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Hrvoje Mikulčić

Assistant Professor · Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb

Numerical modelling of heat and mass transfer, combustion and multiphase reacting flows — cutting emissions in industries like cement, and extending into renewables, alternative fuels, carbon capture and utilisation, hydrogen and green ammonia.

Hrvoje Mikulčić

At a glance

h-index44
Citations6,488
Publications130
Active projects10

Positions

2026 —
Secretary
Adria Section of the Combustion Institute
2024 —
Assistant Professor
FSB, University of Zagreb
2022 —
President
Adria Innovation Harbour
2019 – 2023
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
2015 – 2023
Researcher
FSB, University of Zagreb
2009 – 2015
Research Assistant
FSB, University of Zagreb
Education
2009 – 2015
PhD, Mechanical Engineering
FSB, University of Zagreb — "Numerical modelling of thermo-chemical processes inside a cement calciner for a cleaner cement production"
2008 – 2009
MSc, Mechanical Engineering — summa cum laude
FSB, University of Zagreb
2004 – 2008
BSc, Mechanical Engineering
FSB, University of Zagreb
Combustion & CFDCO₂ CaptureAlternative FuelsCement IndustryWaste-to-Energy

Mobility & Collaboration

SPADE Lab, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST
South Korea
School of Industrial Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Chile
School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
China
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University
Australia

Projects — Ongoing

SWIM2025–2029
Coordinator
Sustainable Water and Integrated Management of Fish Migration and their Habitats in the Danube River Basin and NW Black Sea
Horizon Europe
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SoS2LeranDBS2025–2029
Coordinator
Source to Sea: Leveraging community knowledge and action for restoring the Danube Basin, and the Black Sea
Horizon Europe
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DANSER2025–2028
Coordinator
DANube SEdiment Restoration: towards the deployment and upscaling of sustainable management of the sediments across the Danube catchment basin
Horizon Europe
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ADRIONWIND2024–2027
Coordinator
Adriatic-Ionian Offshore Wind Network of Excellence
Interreg ADRION
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Past
BLUECEE2022–2024
Strengthening Policy and Governance Capacity for Blue Energy in Central and Eastern Europe
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), EUKI
Action Plan for Offshore RES in Croatia2022–2023
Action Plan for the uptake of Offshore Renewable Energy Sources in Croatia
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
INTERENERGY2019–2023
Investigating Energy transition pathways — interrelation between power-to-X, demand response and market coupling
Croatian Science Foundation
BLUE DEAL2019–2022
Blue Energy Deployment Alliance
EC, Interreg MED

