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Raf Dewil

Raf Dewil

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
66
Citations
20610
World Ranking
1383
National Ranking
13

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
68
Citations
21731
World Ranking
1849
National Ranking
30

Overview

Raf Dewil is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a substantial scholarly output primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their research spans a broad spectrum of topics including water treatment technologies, renewable energy, and environmental sustainability.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Dewil has contributed extensively to subfields such as:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pollution
  • Materials Chemistry

Research topics that frequently appear in Dewil's work include:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production

The scientist has published papers in several prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering

Recent papers reflect a focus on sustainable energy and environmental management:

  • Post-combustion carbon capture, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Reviewing the potential of bio-hydrogen production by fermentation, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Biochar for soil applications-sustainability aspects, challenges and future prospects, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Biochar in water and wastewater treatment - a sustainability assessment, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Reviewing the thermo-chemical recycling of waste polyurethane foam, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management

Collaborations have been significant in Dewil's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lise Appels
  • Mohammadreza Kamali
  • Tejraj M. Aminabhavi
  • Jan Baeyens
  • Maria Elisabete V. Costa

Dewil has also contributed to book publications with Springer Science+Business Media and Springer Nature, including titles such as:

  • Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies for the Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds, 2023
  • Proceedings of 2022 4th International Conference on Environment Sciences and Renewable Energy, 2023

Best Publications

  • Principles and potential of the anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge

    Lise Appels;Jan Baeyens;Jan Degrève;Raf Dewil

  • Anaerobic digestion in global bio-energy production: Potential and research challenges

    Lise Appels;Joost Lauwers;Jan Degrève;Lieve Helsen

  • Advanced sludge treatment affects extracellular polymeric substances to improve activated sludge dewatering

    Elisabeth Neyens;Jan Baeyens;Raf Dewil;Bart De heyder

  • Fundamentals, kinetics and endothermicity of the biomass pyrolysis reaction

    Manon Van de Velden;Jan Baeyens;Jan Baeyens;Anke Brems;Bart Janssens

  • New perspectives for Advanced Oxidation Processes.

    Raf Dewil;Dionissios Mantzavinos;Ioannis Poulios;Manuel Andrés Rodrigo

  • Challenges and opportunities in improving the production of bio-ethanol

    Jan Baeyens;Jan Baeyens;Qian Kang;Qian Kang;Lise Appels;Raf Dewil

  • Post-combustion carbon capture

    Cong Chao;Yimin Deng;Raf Dewil;Jan Baeyens;Jan Baeyens

  • Influence of low temperature thermal pre-treatment on sludge solubilisation, heavy metal release and anaerobic digestion.

    Lise Appels;Jan Degrève;Bart Van der Bruggen;Jan Van Impe

  • Pharmaceuticals in freshwater aquatic environments: A comparison of the African and European challenge.

    Samuel Fekadu;Esayas Alemayehu;Raf Dewil;Bart Van der Bruggen;Bart Van der Bruggen

  • Energy use of biogas hampered by the presence of siloxanes.

    Raf Dewil;Lise Appels;Jan Baeyens;Jan Baeyens

  • Bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass: current findings determine research priorities.

    Qian Kang;Lise Appels;Tianwei Tan;Raf Dewil

  • Biomass-derived aviation fuels: Challenges and perspective

    Meng Wang;Raf. Dewil;Kyriakos Maniatis;John Wheeldon

  • Reviewing the potential of bio-hydrogen production by fermentation

    Jan Baeyens;Huili Zhang;Jiapei Nie;Lise Appels

  • Biochar for soil applications-sustainability aspects, challenges and future prospects

    Mohammadreza Kamali;Nick Sweygers;Sultan Al-Salem;Lise Appels

  • Peracetic acid oxidation as an alternative pre-treatment for the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge.

    Lise Appels;Ado Van Assche;Kris Willems;Jan Degrève

  • Fluidized bed waste incinerators: Design, operational and environmental issues

    J. Van Caneghem;A. Brems;P. Lievens;C. Block

  • Mathematical modelling of anaerobic digestion of biomass and waste: Power and limitations

    Joost Lauwers;Lise Appels;Ian P. Thompson;Jan Degrève

  • Ultrasonic Treatment of Waste Sludge: A Review on Mechanisms and Applications

    Vinay Kumar Tyagi;Shang-Lien Lo;Lise Appels;Raf Dewil

  • Influence of microwave pre-treatment on sludge solubilization and pilot scale semi-continuous anaerobic digestion.

    Lise Appels;Sofie Houtmeyers;Jan Degrève;Jan Van Impe

  • Recycling and recovery of post-consumer plastic solid waste in a european context

    Anke Brems;Jan Baeyens;Raf Dewil

Frequent Co-Authors

Lise Appels
Lise Appels KU Leuven
Jan Baeyens
Jan Baeyens Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Jan Degrève
Jan Degrève KU Leuven
Tianwei Tan
Tianwei Tan Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Bart Lievens
Bart Lievens KU Leuven
Tejraj M. Aminabhavi
Tejraj M. Aminabhavi KLE Technological University
Gilles Flamant
Gilles Flamant Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jonathan Seville
Jonathan Seville University of Birmingham
Neven Duić
Neven Duić University of Zagreb

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