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Overview

Ranjani Siriwardane is affiliated with the United States Department of Energy in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a strong focus on specialized subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Catalysis, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics of their work are centered around Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes, which constitutes a significant portion of their publications. Additional subjects include Catalysts for Methane Reforming, Industrial Gas Emission Control, Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues, Thermal and Kinetic Analysis, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes.

Ranjani Siriwardane's recent published papers reflect this focus, appearing mainly in domains related to energy and materials science. Notable papers include:

  • "Technoeconomic analysis for hydrogen and carbon Co-Production via catalytic pyrolysis of methane" (2021) published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Investigation of methane and ethane pyrolysis with highly active and durable iron-alumina catalyst to produce hydrogen and valuable nano carbons: Continuous fluidized bed tests and reaction rate analysis" (2023) published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Bench scale analysis of the physical attrition properties for copper-ferri-aluminate oxygen carriers during chemical looping combustion" (2020) published in Powder Technology
  • "Development of CuFeMnAlO4+δ oxygen carrier with high attrition resistance and 50-kWth methane/air chemical looping combustion tests" (2021) published in Applied Energy
  • "A particle-scale reduction model of copper iron manganese oxide with CO for chemical looping combustion" (2020) published in Applied Energy

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Siriwardane provide insight into their research network. These include Jarrett Riley, Chris Atallah, James Poston, Michael Bobek, and William Benincosa.

Key publication venues contributing to their academic output include:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Applied Energy
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Powder Technology

Best Publications

  • Adsorption of CO2 on molecular sieves and activated carbon

    Ranjani V. Siriwardane;Ming-Shing Shen;Edward P. Fisher;James A. Poston

  • Adsorption of CO2 on Zeolites at Moderate Temperatures

    Ranjani V. Siriwardane;Ming-Shing Shen;Edward P. Fisher;James Losch

  • Optimization of a Pressure-Swing Adsorption Process Using Zeolite 13X for CO2 Sequestration

    Daeho Ko;Ranjani Siriwardane;Lorenz T. Biegler

  • Adsorption of CO2, N2, and O2 on Natural Zeolites

    Ranjani V. Siriwardane;Ming-Shing Shen;Edward P. Fisher

  • In situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) investigation of CO2 adsorption onto zeolite materials

    Robert W. Stevens;Ranjani V. Siriwardane;Jennifer Logan

  • Decomposition of the sulfates of copper, iron (II), iron (III), nickel, and zinc: XPS, SEM, DRIFTS, XRD, and TGA study

    Ranjani V Siriwardane;James A Poston;Edward P Fisher;Ming-Shing Shen

  • Optimization of Pressure Swing Adsorption and Fractionated Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption Processes for CO2 Capture

    Daeho Ko;Ranjani Siriwardane;Lorenz T. Biegler

  • Chemical-Looping Combustion of Coal with Metal Oxide Oxygen Carriers

    Ranjani Siriwardane;Hanjing Tian;George Richards;Thomas Simonyi

  • Kinetics of Magnetite (Fe3O4) Oxidation to Hematite (Fe2O3) in Air for Chemical Looping Combustion

    Esmail R. Monazam;Ronald W. Breault;Ranjani Siriwardane

  • Monte Carlo simulation of single- and binary-component adsorption of CO2, N2, and H2 in zeolite Na-4A

    E. Demet Akten;Ranjani Siriwardane;David S. Sholl

  • Kinetics of the reduction of hematite (Fe2O3) by methane (CH4) during chemical looping combustion: A global mechanism

    Esmail R. Monazam;Ronald W. Breault;Ranjani Siriwardane;George Richards

  • Reduction of hematite (Fe2O3) to wüstite (FeO) by carbon monoxide (CO) for chemical looping combustion

    Esmail R. Monazam;Ronald W. Breault;Ranjani Siriwardane

  • Synergetic effects of mixed copper–iron oxides oxygen carriers in chemical looping combustion

    Ranjani Siriwardane;Hanjing Tian;Thomas Simonyi;James Poston

  • Chemical looping coal gasification with calcium ferrite and barium ferrite via solid–solid reactions

    Ranjani Siriwardane;Jarrett Riley;Jarrett Riley;Hanjing Tian;Hanjing Tian;George Richards

  • Interactions of SO2 with sodium deposited on silica

    Ranjani V Siriwardane;Ranjani V Siriwardane;Jason M Cook;Jason M Cook

  • Novel Regenerable Sodium-Based Sorbents for CO2 Capture at Warm Gas Temperatures

    Ranjani V. Siriwardane;Clark Robinson;Ming Shen;Tom Simonyi

  • Novel Regenerable Magnesium Hydroxide Sorbents for CO2 Capture at Warm Gas Temperatures

    Ranjani V. Siriwardane;Robert W. Stevens

  • Evaluation of reaction mechanism of coal-metal oxide interactions in chemical-looping combustion

    Ranjani Siriwardane;Hanjing Tian;Duane Miller;George Richards

  • Thermal decomposition of the rare earth sulfates of cerium(III), cerium(IV), lanthanum(III) and samarium(III)

    James A. Poston;Ranjani V. Siriwardane;Edward P. Fisher;Angela L. Miltz

  • Regenerable sorbents for CO2 capture from moderate and high temperature gas streams

    Ranjani V. Siriwardane

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenz T. Biegler
Lorenz T. Biegler Carnegie Mellon University
J. Karl Johnson
J. Karl Johnson University of Pittsburgh
James J. Spivey
James J. Spivey Louisiana State University
Robert M. Enick
Robert M. Enick University of Pittsburgh
David S. Sholl
David S. Sholl Georgia Institute of Technology
Jinhu Wu
Jinhu Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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