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  1. Policy forum: Challenges of forest governance: Biomass export from Leningrad oblast, North-West of Russia

    Article • Forest Policy and Economics, October 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  2. Techno-economic analysis of a decentralized wastewater treatment plant operating in closed-loop. A Finnish case study

    Article • Journal of Water Process Engineering, October 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  3. Global biomass trade for energy- Part 2: Production and trade streams of wood pellets, liquid biofuels, charcoal, industrial roundwood and emerging energy biomass

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, February 2018, Wiley

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  4. Global biomass trade for energy - Part 1: Statistical and methodological considerations

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, December 2017, Wiley

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  5. Biomass for industrial applications: The role of torrefaction

    Article • Renewable Energy, October 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  6. Core-annulus model development and simulation of a CFB boiler furnace

    Article • Energy Procedia, August 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  7. Review on mathematical models for travelling-grate iron oxide pellet induration furnaces

    Article • Energy Procedia, August 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  8. Green Pulp Mill: Renewable Alternatives to Fossil Fuels in Lime Kiln Operations

    Article • BioResources, April 2017, BioResources

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  9. Kinetics of pyrolysis of some biomasses widely available in Brazil

    Article • Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  10. Data demonstrating the Finnish wood pellet industry and future perspectives

    Article • Data in Brief, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  11. The contribution of differently-sized ash particles to the fouling trends of a pilot-scale coal-fired combustor with an ash deposition CFD model

    Article • Fuel, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  12. A survey analysis of the wood pellet industry in Finland: Future perspectives

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  13. Five years left – How are the EU member states contributing to the 20% target for EU's renewable energy consumption; the role of woody biomass

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  14. Fouling growth modeling of kraft recovery boiler fume ash deposits with dynamic meshes and a mechanistic sticking approach

    Article • Fuel, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  15. Integration of torrefaction and CHP plant: Operational and economic analysis

    Article • Applied Energy, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  16. Integration of hydrothermal carbonization and a CHP plant: Part 2 –operational and economic analysis

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  17. Unsteady CFD analysis of kraft recovery boiler fly-ash trajectories, sticking efficiencies and deposition rates with a mechanistic particle rebound-stick model

    Article • Fuel, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  18. Ash Deposit Analysis of the Convective Section of a Pilot-Scale Combustor Firing Two Different Sub-bituminous Coals

    Article • Energy & Fuels, September 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  19. Logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to Europe: The case of Northwest Russian seaports

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, April 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  20. Economic feasibility of power-to-gas integrated with biomass fired CHP plant

    Article • Journal of Energy Storage, February 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  21. The wood pellet business in Russia with the role of North-West Russian regions: Present trends and future challenges

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  22. 2D dynamic mesh model for deposit shape prediction in boiler banks of recovery boilers with different tube spacing arrangements

    Article • Fuel, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  23. Biomass gasification for natural gas substitution in iron ore pelletizing plants

    Article • Renewable Energy, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  24. Effect of heat integration method and torrefaction temperature on the performance of an integrated CHP-torrefaction plant

    Article • Applied Energy, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  25. Hydrothermal carbonization of coniferous biomass: Effect of process parameters on mass and energy yields

    Article • Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  26. World's largest biofuel and pellet plants - geographic distribution, capacity share, and feedstock supply

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, August 2014, Wiley

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  27. Analysis of high flue gas recirculation for small energy conversion systems

    Article • Applied Thermal Engineering, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  28. Comparison of power plant steam condenser heat transfer models for on-line condition monitoring

    Article • Applied Thermal Engineering, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  29. Comparison of model-based flow rate estimation methods in frequency-converter-driven pumps and fans

    Article • Energy Efficiency, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  30. Adsorption behavior of hydrothermally treated municipal sludge & pulp and paper industry sludge

    Article • Bioresource Technology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  31. Effects of hemicellulose extraction on the kraft pulp mill operation and energy use: Review and case study with lignin removal

    Article • Chemical Engineering Research and Design, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  32. Bio-oil and Biochar as Additional Revenue Streams in South American Kraft Pulp Mills

    Article • BioResources, May 2013, BioResources

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  33. Large-scale biomass combustion plants: an overview

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  34. Contributor contact details

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  35. Energy-efficient control strategy for variable speed-driven parallel pumping systems

    Article • Energy Efficiency, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  36. Energy Efficiency in the Brazilian Pulp and Paper Industry

    Article • Energies, September 2012, MDPI AG

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  37. Alternative Technologies for Biofuels Production in Kraft Pulp Mills—Potential and Prospects

    Article • Energies, July 2012, MDPI AG

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  38. VSD – control in simulated systems

    Article • World Pumps, May 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  39. Corrosion of superheater steel materials under alkali salt deposits Part 1: The effect of salt deposit composition and temperature

    Article • Corrosion Science, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  40. The Conditions for Boiler Bank Plugging by Submicrometer Sodium Salt (Fume) Particles in Kraft Recovery Boilers

    Article • Energy & Fuels, May 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  41. Sintering and Structure Development in Alkali Metal Salt Deposits Formed in Kraft Recovery Boilers

    Article • Energy & Fuels, November 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  42. Black liquor devolatilization and swelling—a detailed droplet model and experimental validation

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, June 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  43. Effective thermal conductivity and internal thermal radiation in burning black liquor particles

    Article • Combustion Science and Technology, May 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  44. Auto-gasification of a biofuel

    Article • Combustion and Flame, December 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  45. Coarse ash particle characteristics in a pulp and paper industry chemical recovery boiler

    Article • Fuel, May 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  46. Comparisons of the Validity of Different Simplified NH 3 −Oxidation Mechanisms for Combustion of Biomass

    Article • Energy & Fuels, September 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  47. Alkali Salt Ash Formation in Four Finnish Industrial Recovery Boilers

    Article • Energy & Fuels, July 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen

  48. Possibilities for new black-liquor processes in the pulping industry: Energy and emissions

    Article • Bioresource Technology, January 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Esa Kari Vakkilainen