Journal Articles

Nagy, P, Inns, DR, Kondrat, S, Wagner, J (2024) The effect of flow conditions on the activity and stability of Pt/LaAlO₃ perovskite catalyst during aqueous phase reforming of glycerol, Chemical Engineering Journal, 483, 149274, ISSN: 1385-8947. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.149274.

Hamerton, I, Hobson, LJ, Wagner, J (2024) Introduction to sustainable composites, RSC Sustainability, 2(2), pp.261-264, DOI: 10.1039/d3su90060f.

Wallbridge, S, Archer, S, Elsegood, M, Wagner, J, Christie, J, Dann, S (2023) An investigation into the adsorption mechanism of n-butanol by ZIF-8: a combined experimental and ab initio molecular dynamics approach, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(29), pp.19911-19922, ISSN: 1463-9076. DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02493h.

Roy, U, Wagner, J, Radu, T (2023) Production of metabolites in microalgae under alkali halophilic growth medium using a dissolved inorganic carbon source, Waste and Biomass Valorization, 14(10), ISSN: 1877-2641. DOI: 10.1007/s12649-023-02053-3.

Mukundan, S, Xuan, J, Dann, SE, Wagner, JL (Accepted for publication) Highly active and magnetically recoverable heterogeneous catalyst for hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass into high quality bio-oil, Bioresource Technology, 369, 128479, ISSN: 0960-8524. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128479.

Mukundan, S, Wagner, J, Annamalai, PK, Ravindran, DS, Krishnapillai, GK, Beltramini, J (2022) Hydrothermal co-liquefaction of biomass and plastic wastes into biofuel: Study on catalyst property, product distribution and synergistic effects, Fuel Processing Technology, 238, 107523, ISSN: 0378-3820. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2022.107523.

Okoligwe, O, Radu, T, Leaper, M, Wagner, J (2022) Characterization of municipal solid waste residues for hydrothermal liquefaction into liquid transportation fuels, Waste Management, 140, pp.133-142, ISSN: 0956-053X. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.01.026.

Roy, U, Radu, T, Wagner, J (2021) Hydrothermal carbonisation of anaerobic digestate for hydro-char production and nutrient recovery, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(1), 107027, ISSN: 2213-3437. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.107027.

Roy, U, Radu, T, Wagner, J (2021) Carbon-negative biomethane fuel production: integrating anaerobic digestion with algae-assisted biogas purification and hydrothermal carbonisation of digestate, Biomass and Bioenergy, 148, 106029, ISSN: 0961-9534. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2021.106029.

Rio‐Chanona, EAD, Ahmed, NR, Wagner, J, Lu, Y, Zhang, D, Jing, K (2019) Comparison of physics‐based and data‐driven modelling techniques for dynamic optimisation of fed‐batch bioprocesses, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 116(11), pp.2971-2982, ISSN: 0006-3592. DOI: 10.1002/bit.27131.

Zhang, D, Del Rio‐Chanona, EA, Petsagkourakis, P, Wagner, J (2019) Hybrid physics‐based and data‐driven modelling for bioprocess online simulation and optimisation, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, bit.27120, ISSN: 0006-3592. DOI: 10.1002/bit.27120.

Ali, H, Solsvik, J, Wagner, JL, Zhang, D, Hellgardt, K, Park, CW (2019) CFD and kinetic‐based modeling to optimize the sparger design of a large‐scale photobioreactor for scaling up of biofuel production, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, bit.27010, ISSN: 0006-3592. DOI: 10.1002/bit.27010.

Wagner, J, Lee-Lane, D, Monaghan, M, Sharifzadeh, M, Hellgardt, K (2018) Recovery of excreted n-butanol from genetically engineered cyanobacteria cultures: Process modelling to quantify energy and economic costs of different separation technologies, Algal Research, 37, pp.92-102, ISSN: 2211-9264. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2018.11.008.

Rio-Chanona, EAD, Wagner, J, Ali, H, Fiorelli, F, Zhang, D, Hellgardt, K (2018) Deep learning based surrogate modeling and optimization for Microalgal biofuel production and photobioreactor design, AIChE Journal, ISSN: 0001-1541. DOI: 10.1002/aic.16473.

Harun, I, Del Rio-Chanona, EA, Wagner, JL, Lauersen, KJ, Zhang, D, Hellgardt, K (2018) Photocatalytic Production of Bisabolene from Green Microalgae Mutant: Process Analysis and Kinetic Modeling, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, ISSN: 0888-5885. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02509.

Ali, H, Zhang, D, Wagner, J, Park, C (2018) Two-Phase Flow Modeling of Solid Dissolution in Liquid for Nutrient Mixing Improvement in Algal Raceway Ponds, Energies, 11(4), pp.899-899, DOI: 10.3390/en11040899.

Zhang, D, del Rio-Chanona, EA, Wagner, JL, Shah, N (2018) Life cycle assessments of bio-based sustainable polylimonene carbonate production processes, Sustainable Production and Consumption, 14, pp.152-160, ISSN: 2352-5509. DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2018.03.001.

del Rio-Chanona, EA, Liu, J, Wagner, JL, Zhang, D, Meng, Y, Xue, S, Shah, N (2018) Dynamic modeling of green algae cultivation in a photobioreactor for sustainable biodiesel production, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 115(2), pp.359-370, ISSN: 0006-3592. DOI: 10.1002/bit.26483.