Publications — Impact

44
h-index
6,488
Citations
130
Papers
2025
Multi-modal optimization of offshore wind farm collection system topology based on nearest better most attractive particle swarm optimization
Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 222 (2025) ↗
2025
Energy transition scheme for the integration of oil and gas with new energy based on hybrid methods
Energy conversion and management, 343 (2025) ↗
2025
Green ammonia co-firing in cement rotary kiln: numerical investigation on clinker quality and NOx emission by gas–solid interaction
Applied thermal engineering, 277 (2025) ↗
2025
Economic development and climate change: Achieving a sustainable balance
Cleaner engineering and technology, 26 (2025) ↗
2024
Enhanced NOx reduction through reburning of potassium chloride doped biomass at intermediate temperature in oxy-biomass combustion
Journal of the energy institute, 112 (2024) ↗
2024
Performance analysis of a battery thermal management system based on phase change materials with micro heat pipe arrays
Energy conversion and management, 311 (2024) ↗
2024
Numerical study on oxy-biomass co-firing in a cement rotary kiln
Thermal science, 28 (2024) ↗
2024
Climate change adoption for sustainable economic development
Journal of environmental management, 370 (2024) ↗
2024
F− doped Bi2MoO6 nanosheets for photoreduction of CO2 with H2O
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. A: Chemistry, 447 (2024) ↗
2024
Two-stage optimization model for scheduling multiproduct pipeline network with multi-source and multi-terminal
Energy (Oxford), 306 (2024) ↗
2024
Multi-pollutant formation and control in pressurized oxy-combustion: SO, NO, particulate matter, and mercury
Engineering (Beijing), 39 (2024) ↗
2023
Optimisation of an existing water injection network in an oilfield for multi-period development
Optimization and engineering, 25 (2023) ↗
2023
Thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis of waste biomass and plastic mixtures
Journal of sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems, 11 (2023) ↗
2023
Thermodynamic study on energy crops thermochemical conversion to increase the efficiency of energy production
Thermochimica acta, 719 (2023) ↗
2023
Experimental and kinetic study of N2O thermal decomposition in pressurized oxy-combustion
Fuel (Guildford), 346 (2023) ↗
2023
Editorial: perspectives for marine energy in the Mediterranean area Volume II
Frontiers in energy research, 10 (2023) ↗
2023
Novel low-carbon technologies for the energy transition period
Fuel (Guildford), 346 (2023) ↗
2022
A 4E feasibility analysis of an on-site, ammonia sourced, hydrogen refueling station
Journal of cleaner production, 363 (2022) ↗
2022
Blue Energy Spearheading the Energy Transition: The Case of Crete
Frontiers in Energy Research, 10 (2022) ↗
2022
Investigation on the thermal performance of flat-plate heat pipes with various working fluids under different inclination angles
Energy reports, 8 (2022) ↗
2022
Greenhouse gas reduction through optimal breeding policy and diet configuration targeting via Carbon Emission Pinch Analysis
Journal of cleaner production, 379 (2022) ↗
2022
Experimental investigation of the NOx formation and control during the self-sustaining incineration process of N-containing VOCs (DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE)
Fuel (Guildford), 315 (2022) ↗
2022
Parametric study of inserting internal spiral fins on the micro combustor performance for thermophotovoltaic systems
Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 165 (2022) ↗
2022
Numerical assessment of NOx evolution in ammonia oxidation and its control by reburning in pressurized oxy-combustion
Journal of the energy institute, 100 (2022) ↗
2022
Cleaner technologies for sustainable development
Cleaner engineering and technology, 7 (2022) ↗
2022
Integrating Blue Energy in Maritime Spatial Planning of Mediterranean Regions
Frontiers in Energy Research, 10 (2022) ↗
2022
The steam-assisted calcination of limestone and dolomite for energy savings and to foster solar calcination processes
Journal of cleaner production, 363 (2022) ↗
2022
Numerical simulation of ball milling reactor for novel ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions
Energy (Oxford), 263 (2022) ↗
2022
Producing hydrogen by catalytic steam reforming of methanol using non-noble metal catalysts
Journal of environmental management, 321 (2022) ↗
2022
Influence of plastic content on synergistic effect and bio-oil quality from the co-pyrolysis of waste rigid polyurethane foam and sawdust mixture
Renewable energy, 196 (2022) ↗
2021
Numerical simulation of ammonia/methane/air combustion using reduced chemical kinetics models
International journal of hydrogen energy, 46 (2021) ↗
2021
Decrease of High-Carbon-Ash Landfilling by Its Co-firing inside a Cement Calciner
Journal of cleaner production, 293 (2021) ↗
2021
A preface to the special issue of optimization and engineering dedicated to SDEWES 2020 conferences
Optimization and engineering, 22 (2021) ↗
2021
Co-pyrolysis and synergistic effect analysis of biomass sawdust and polystyrene mixtures for production of high-quality bio-oils
Process safety and environmental protection, 145 (2021) ↗
2021
Preparation and thermophysical property analysis of nanocomposite phase change materials for energy storage
Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 151 (2021) ↗
2021
Investigation of the flow and heat transfer performance for a water-cooling grate in a biomass boiler
Energy sources. Part A-recovery utilization and environmental effects, 44 (2021) ↗
2021
An efficient process for sustainable and scalable hydrogen production from green ammonia
Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 152 (2021) ↗
2021
Integration of photovoltaic electricity with shallow geothermal systems for residential microgrids: proof of concept and techno-economic analysis with RES2GEO model
Energies (Basel), 14 (2021) ↗
2021
A numerical investigation of tidal current energy resource potential in a sea strait
Energy (Oxford), 234 (2021) ↗
2021
A zero-emission sustainable landfill-gas-to-wire oxyfuel process: Bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration
Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 138 (2021) ↗
2021
Thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis of biomass and polyurethane foam mixtures Co-Pyrolysis
Energy (Oxford), 237 (2021) ↗
2020
High-temperature corrosion of water-wall tubes in oxy-combustion atmosphere
Journal of the energy institute, 93 (2020) ↗
2020
Numerical study of biomass Co-firing under Oxy-MILD mode
