Coal Properties and Utilization Leaderboard

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1

Hongwei Yan

Ricoh (Japan)

2

Rongxiao Xu

Shandong University of Science and Technology

3

Zhanshi Ni

University of Science and Technology of China

4

Major Mabuza

University of Johannesburg

5

Dikun Hong

North China Electric Power University

6

Lei Zhang

China University of Mining and Technology

7

Pengwei Mou

China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

8

Chen Kang

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

9

Zhonghua Xue

Institute of Process Engineering

10

Hamed Akhondzadeh

Edith Cowan University

Rising Stars Papers

1

Seepage Characteristics of Coal under Complex Mining Stress Environment Conditions

Energy & Fuels|2024

56 cit.

2

A stepwise approach to enhancing flotation of low-grade zinnwaldite through the cationic/DL-2-octanol/anionic reagent combinations: Behavior and mechanism analysis

International Journal of Mining Science and Technology|2024

29 cit.

3

Co-combustion of sewage sludge with corn stalk based on TG-MS and TG-DSC: Gas products, interaction mechanisms, and kinetic behavior

Energy|2024

27 cit.

4

The Influence of NH<sub>3</sub> on Coal Combustion Kinetics during Coal/NH<sub>3</sub> Cocombustion: Experiments and ReaxFF MD Simulations

Energy & Fuels|2024

23 cit.

5

Effect of lignin on coal slime combustion characteristics and carbon dioxide emission

Journal of Cleaner Production|2024

20 cit.

6

Enhancement mechanism of polysorbate surfactant at solid/liquid and gas/liquid interfaces in magnesite tailings flotation desilication via MD and DFT calculations

Journal of environmental chemical engineering|2024

20 cit.

7

The synergistic effect mechanism of H2 generation during coal/ammonia co-pyrolysis

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute|2024

18 cit.

8

Interaction mechanism and pollutant emission characteristics of sewage sludge and corncob co-combustion

Renewable Energy|2024

16 cit.

9

Investigation of Alkane-Assisted dodecylamine on flotation desilication of magnesite Tailings: Molecular dynamics simulations and model optimization

Journal of Molecular Liquids|2024

14 cit.

10

Effect of furnace temperature and oxygen concentration on combustion and CO/NO emission characteristics of sewage sludge

Renewable Energy|2024

13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Papers

1

In-situ hydrogen wettability characterisation for underground hydrogen storage

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy|2022

216 cit.

2

Evaluation and intelligent deployment of coal and coalbed methane coupling coordinated exploitation based on Bayesian network and cuckoo search

International Journal of Mining Science and Technology|2022

162 cit.

3

Morphological evolution and flow conduction characteristics of fracture channels in fractured sandstone under cyclic loading and unloading

International Journal of Mining Science and Technology|2023

150 cit.

4

Effect of water-based SiO2 nanofluid on surface wettability of raw coal

Energy|2022

123 cit.

5

Direct measurement of hydrogen relative permeability hysteresis for underground hydrogen storage

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy|2023

87 cit.

6

Mechanical properties and failure characteristics of sandstone under ramp loading paths

Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources|2023

75 cit.

7

Experimental study on erosion mechanism and pore structure evolution of bituminous and anthracite coal under matrix acidification and its significance to coalbed methane recovery

Energy|2023

65 cit.

8

Determination of in situ hydrocarbon contents in shale oil plays. Part 2: Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (2D NMR) as a potential approach to characterize preserved cores

Marine and Petroleum Geology|2022

61 cit.

9

Role of pore irregularity in methane desorption capacity of coking coal

Fuel|2022

59 cit.

10

Super-Resolved Segmentation of X-ray Images of Carbonate Rocks Using Deep Learning

Transport in Porous Media|2022

58 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1

The importance of shale composition and pore structure upon gas storage potential of shale gas reservoirs

Marine and Petroleum Geology|2008

2.2k cit.

2

Oxy-fuel combustion technology for coal-fired power generation

Progress in Energy and Combustion Science|2005

1.5k cit.

3

An overview on oxyfuel coal combustion—State of the art research and technology development

Process Safety and Environmental Protection|2009

802 cit.

4

Characterizing the shale gas resource potential of Devonian–Mississippian strata in the Western Canada sedimentary basin: Application of an integrated formation evaluation

AAPG Bulletin|2007

754 cit.

5

Volumetric strain associated with methane desorption and its impact on coalbed gas production from deep coal seams

AAPG Bulletin|2005

740 cit.

6

Measurements of gas permeability and diffusivity of tight reservoir rocks: different approaches and their applications

Geofluids|2009

730 cit.

7

Comparison of low-field NMR and mercury intrusion porosimetry in characterizing pore size distributions of coals

Fuel|2011

651 cit.

8

The effect of pore structure and gas pressure upon the transport properties of coal: a laboratory and modeling study. 1. Isotherms and pore volume distributions

Fuel|1999

612 cit.

9

Combustion processes for carbon capture

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute|2006

595 cit.

10

Geological controls on coalbed methane reservoir capacity and gas content

International Journal of Coal Geology|1998

588 cit.

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