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Riccardo Chirone is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their body of work centers predominantly on engineering, with a particular focus on subfields such as biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, computational mechanics, and plant science.

The scientist's research contributions involve a range of topics, most notably:

  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Chirone's publication record includes works published in several journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Fuel
  • Powder Technology
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Energy Conversion and Management

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • "CO2 Capture by Temperature Swing Adsorption: Working Capacity As Affected by Temperature and CO2 Partial Pressure" (2020) in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • "Fixed bed adsorption as affected by thermodynamics and kinetics: Yellow tuff for CO2 capture" (2020) in Powder Technology
  • "Improving the performance of calcium looping for solar thermochemical energy storage and CO2 capture" (2021) in Fuel
  • "Life cycle assessment and feasibility analysis of a combined chemical looping combustion and power-to-methane system for CO2 capture and utilization" (2020) in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "A novel fluidized bed "thermochemical battery" for energy storage in concentrated solar thermal technologies" (2021) in Energy Conversion and Management

The most frequent coauthors collaborating with Riccardo Chirone include:

  • Piero Salatino
  • Roberto Solimene
  • Massimo Urciuolo
  • Michele Miccio
  • Francesco Miccio

Throughout their career, Chirone's research outputs have focused on various elements of thermochemistry, adsorption processes, and carbon capture technologies, reflecting an intersection of energy storage, sustainable engineering, and environmental technology applications.

Best Publications

  • CO2 adsorption on a fine activated carbon in a sound assisted fluidized bed: Thermodynamics and kinetics

    P. Ammendola;F. Raganati;R. Chirone

  • Comminution of carbons in fluidized bed combustion

    R. Chirone;L. Massimilla;P. Salatino

  • Isotherms and thermodynamics of CO2 adsorption on a novel carbon-magnetite composite sorbent

    F. Raganati;M. Alfe;V. Gargiulo;R. Chirone

  • Kinetic study and breakthrough analysis of the hybrid physical/chemical CO2 adsorption/desorption behavior of a magnetite-based sorbent

    Federica Raganati;Michela Alfe;Valentina Gargiulo;Riccardo Chirone

  • Mechanism and prediction of bed agglomeration during fluidized bed combustion of a biomass fuel: Effect of the reactor scale

    Riccardo Chirone;Francesco Miccio;Fabrizio Scala

  • Biomass gasification in a catalytic fluidized reactor with beds of different materials

    F. Miccio;Bruno Piriou;G. Ruoppolo;R. Chirone

  • A fast heating-rate thermogravimetric study of the pyrolysis of scrap tyres

    O. Senneca;P. Salatino;R. Chirone

  • An SEM/EDX study of bed agglomerates formed during fluidized bed combustion of three biomass fuels

    Fabrizio Scala;Riccardo Chirone

  • Comminution of limestone during batch fluidized‐bed calcination and sulfation

    Fabrizio Scala;Antonio Cammarota;Riccardo Chirone;Piero Salatino

  • Bubble-free fluidization of a cohesive powder in an acoustic field

    R. Chirone;L. Massimilla;S. Russo

  • CO2 Capture by Temperature Swing Adsorption: Working Capacity As Affected by Temperature and CO2 Partial Pressure

    Federica Raganati;Riccardo Chirone;Paola Ammendola

  • H2-rich syngas production by fluidized bed gasification of biomass and plastic fuel.

    G. Ruoppolo;P. Ammendola;R. Chirone;F. Miccio

  • Fluidized bed combustion of alternative solid fuels

    Fabrizio Scala;Riccardo Chirone

  • Fluidized bed co-gasification of biomass and polymeric wastes for a flexible end-use of the syngas: Focus on bio-methanol

    Paola Brachi;Riccardo Chirone;Francesco Miccio;Michele Miccio

  • Combustion and Attrition of Biomass Chars in a Fluidized Bed

    Fabrizio Scala;Riccardo Chirone;Piero Salatino

  • Characterization and Early Detection of Bed Agglomeration during the Fluidized Bed Combustion of Olive Husk

    Fabrizio Scala;Riccardo Chirone

  • Gas–solid fluidization of cohesive powders

    Federica Raganati;Riccardo Chirone;Paola Ammendola

  • A Thermogravimetric Study of Nonfossil Solid Fuels. 2. Oxidative Pyrolysis and Char Combustion

    Osvalda Senneca;Riccardo Chirone;Piero Salatino

  • CO2 capture performance of HKUST-1 in a sound assisted fluidized bed

    F. Raganati;V. Gargiulo;P. Ammendola;M. Alfe

  • Fluidized bed combustion of pelletized biomass and waste-derived fuels

    R. Chirone;P. Salatino;F. Scala;R. Solimene

Frequent Co-Authors

Piero Salatino
Piero Salatino University of Naples Federico II
Fabrizio Scala
Fabrizio Scala University of Naples Federico II
Paola Ammendola
Paola Ammendola National Research Council (CNR)
Osvalda Senneca
Osvalda Senneca National Research Council (CNR)
Umberto Arena
Umberto Arena University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Fabio Montagnaro
Fabio Montagnaro University of Naples Federico II
Antonino Squillace
Antonino Squillace University of Naples Federico II
Amedeo Lancia
Amedeo Lancia University of Naples Federico II
Ernesto Salzano
Ernesto Salzano University of Bologna
Paola Russo
Paola Russo Sapienza University of Rome

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