Renewable energy, 146 (2020) ↗
2020
A review on alternative fuels in future energy system
Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 128 (2020) ↗
2020
Dynamic modelling of the biomass gasification process in a fixed bed reactor by using the artificial neural network
Cleaner engineering and technology, 01 (2020) ↗
2020
Emission characteristics of particulate matters from a 30 MW biomass-fired power plant in China
Renewable energy, 155 (2020) ↗
2019
Improving Pulverized Coal and Biomass Co-Combustion in a Cement Rotary Kiln by Computational Fluid Dynamics
Chemical engineering & technology, 42 (2019) ↗
2019
Experimental analysis of waste polyurethane from household appliances and its utilization possibilities
Journal of environmental management, 243 (2019) ↗
2019
Synergistic effects of biomass and polyurethane co-pyrolysis on the yield, reactivity, and heating value of biochar at high temperatures
Fuel processing technology, 194 (2019) ↗
2019
Thermogravimetric Analysis Investigation of Polyurethane Plastic Thermal Properties Under Different Atmospheric Conditions
Journal of sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems, 7 (2019) ↗
2019
Evolution of PM2.5 from biomass high-temperature pyrolysis in an entrained flow reactor
Journal of the energy institute, 92 (2019) ↗
2019
Synergistic effects during co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic: gas, tar, soot, char products and thermogravimetric study
Journal of the energy institute, 92 (2019) ↗
2019
A techno-economic analysis of thermochemical pathways for corncob-to-energy: Fast pyrolysis to bio-oil, gasification to methanol and combustion to electricity
Fuel processing technology, 193 (2019) ↗
2019
Nano-Scale Soot Particle Formation During the High-Temperature Pyrolysis of Waste Plastics in an Entrained Flow Reactor
Waste and Biomass Valorization, 10 (2019) ↗
2019
Synergistic effect of biomass and polyurethane waste co-pyrolysis on soot formation at high temperatures
Journal of environmental management, 239 (2019) ↗
2019
Effect of pyrolysis upgrading temperature on particulate matter emissions from lignite semi-char combustion
Energy conversion and management, 195 (2019) ↗
2018
Modelling study on the effect of ash fusion characteristics on the biomass slagging behavior
Thermal science, 22 (2018) ↗
2018
Numerical modelling of emissions of nitrogen oxides in solid fuel combustion
Journal of environmental management, 215 (2018) ↗
2018
Low NOx combustion and SCR flow field optimization in a low volatile coal fired boiler
Journal of environmental management, 220 (2018) ↗
2018
A kinetic study on the catalysis of KCl, K2SO4, and K2CO3 during oxy-biomass combustion
Journal of environmental management, 218 (2018) ↗
2018
Soot formation during polyurethane (PU) plastic pyrolysis: The effects of temperature and volatile residence time
Energy conversion and management, 164 (2018) ↗
2017
Using an Advanced Numerical Technique for Improving Pulverized Coal Combustion inside an Industrial Furnace
Chemical engineering transactions, 61 (2017) ↗
2017
Study on extracting available salt from straw/woody biomass ashes and predicting its slagging/fouling tendency
Journal of cleaner production, 155 (2017) ↗
2017
Pilot-scale study on water and latent heat recovery from flue gas using fluorine plastic heat exchangers
Journal of cleaner production, 161 (2017) ↗
2017
Improving the removal of particles and trace elements from coal-fired power plants by combining a wet phase transition agglomerator with wet electrostatic precipitator
Journal of cleaner production, 161 (2017) ↗
2017
Coupling of cleaner production with a day-ahead electricity market: a hypothetical case study
Journal of cleaner production, 143 (2017) ↗
2017
Time Super Targeting: Planning of Optimal HEN Design Accounting Energy Prices
Chemical engineering transactions, 61 (2017) ↗
2017
Multi-objective optimization of a simplified factory model acting as a prosumer on the electricity market
Journal of cleaner production, 167 (2017) ↗
2016
Thermogravimetric Study on the Co-combustion Characteristics of Oily Sludge with Plant Biomass
Thermochimica acta, 633 (2016) ↗
2016
Environmental Assessment of Different Cement Manufacturing Processes Based on Emergy and Ecological Footprint Analysis
Journal of cleaner production, 130 (2016) ↗
2016
Waste heat utilisation of Croatian cement industry accounting Total Site demands
Computer-aided chemical engineering, 38 (2016) ↗
2016
The improved heat integration of cement production under limited process conditions: A case study for Croatia
Applied thermal engineering, 105 (2016) ↗
2016
Numerical evaluation of different pulverized coal and solid recovered fuel co-firing modes inside a large-scale cement calciner
Applied energy, 184 (2016) ↗
2016
Numerical simulation of urea based selective non-catalytic reduction deNOx process for industrial applications
Energy conversion and management, 125 (2016) ↗
2015
Improving the Sustainability of Cement Production by Using Numerical Simulation of Limestone Thermal Degradation and Pulverized Coal Combustion in a Cement Calciner
Journal of cleaner production, 88 (2015) ↗
2015
The Ash Deposition Mechanism in Boilers Burning Zhundong Coal with High Contents of Sodium and Calcium: a Study from Ash Evaporating to Condensing
Applied thermal engineering, 80 (2015) ↗
2015
Mitigation of Climate Change by Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Cement Industry
Chemical engineering transactions, 45 (2015) ↗
2015
Experimental and modeling study of the long cylindrical oily sludge drying process
Applied thermal engineering, 91 (2015) ↗
2014
Large Eddy Simulation of a Two-Phase Reacting Swirl Flow inside a Cement Cyclone
Energy (Oxford), 75 (2014) ↗
2014
Numerical Study of Co-firing Pulverized Coal and Biomass inside a Cement Calciner
Waste management & research, 32 (2014) ↗
2013
CO2 Emission Reduction in the Cement Industry
Chemical engineering transactions, 35 (2013) ↗
2013
Reducing the CO2 emissions in Croatian cement industry
Applied energy, 101 (2013) ↗
2013
Numerical Analysis of Cement Calciner Fuel Efficiency and Pollutant Emissions
Clean technologies and environmental policy, 15 (2013) ↗
2012
The application of CFD modelling to support the reduction of CO2 emissions in cement industry
Energy (Oxford), 45 (2012) ↗
2012
Numerical Modelling of Calcination Reaction Mechanism for Cement Production
Chemical engineering science, 69 (2012) ↗
2012
CFD Analysis of a Cement Calciner for a Cleaner Cement Production
Chemical engineering transactions, 29 (2012) ↗

