Martin Kumar Patel

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Olefins from conventional and heavy feedstocks: Energy use in steam cracking and alternative processes

  Tao Ren;Martin Patel;Kornelis Blok

  1308
  Citations

• Plastics derived from biological sources: present and future: a technical and environmental review.

  Guo-Qiang Chen;Martin Kumar Patel

  1078
  Citations

• A review on the role, cost and value of hydrogen energy systems for deep decarbonisation

  David Parra;Luis Valverde;F. Javier Pino;Martin K. Patel

  705
  Citations

• Replacing fossil based PET with biobased PEF; process analysis, energy and GHG balance

  A. J. J. E. Eerhart;A. P. C. Faaij;Martin Kumar Patel

  693
  Citations

• Open-loop recycling: A LCA case study of PET bottle-to-fibre recycling

  Li Shen;Ernst Worrell;Martin Kumar Patel

  569
  Citations

• A Review of the Environmental Impacts of Biobased Materials

  Martin Weiss;Juliane Haufe;Michael Carus;Miguel Brandão

  444
  Citations

• Present and future development in plastics from biomass

  Li Shen;Ernst Worrell;Martin Kumar Patel

  435
  Citations

• Steam cracking and methane to olefins: Energy use, CO2 emissions and production costs

  Tao Ren;Martin K. Patel;Kornelis Blok

  342
  Citations

• Critical aspects in the life cycle assessment (LCA) of bio-based materials – Reviewing methodologies and deriving recommendations

  P. Pawelzik;M. Carus;J. Hotchkiss;R. Narayan

  341
  Citations

• An interdisciplinary review of energy storage for communities: Challenges and perspectives

  David Parra;Maciej Swierczynski;Daniel I. Stroe;Stuart A. Norman

  333
  Citations

• Succinic acid production derived from carbohydrates: An energy and greenhouse gas assessment of a platform chemical toward a bio‐based economy

  Benjamin Cok;Ioannis Tsiropoulos;Alexander L. Roes;Martin Kumar Patel

  328
  Citations

• To compost or not to compost: Carbon and energy footprints of biodegradable materials' waste treatment

  B.G. Hermann;L. Debeer;B. De Wilde;K. Blok

  325
  Citations

• Long-term model-based projections of energy use and CO2 emissions from the global steel and cement industries

  Bas J. van Ruijven;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Willem Boskaljon;Maarten L. Neelis

  321
  Citations

• LCA benchmarking study on textiles made of cotton, polyester, nylon, acryl, or elastane

  Natascha M. van der Velden;Martin Kumar Patel;Joost G. Vogtländer

  298
  Citations

• Producing bio-based bulk chemicals using industrial biotechnology saves energy and combats climate change.

  B. G. Hermann;K. Blok;Martin Kumar Patel

  278
  Citations

• A review of experience curve analyses for energy demand technologies

  Martin Weiss;Martin Junginger;Martin Kumar Patel;Kornelis Blok

  269
  Citations

• From fluid milk to milk powder: Energy use and energy efficiency in the European dairy industry

  C Ramirez;Martin Kumar Patel;K Blok

  266
  Citations

• Environmental impact assessment of man-made cellulose fibres

  Li Shen;Ernst Worrell;Martin Kumar Patel

  266
  Citations

• An integrated techno-economic and life cycle environmental assessment of power-to-gas systems

  David Parra;Xiaojin Zhang;Christian Bauer;Martin K. Patel

  263
  Citations

• Potential of bioethanol as a chemical building block for biorefineries: preliminary sustainability assessment of 12 bioethanol-based products.

  John A. Posada;Akshay D. Patel;Alexander Roes;Kornelis Blok

  261
  Citations

• Medium and Long-term Opportunities and Risks of the Biotechnological Production of Bulk Chemicals from Renewable Resources

  M.K. Patel;M. Crank;V. Dornburg;B.G. Hermann

  231
  Citations