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Engineering and Technology
Spain
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
84
Citations
21761
World Ranking
423
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Pilar Gayán is a researcher affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their academic work primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with a significant emphasis on mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering among subfields. Research efforts also extend into materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, catalysis, and related areas.

The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Industrial Gas Emission Control
  • Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
  • Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Gayán has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Fuel
  • Fuel Processing Technology
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Powder Technology
  • Energy & Fuels

Notable recent papers include:

  • Increasing energy efficiency in chemical looping combustion of methane by in-situ activation of perovskite-based oxygen carriers, 2021, Applied Energy
  • On the optimization of physical and chemical stability of a Cu/Al2O3 impregnated oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion, 2021, Fuel Processing Technology
  • Performance Evaluation of a Cu-Based Oxygen Carrier Impregnated onto ZrO2 for Chemical-Looping Combustion (CLC), 2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Development of a magnetic Cu-based oxygen carrier for the chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) process, 2021, Fuel Processing Technology
  • Evaluation of different strategies to improve the efficiency of coal conversion in a 50 kWth Chemical Looping combustion unit, 2020, Fuel

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Alberto Abad, Juan Adánez, Luis F. de Diego, M.T. Izquierdo, and Francisco García-Labiano, indicating extensive cooperation within their research community.

Best Publications

  • Progress in chemical-looping combustion and reforming technologies

    Juan Adanez;Alberto Abad;Francisco Garcia-Labiano;Pilar Gayan

  • Mapping of the range of operational conditions for Cu-, Fe-, and Ni-based oxygen carriers in chemical-looping combustion

    Alberto Abad;Juan Adánez;Francisco García-Labiano;Luis F. de Diego

  • Chemical looping combustion of solid fuels

    J. Adánez;A. Abad;T. Mendiara;P. Gayán

  • Development of Cu-based oxygen carriers for chemical-looping combustion

    Luis F de Diego;Francisco Garcı́a-Labiano;Juan Adánez;Pilar Gayán

  • Ilmenite Activation during Consecutive Redox Cycles in Chemical-Looping Combustion

    Juan Adánez;Ana Cuadrat;Alberto Abad;Pilar Gayán

  • Calcination of calcium-based sorbents at pressure in a broad range of CO2 concentrations

    F. Garcı́a-Labiano;A. Abad;L.F. de Diego;P. Gayán

  • Kinetics of redox reactions of ilmenite for chemical-looping combustion

    Alberto Abad;Juan Adánez;Ana Cuadrat;Francisco García-Labiano

  • Chemical Looping Combustion in a 10 kWth Prototype Using a CuO/Al2O3 Oxygen Carrier: Effect of Operating Conditions on Methane Combustion

    Juan Adanez;Pilar Gayan;Javier Celaya;Luis F. De Diego

  • Operation of a 10 kWth chemical-looping combustor during 200 h with a CuO-Al2O3 oxygen carrier

    Luis F. de Diego;Francisco Garcı´a-Labiano;Pilar Gayán;Javier Celaya

  • Reduction Kinetics of Cu-, Ni-, and Fe-Based Oxygen Carriers Using Syngas (CO + H2) for Chemical-Looping Combustion

    Alberto Abad;Francisco Garcia-Labiano;Luis F. De Diego;Pilar Gayan

  • Impregnated CuO/Al2O3 Oxygen Carriers for Chemical-Looping Combustion: Avoiding Fluidized Bed Agglomeration

    Luis F. de Diego;Pilar Gayán;Francisco García-Labiano;Javier Celaya

  • Behavior of ilmenite as oxygen carrier in chemical-looping combustion

    A. Cuadrat;A. Abad;J. Adánez;L.F. de Diego

  • Reduction and Oxidation Kinetics of a Copper-Based Oxygen Carrier Prepared by Impregnation for Chemical-Looping Combustion

    F. García-Labiano;L. F. de Diego;J. Adánez;and A. Abad

  • Demonstration of chemical-looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) process in a 1.5 kWth continuously operating unit using a Cu-based oxygen-carrier

    Alberto Abad;Iñaki Adánez-Rubio;Pilar Gayán;Francisco García-Labiano

  • Effect of Pressure on the Behavior of Copper-, Iron-, and Nickel-Based Oxygen Carriers for Chemical-Looping Combustion

    Francisco Garcia-Labiano;Juan Adanez;Luis F. de Diego;Pilar Gayan

  • Development of Cu-based oxygen carriers for Chemical-Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU) process

    Pilar Gayán;Iñaki Adánez-Rubio;Alberto Abad;Luis F. de Diego

  • Reduction and oxidation kinetics of nickel-based oxygen-carriers for chemical-looping combustion and chemical-looping reforming

    Cristina Dueso;María Ortiz;Alberto Abad;Francisco García-Labiano

  • Temperature variations in the oxygen carrier particles during their reduction and oxidation in a chemical-looping combustion system

    Francisco García-Labiano;Luis F. de Diego;Juan Adánez;Alberto Abad

  • Effect of Fe-olivine on the tar content during biomass gasification in a dual fluidized bed

    M. Virginie;J. Adánez;C. Courson;L.F. de Diego

  • Hydrogen production by chemical-looping reforming in a circulating fluidized bed reactor using Ni-based oxygen carriers

    Luis F. de Diego;María Ortiz;Francisco García-Labiano;Juan Adánez

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan Adánez
Juan Adánez Instituto de Carboquímica
Francisco García-Labiano
Francisco García-Labiano Spanish National Research Council
Alberto Abad
Alberto Abad Instituto de Carboquímica
Luis F. de Diego
Luis F. de Diego Spanish National Research Council
Maria Izquierdo
Maria Izquierdo Spanish National Research Council
Anders Lyngfelt
Anders Lyngfelt Chalmers University of Technology
Haibo Zhao
Haibo Zhao Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Juan Carlos Abanades
Juan Carlos Abanades Spanish National Research Council
Henrik Leion
Henrik Leion Chalmers University of Technology
Nader Mahinpey
Nader Mahinpey University of Calgary

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