Wagner, JL, Jones, E, Sartbaeva, A, Davis, SA, Torrente-Murciano, L, Chuck, CJ, Ting, VP (2018) Zeolite Y supported nickel phosphide catalysts for the hydrodenitrogenation of quinoline as a proxy for crude bio-oils from hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae, Dalton Transactions, 47(4), pp.1189-1201, ISSN: 1477-9226. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03318D.

Wagner, JL, Le, CD, Ting, VP, Chuck, CJ (2017) Design and operation of an inexpensive, laboratory-scale, continuous hydrothermal liquefaction reactor for the conversion of microalgae produced during wastewater treatment, Fuel Processing Technology, 165, pp.102-111, ISSN: 0378-3820. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2017.05.006.

Wagner, JL, Perin, J, Coelho, RS, Ting, VP, Chuck, CJ, Teixeira Franco, T (2017) Hydrothermal Conversion of Lipid-Extracted Microalgae Hydrolysate in the Presence of Isopropanol and Steel Furnace Residues, Waste and Biomass Valorization, ISSN: 1877-2641. DOI: 10.1007/s12649-017-9944-7.

Wagner, JL, Bransgrove, R, Beacham, TA, Allen, MJ, Meixner, K, Drosg, B, Ting, VP, Chuck, CJ (2016) Co-production of bio-oil and propylene through the hydrothermal liquefaction of polyhydroxybutyrate producing cyanobacteria, Bioresource Technology, 207, pp.166-174, ISSN: 0960-8524. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.114.

Raikova, S, Smith-Baedorf, H, Bransgrove, R, Barlow, O, Santomauro, F, Wagner, JL, Allen, MJ, Bryan, CG, Sapsford, D, Chuck, CJ (2016) Assessing hydrothermal liquefaction for the production of bio-oil and enhanced metal recovery from microalgae cultivated on acid mine drainage, Fuel Processing Technology, 142, pp.219-227, ISSN: 0378-3820. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.10.017.

Chuck, CJ, Santomauro, F, Sargeant, LA, Whiffin, F, Chantasuban, T, Ghaffar, NRA, Wagner, JL, Scott, RJ (2014) Liquid transport fuels from microbial yeasts – current and future perspectives, Biofuels, 5(3), pp.293-311, ISSN: 1759-7269. DOI: 10.1080/17597269.2014.913905.

Wagner, JL, Ting, VP, Chuck, CJ (2014) Catalytic cracking of sterol-rich yeast lipid, Fuel, 130, pp.315-323, ISSN: 0016-2361. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.04.048.

Conferences

Okoligwe, O, Radu, T, Leaper, M, Wagner, J (2023) Valorisation of hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase: Process modelling to quantify net energy recovery [Abstract]. In 10th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management; 10th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management Proceedings, Chania, Greece.

Abbas, A, Yu, E, Wagner, J, Islam, A (2022) Enrichment of microbial communities for microbial electrosynthesis (MES) applications. In 4th Annual EBNet Early Career Researcher Conference, University of Nottingham, UK.

Radu, T, Roy, U, Wagner, J (2022) New circular model for biogas purification coupled with biomass generation and carbon capture. In IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition; Online Congress Preprint Proceedings, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Roy, U, Wagner, J, Radu, T (2022) Production of metabolites in microalgae under alkali halophilic growth medium using dissolved inorganic carbon source. In CORFU 2022, 9th. International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Corfu, Greece.

Radu, T, Okologwe, O, Wagner, J, Leaper, M (Accepted for publication) Conversion of Refuse Derived Fuel to bio-oil and biogas. In 1st FERIA Conference, the European Conference on Fuel and Energy Research and Its Applications, Nottingham, UK.

Radu, T, Wagner, J, Roy, U (Accepted for publication) Algae-based integrated system for bio-methane fuel purification and carbon sequestration. In EUBCE 2021 29th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, online.

Radu, T, Roy, U, Wagner, J (2019) Bicarbonate-based integrated system for purification of biomethane fuel and microalgae cultivation with carbon sequestration. In Nordic Bioenergy Conference, Göteborg, Sweeden.

Chapters

Raikova, S, Wagner, JL, Le, CD, Ting, VP, Chuck, CJ (2016) Towards an Aviation Fuel Through the Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae. In Biofuels for Aviation: Feedstocks, Technology and Implementation, pp.217-239, ISBN: 9780128032152. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804568-8.00009-3.

Wagner, JL, Chuck, CJ, Jenkins, RW (2014) Biofuels from Microalgae. In Letcher, T, Scott, J, Patterson, D (ed) Chemical Processes for a Sustainable Future, Royal Society of Chemistry, pp.425-444, ISBN: 9781849739757.

Presentations

Radu, T, Wagner, J, Roy, U (2020) Algae-based biomethane fuel purification and carbon sequestration: an integrated approach.

Radu, T, Wagner, J, Roy, U (2020) Algae and CCS routes to production: Integrated biomethane production and carbon sequestration.

Datasets

Wallbridge, S, Archer, S, Elsegood, M, Wagner, J, Christie, J, Dann, S (2024) Supplementary information files for An investigation into the adsorption mechanism of n-butanol by ZIF-8: a combined experimental and ab initio molecular dynamics approach, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.24942366.

Mukundan, S, Xuan, J, Dann, SE, Wagner, J (2023) Supplementary information files for Highly active and magnetically recoverable heterogeneous catalyst for hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass into high quality bio-oil, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.23667336.

Mukundan, S, Wagner, J, Annamalai, PK, Ravindran, DS, Krishnapillai, GK, Beltramini, J (2022) Supplementary information files for hydrothermal co-liquefaction of biomass and plastic wastes into biofuel: Study on catalyst property, product distribution and synergistic effects, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.21618270.