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Overview

Marcos Millan is affiliated with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. Their research spans primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their major research topics include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, Catalysts for Methane Reforming, Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes, and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication.

Key publications by Marcos Millan cover a range of topics related to energy, catalysis, and materials science, including:

  • "Solar integrated hydrothermal processes: A review" (2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • "Early-stage kinetics and char structural evolution during CO2 gasification of Morupule coal in a wire-mesh reactor" (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • "Understanding the correlation between microstructure and electrochemical performance of hybridized pitch cokes for lithium-ion battery through tailoring their evolutional structures from ordered soft carbon to disordered hard carbon" (2021, Journal of Alloys and Compounds)
  • "Hydrogen in Grid Balancing: The European Market Potential for Pressurized Alkaline Electrolyzers" (2022, Energies)
  • "The influence of carbon supports and their surface modification on aqueous phase highly selective hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanol over different Ni/carbon catalysts" (2023, Carbon)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Xiangyi Long
  • N. Paterson
  • Zhengwei Cui
  • Guanming Yuan
  • Jie Yu

Marcos Millan has published extensively across a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Fuel (8 publications)
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (3 publications)
  • Energies (2 publications)
  • Carbon (2 publications)
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Cellulose, xylan and lignin interactions during pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass

    Jie Yu;Nigel Paterson;John Blamey;Marcos Millan

  • Influence of temperature and particle size on structural characteristics of chars from Beechwood pyrolysis

    Jie Yu;Jie Yu;Lushi Sun;Lushi Sun;César Berrueco;Beatriz Fidalgo

  • Use of gasification syngas in SOFC: Impact of real tar on anode materials

    E. Lorente;M. Millan;N.P. Brandon

  • The impact of steam and current density on carbon formation from biomass gasification tar on Ni/YSZ, and Ni/CGO solid oxide fuel cell anodes

    Joshua Mermelstein;Marcos Millan;Nigel Brandon

  • Application of Water in Hydrothermal Conditions for Upgrading Heavy Oils: A Review

    P. Arcelus-Arrillaga;J. L. Pinilla;K. Hellgardt;M. Millan

  • Fouling in Crude Oil Preheat Trains: A Systematic Solution to an Old Problem

    S Macchietto;G F Hewitt;F Coletti;Barry D Crittenden

  • Structural Characterization of Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Part 1: The Case of Coal Tar Pitch and Naphthalene-Derived Pitch

    Valentina Gargiulo;Barbara Apicella;Michela Alfè;Carmela Russo

  • The impact of carbon formation on Ni–YSZ anodes from biomass gasification model tars operating in dry conditions

    J. Mermelstein;M. Millan;N.P. Brandon

  • Chemical characterization of asphaltenes from various crude oils

    Carolina Leyva;Jorge Ancheyta;César Berrueco;Marcos Millán

  • Probing Size Exclusion Mechanisms of Complex Hydrocarbon Mixtures: The Effect of Altering Eluent Compositions

    Stephanie Paul-Dauphin;Fatma Karaca;Trevor J. Morgan;Marcos Millan-Agorio

  • Assessment of olive wastes as energy source: pyrolysis, torrefaction and the key role of H loss in thermal breakdown

    Roberto Volpe;Antonio Messineo;Marcos Millan;Maurizio Volpe

  • On the Limitations of UV−Fluorescence Spectroscopy in the Detection of High-Mass Hydrocarbon Molecules

    Trevor J. Morgan;Marcos Millan;Mahtab Behrouzi;and Alan A. Herod

  • Pillared clays as catalysts for hydrocracking of heavy liquid fuels

    M.E. Gyftopoulou;M. Millan;A.V. Bridgwater;D. Dugwell

  • Characterization of Crude Oils and Their Fouling Deposits Using a Batch Stirred Cell System

    Andrew Young;Silvia Venditti;Cesur Berrueco;Mengyan Yang

  • Kinetic analysis of vacuum residue hydrocracking in early reaction stages

    H. Puron;P. Arcelus-Arrillaga;K.K. Chin;J.L. Pinilla

  • Tar Formation and Destruction in a Fixed-Bed Reactor Simulating Downdraft Gasification: Equipment Development and Characterization of Tar-Cracking Products

    Fadimatu Dabai;Nigel Paterson;Marcos Millan;Paul Fennell

  • Structural Characterization of Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Part 2: Solvent-Separated Fractions of Coal Tar Pitch and Naphthalene-Derived Pitch

    Valentina Gargiulo;Barbara Apicella;Fernando Stanzione;Antonio Tregrossi

  • Calibration of Size-Exclusion Chromatography Columns with 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP)/Chloroform Mixtures as Eluent: Applications to Petroleum-Derived Samples

    Cesar Berrueco;Silvia Venditti;Trevor J. Morgan;Patricia Álvarez

  • Characterising high mass materials in heavy oil fractions by size exclusion chromatography and MALDI-mass spectrometry

    Marcos Millan;Mahtab Behrouzi;Fatma Karaca;Trevor J. Morgan

  • Nickel based monometallic and bimetallic catalysts for synthetic and real bio-oil steam reforming

    K. Bizkarra;J.M. Bermudez;P. Arcelus-Arrillaga;V.L. Barrio

  • Carbon-supported Pd nanoparticles as catalysts for anthracene hydrogenation

    J. L. Pinilla;Ana B. Garcia;Karine Philippot;Patricia Lara

  • Hydrocracking of Maya Vacuum Residue with NiMo Catalysts Supported on Mesoporous Alumina and Silica–Alumina

    Holda Purón;José Luis Pinilla;César Berrueco;J. A. Montoya de la Fuente

  • Evolution of chars during slow pyrolysis of citrus waste

    Roberto Volpe;José Miguel Bermudez Menendez;Tomas Ramirez Reina;Antonio Messineo

  • Selective Catalytic Steam Cracking of anthracene using mesoporous Al2O3 supported Ni-based catalysts doped with Na, Ca or K

    J.L. Pinilla;P. Arcelus-Arrillaga;H. Puron;M. Millan

  • The interaction of biomass gasification syngas components with tar in a solid oxide fuel cell and operational conditions to mitigate carbon deposition on nickel-gadolinium doped ceria anodes

    J. Mermelstein;M. Millan;N.P. Brandon

  • Ni-MoS2 supported on carbon nanofibers as hydrogenation catalysts: Effect of support functionalisation

    J.L. Pinilla;J.L. Pinilla;H. Purón;D. Torres;I. Suelves

  • Carbon nanofibres coated with Ni decorated MoS2 nanosheets as catalyst for vacuum residue hydroprocessing

    J.L. Pinilla;H. Purón;D. Torres;S. de Llobet

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Kandiyoti
Rafael Kandiyoti Imperial College London
Alan A. Herod
Alan A. Herod Imperial College London
Isabel Suelves
Isabel Suelves Spanish National Research Council
Tomas Ramirez Reina
Tomas Ramirez Reina University of Surrey
Klaus Hellgardt
Klaus Hellgardt Imperial College London
Nigel P. Brandon
Nigel P. Brandon Imperial College London
Graham T. Reed
Graham T. Reed University of Southampton
M.J. Lázaro
M.J. Lázaro Spanish National Research Council
Guozhao Ji
Guozhao Ji Dalian University of Technology
João C. Diniz da Costa
João C. Diniz da Costa University of Queensland

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