Engineering along with contributions to Building and Construction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Pollution subfields.

Their publications predominantly address topics related to thermochemical biomass conversion processes, biofuel production and bioconversion, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, lignin and wood chemistry, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, subcritical and supercritical water processes, and catalysis for biomass conversion.

  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion

Fiori has contributed to several papers focusing on hydrothermal carbonization, anaerobic digestion, and sewage sludge reduction technologies. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Hydrothermal Carbonization of Organic Waste and Biomass: A Review on Process, Reactor, and Plant Modeling (2020), published in Waste and Biomass Valorization
  • Hydrothermal carbonization of glucose: Secondary char properties, reaction pathways, and kinetics (2022), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Reactivity of cellulose during hydrothermal carbonization of lignocellulosic biomass (2020), published in Fuel Processing Technology
  • Hydrothermal carbonization coupled with anaerobic digestion for the valorization of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (2020), published in Bioresource Technology
  • Full-Scale Sewage Sludge Reduction Technologies: A Review with a Focus on Energy Consumption (2023), published in Water

They have also authored or contributed to book publications, including the title Anaerobic Digestate Management (2022), published by UWA Publishing.

Common venues for Luca Fiori's research publications are:

  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Energies
  • Waste and Biomass Valorization
  • Biomass and Bioenergy

Fiori frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Gianni Andreottola, Giulia Ischia, Roberta Ferrentino, Maurizio Volpe, and Filippo Marchelli.

Best Publications

  • Nano-indentation of polymeric surfaces

    B J Briscoe;L Fiori;E Pelillo

  • Hydrothermal Carbonization of Waste Biomass: Process Design, Modeling, Energy Efficiency and Cost Analysis

    Michela Lucian;Luca Fiori

  • Biomass as an energy source: Thermodynamic constraints on the performance of the conversion process

    M. Baratieri;P. Baggio;L. Fiori;M. Grigiante

  • Impact of hydrothermal carbonization conditions on the formation of hydrochars and secondary chars from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste

    Michela Lucian;Maurizio Volpe;Lihui Gao;Lihui Gao;Giovanni Piro

  • Agro-industrial waste to solid biofuel through hydrothermal carbonization

    Daniele Basso;Francesco Patuzzi;Daniele Castello;Marco Baratieri

  • Hydrothermal carbonization of glucose: Secondary char properties, reaction pathways, and kinetics

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  • From olive waste to solid biofuel through hydrothermal carbonisation: The role of temperature and solid load on secondary char formation and hydrochar energy properties

    Maurizio Volpe;Luca Fiori

  • Hydrothermal Carbonization of Organic Waste and Biomass: A Review on Process, Reactor, and Plant Modeling

    Giulia Ischia;Luca Fiori

  • Hydrothermal carbonization of Opuntia ficus-indica cladodes: Role of process parameters on hydrochar properties.

    Maurizio Volpe;Jillian L. Goldfarb;Luca Fiori

  • Supercritical CO2 extraction of grape seed oil: Effect of process parameters on the extraction kinetics

    Kurabachew Simon Duba;Luca Fiori

  • Supercritical water gasification of biomass: Thermodynamic constraints.

    Daniele Castello;Luca Fiori

  • Extraction of polyphenols from grape skins and defatted grape seeds using subcritical water: Experiments and modeling

    Kurabachew Simon Duba;Alessandro Alberto Casazza;Hatem Ben Mohamed;Patrizia Perego

  • Grape seed oil supercritical extraction kinetic and solubility data: Critical approach and modeling

    L. Fiori

  • Supercritical CO2 extraction of oil from seeds of six grape cultivars: Modeling of mass transfer kinetics and evaluation of lipid profiles and tocol contents

    Luca Fiori;Vera Lavelli;Kurabachew Simon Duba;Pedapati Siva Charan Sri Harsha

  • Reactivity of cellulose during hydrothermal carbonization of lignocellulosic biomass

    Maurizio Volpe;Antonio Messineo;Mikko Mäkelä;Mikko Mäkelä;Meredith R. Barr

  • Hydrothermal carbonization of off-specification compost: a byproduct of the organic municipal solid waste treatment.

    Daniele Basso;Elsa Weiss-Hortala;Francesco Patuzzi;Daniele Castello

  • Supercritical water gasification of biomass for H2 production: Process design

    Luca Fiori;Michele Valbusa;Daniele Castello

  • Hydrothermal carbonization coupled with anaerobic digestion for the valorization of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste.

    Michela Lucian;Maurizio Volpe;Fabio Merzari;Dominik Wüst;Dominik Wüst

  • Supercritical extraction of grape seed oil at industrial-scale: Plant and process design, modeling, economic feasibility

    Luca Fiori

  • One stage olive mill waste streams valorisation via hydrothermal carbonisation

    Maurizio Volpe;Dominik Wüst;Dominik Wüst;Fabio Merzari;Michela Lucian

  • Hydrothermal Carbonization of Biomass: Design of a Batch Reactor and Preliminary Experimental Results

    L. Fiori;D. Basso;D. Castello;M. Baratieri

  • Spent coffee enhanced biomethane potential via an integrated hydrothermal carbonization-anaerobic digestion process.

    Fábio Codignole Luz;Maurizio Volpe;Luca Fiori;Alessandro Manni

  • Methane production from process water of sewage sludge hydrothermal carbonization. A review. Valorising sludge through hydrothermal carbonization

    Fabio Merzari;Michela Langone;Gianni Andreottola;Luca Fiori

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Kruse
Andrea Kruse University of Hohenheim
Gianni Andreottola
Gianni Andreottola University of Trento
Marco Baratieri
Marco Baratieri Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Antonio Miotello
Antonio Miotello University of Trento
Patrizia Perego
Patrizia Perego University of Genoa
Elena Cristina Rada
Elena Cristina Rada University of Insubria
Graziano Guella
Graziano Guella University of Trento
Marco Ragazzi
Marco Ragazzi University of Trento
Tanja Mimmo
Tanja Mimmo Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Brian J. Briscoe
Brian J. Briscoe Imperial College London

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