Teaching & Supervising

Industrial Energy Systems — Lecturer, MSc Energy track2018 —
Combustion Modelling of Renewable Fuels — Lecturer2020 —
Guest Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University2021, 2022
Invited speaker, SDEWES Conference2019, 2021, 2023
MSc theses supervised · PhD candidates ongoing6 · 2

Research Team

Filip Jurić
Filip Jurić
Post-doc researcher
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Petar Lonić
Petar Lonić
Doctorate researcher
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Stela Perković
Stela Perković
Doctorate researcher
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Alina Al-Garby
Alina Al-Garby
Project manager
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Ana Glavina
Ana Glavina
Doctorate researcher
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Ana Ređep
Ana Ređep
Doctorate researcher
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Kristina Vukušić
Kristina Vukušić
Junior researcher
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Francisco Flores
Francisco Flores
Post-doc researcher
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Student Thesis Topics

  • Comparative Evaluation of Carbon Pricing Schemes in Southeast European Economies Using Integrated Assessment Modeling Master's
  • Techno-economic Analysis of Carbon Capture Technology Integration in the Cement Industry Master's
  • Analysis of the Potential Use of Captured CO2 in Cement Industry Products Master's
  • Techno-Economic Analysis of Maritime Transport of Green Ammonia as an Energy Carrier Master's
  • Analysis of Thermal Integration and Operational Characteristics of PEM and SOEC Electrolyzers in Power-to-Methane Processes with CO₂ Methanation Master's
  • Techno-economic Analysis of Renewable Energy Integration in a Green Hatchery (RAS System) Bachelor's
  • Photovoltaic system integration and Green hatchery operation optimization Master's