Published papers: Papers in peer-reviewed journal:

•  C. Prestigiacomo, Y. Fan, U. Hornung, N. Dahmen, O. Scialdone, A. Galia Hydrothermal liquefaction of sewage sludge: use of HCOOH and KOH to improve the slurry pumpability in a continuously operated plant, Heliyon 10 (2024) e26287

• E. Tito, C. A. Marcolongo, G. Pipitone, A.H.A. Monteverde, S. Bensaid, R. Pirone Understanding the effect of heating rate on hydrothermal liquefaction: A comprehensive investigation from model compounds to a real food waste, Bioresource Technology, 396, (2024) 130446.

• C. Prestigiacomo, E. Ciccarello Cicchino, F. Proietto , O. Scialdone, A. Galia, Sewage sludge and olive oil pomace residues as real waste models to feed hydrothermal liquefaction: effect of acid and basic pretreatments, Energy 339 (2025) 138991.

• E. Tito, M. Vitale, G. Pipitone, S. Bensaid, R. Pirone Effects of Inorganics during Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Waste: A Comprehensive Study, Energy & Fuels  40 (2026) 3647-3662. )

Presentations at international conferences:

• 2025: PYROLIQ III: Pyrolysis and Liquefaction of Biomass and Wastes – September 2025, Cetraro, Italy. Oral presentation: “Effects of inorganics during hydrothermal liquefaction of OFMSW”.

• 2025: EUBCE2025: 33^rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition– June 2025, Valencia, Spain. Poster presentation: “Inorganics Matter: uncovering the role of inorganics in hydrothermal liquefaction of OFMSW”.

Presentations at national conferences:

• 2025: GRICU 2025 – Challenging Chemical Engineering Congress, , September 2025, Ischia (NA), Italy. Poster presentation: ”Effect of acid and basic pretreatment on the performance of hydrothermal liquefaction of waste biofeedstocks”.

Planned presentations at international conferences:

• 2026: ISCRE29: International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering – May, 2026, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Oral presentation: “Role of inorganics during the hydrothermal liquefaction of OFMSW”

• 2026: ISCRE29: International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering – May, 2026, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Poster presentation: “Improving hydrothermal liquefaction of OFMSW through low-temperature pretreatment”.
• 2026: PYRO2026: International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis – June, 2026, Pisa Italy. Oral presentation: “Effect of acid and basic pretreatment on the performance of hydrothermal liquefaction of sewage sludge and olive oil pomace as real waste biofeedstocks”.