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Tobias Pröll

Tobias Pröll

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 38 8123 7830 31 30 118 5170

Tobias Pröll publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tobias Pröll between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tobias Pröll published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 6.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2009. 21 of the 144 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2009. 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 9 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 13 publications
2005 2025

144 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tobias Pröll: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 1
2006 1
2007 9
2008 9
2009 14
2010 6
2011 10
2012 4
2013 9
2014 4
2015 4
2016 5
2017 12
2018 10
2019 7
2020 6
2021 4
2022 4
2023 4
2024 8
2025 13
Total 144
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Tobias Pröll publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tobias Pröll sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 118–127 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 118 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341 118
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Tobias Pröll D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tobias Pröll sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 38 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350 38
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Overview

Tobias Pröll is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on engineering disciplines, with notable contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, and control and systems engineering.

Their recent publications cover several specialized topics including chemical looping and thermochemical processes, carbon dioxide capture technologies, building energy and comfort optimization, smart grid energy management, microgrid control and optimization, thermochemical biomass conversion processes, and integrated energy systems optimization.

Some of the recent papers authored by or involving Tobias Pröll include:

  • Energy savings potential of occupancy-based HVAC control in laboratory buildings (2022, Energy and Buildings)
  • Development of the solid sorbent technology for post combustion CO2 capture towards commercial prototype (2021, International journal of greenhouse gas control)
  • Decentralized heating grid operation: A comparison of centralized and agent-based optimization (2020, Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks)
  • Concentrated Carbon Dioxide (CO2) from Diluted Sources through Continuous Temperature Swing Adsorption (TSA) (2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research)
  • Cost and environmentally efficient design of an absorption-based post-combustion carbon capture unit for industry applications (2024, Chemical Engineering Journal)

The frequent co-authors working with Tobias Pröll include:

  • David Wöß
  • Jasmin Mensik
  • Magdalena Wolf
  • Vukasin Klepic
  • Florian Zerobin

Regular publication venues where Tobias Pröll's work appears are:

  • Energy and Buildings
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Renewable Energy
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Energies

Their work intersects with various subfields and main fields of study as reflected in the distribution of publications:

  • Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Control and Systems Engineering

The main research topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization

Best Publications

  • Operating experience with chemical looping combustion in a 120 kW dual circulating fluidized bed (DCFB) unit

    P. Kolbitsch;J. Bolhàr-Nordenkampf;T. Pröll;H. Hofbauer

  • Steam gasification of biomass in dual fluidized bed gasifiers: A review

    Jürgen Karl;Tobias Pröll

  • A novel dual circulating fluidized bed system for chemical looping processes

    Tobias Pröll;Philipp Kolbitsch;Johannes Bolhàr-Nordenkampf;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Natural minerals as oxygen carriers for chemical looping combustion in a dual circulating fluidized bed system

    Tobias Pröll;Karl Mayer;Johannes Bolhàr-Nordenkampf;Philipp Kolbitsch

  • Comparison of Two Ni-Based Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping Combustion of Natural Gas in 140 kW Continuous Looping Operation

    Philipp Kolbitsch;Johannes Bolhàr-Nordenkampf;Tobias Pröll;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Design of a Chemical Looping Combustor using a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed (DCFB) Reactor System

    Philipp Kolbitsch;Tobias Pröll;Johannes Bolhar-Nordenkampf;Hermann Hofbauer

  • H2 rich syngas by selective CO2 removal from biomass gasification in a dual fluidized bed system — Process modelling approach

    Tobias Pröll;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Syngas and a separate nitrogen/argon stream via chemical looping reforming – A 140 kW pilot plant study

    Tobias Pröll;Johannes Bolhàr-Nordenkampf;Philipp Kolbitsch;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Operating experience with chemical looping combustion in a 120 kW dual circulating fluidized bed (DCFB) unit

    Philipp Kolbitsch;Tobias Pröll;Johannes Bolhar-Nordenkampf;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Experimental Study of Model Biogas Catalytic Steam Reforming: 2. Impact of Sulfur on the Deactivation and Regeneration of Ni-Based Catalysts

    Mojdeh Ashrafi;Christoph Pfeifer;Tobias Pröll;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Cold Flow Model Study on a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed (DCFB) System for Chemical Looping Processes

    Tobias Pröll;Karl Rupanovits;Philipp Kolbitsch;Johannes Bolhar-Nordenkampf

  • Autonomous sailboat navigation for short course racing

    Roland Stelzer;Tobias Pröll

  • Performance of a NiO-based oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion and reforming in a 120 kW unit

    Johannes Bolhàr-Nordenkampf;Tobias Pröll;Philipp Kolbitsch;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Fuzzy Logic Control System for Autonomous Sailboats

    R. Stelzer;T. Proll;R.I. John

  • Development and Application of a Simulation Tool for Biomass Gasification Based Processes

    Tobias Pröll;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Solid Biomass - Performance Characteristics of an 8 MWth Combined Heat and Power Plant

    Tobias Pröll;Reinhard Rauch;Christian Aichernig;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Modeling of a 120 kW chemical looping combustion reactor system using a Ni-based oxygen carrier

    Philipp Kolbitsch;Tobias Pröll;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Renewable hydrogen production: a technical evaluation based on process simulation

    Angela Miltner;Walter Wukovits;Tobias Pröll;Anton Friedl

  • Fluidized bed reactor system

    Tobias Pröll;Philipp Kolbitsch;Johannes Bolhar-Nordenkampf;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Introduction and evaluation of a double loop staged fluidized bed system for post-combustion CO2 capture using solid sorbents in a continuous temperature swing adsorption process

    Tobias Pröll;Gerhard Schöny;Gerald Sprachmann;Hermann Hofbauer

  • Experimental Study of Model Biogas Catalytic Steam Reforming: 1. Thermodynamic Optimization

    Mojdeh Ashrafi;Tobias Pröll;Christoph Pfeifer;Hermann Hofbauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Pfeifer
Christoph Pfeifer BOKU University
Anders Lyngfelt
Anders Lyngfelt Chalmers University of Technology
Sally M. Benson
Sally M. Benson Stanford University
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
James Hansen
James Hansen Columbia University
Glen P. Peters
Glen P. Peters Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Göran Berndes
Göran Berndes Chalmers University of Technology
Klaus S. Lackner
Klaus S. Lackner Arizona State University
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University

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