Publications and conferences.

• Ionescu, G., Macavei, M., Pătrascu, M., Volceanov, A., Pătrascu, R., Werle, S., Mlonka-Mędrala, A., Coman, A.E., Magdziarz, A. and Mărculescu, C., 2025. New integrated processing of chicken bone waste using an enzymatic pretreatment and slow pyrolysis to produce green chemicals. Energy Conversion and Management, 323, p.119281.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.119281


• Mlonka-Mędrala, A., Sobek, S., Wądrzyk, M., Werle, S., Pătrașcu, M., Ionescu, G., Mărculescu, C. and Magdziarz, A., 2025. Kinetics study and Py-GC-MS analysis of pyrolysis in chicken bone waste for sustainable utilisation in thermal conversion. Journal of Environmental Management, 373, p.123515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123515  


• Sandu, M. R., Boldor, D., Macavei, M. G., Magdziarz, A., & Marculescu, C. (2025). Heat and flow dynamics in biomass reactors under pyrolysis conditions: Computational insights. Renewable Energy, 244, 122691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.122691 


• Mlonka-Mędrala, A., Sobek, S., Wądrzyk, M., Werle, S., Ionescu, G., Mărculescu, C., & Magdziarz, A. (2025). Energy and material recovery from bone waste: Steam gasification for biochar and syngas production in a circular economy framework. Energy, 325, 136179.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.136179  


• State, R. N., Ionescu, G., Volceanov, A., Coman, A. E., Magdziarz, A., & Marculescu, C. (2025). Combined valorization of bone waste as feedstock and support material for ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13(5), 119091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.119091  


• Petcu, G., Patrascu, M., Gheorghe, V. C., Ionescu, G., Radoiu, M., Magdziarz, A., & Mărculescu, C. (2026). Synthesis of hydroxyapatite–containing catalysts from bone waste–conventional route versus microwaves. Catalysis Today, 462, 115538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2025.115538  


• Ionescu, G., Macavei, M. G., Pătraşcu, M., Mlonka-Mędrala, A., Petcu, G., Sobek, S.,  Magdziarz A & Mărculescu, C. (2026). Bio-based compounds from synergistic processing of bone waste via advanced ultrasound assisted-enzymatic pretreatment and fast pyrolysis. Bioresource Technology, 134860.10.1016/j.biortech.2026.134860  


• Coman, A. E., Ionescu, G., Gîfu, I. C., Teodorescu, G. M., Magdziarz, A., & Mărculescu, C. (2026). Development and characterization of PLA-based hybrid composites reinforced with chicken bone-derived fillers. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 122487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.122487 


• Macavei, M. G., Gheorghe, V. C., Ionescu, G., Volceanov, A., Pătrașcu, R., Mărculescu, C., & Magdziarz, A. (2024). Thermochemical conversion of animal-derived waste: A mini-review with a focus on chicken bone waste. Processes, 12(2), 358.  https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12020358  


• Macavei, M. G., Pătrașcu, M., Ionescu, G., Gheorghe, V. C., Petcu, G., Volceanov, A., Magdziarz, A. , Mărculescu, C. (2025). Bio-based material as microwave susceptor and catalyst support for plastic waste microwave-assisted pyrolysis. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-025-03275-w 


• Sobek S.,  Mlonka-Medrala A., Werle A.,  Ionescu G. , Marculescu C.,  Magdziarz A. (2026). Kinetic study of waste turkey bone gasification: statistical assessment of the reaction models describing Boudouard reaction in CO2 and pressure-dependent modelling in lean air, Thermochemica Acta, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2026.180348  


• Mariana Pătrașcu, Gabriela Ionescu, Mircea Macavei,  Adrian Volceanov,  Aneta Magdziarz, Cosmin Mărculescu ,Microwave-assisted treatment of chicken bones waste and biochar,19th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, SDEWES 2024.  


• Gabriela Ionescu, Mariana Pătrașcu, Mircea Macavei,  Adrian Volceanov,  Roxana Pătrașcu, Cosmin Mărculescu, Aneta Magdziarz, Effect of pyrolysis conditions on the yield distribution and properties derived from chicken bones waste, 19th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, SDEWES 2024.  


• Sandu Rares, Boldor Dorin , Marculescu Cosmin, Magdziarz Aneta, Computational modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow in a biomass-loaded reactor exposed to pyrolysis-level temperatures: heating ramp versus sudden exposure, 8th International Conference on Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering, CPOTE 2024.


• Aneta Magdziarz, Agata Mlonka-Mędrala, Sebastian Werle, Szymon Sobek, Mircea Macavei, Mariana Pătrașcu, Gabriela Ionescu, Cosmin Mărculescu, Enhancing Value from Poultry Bone Waste: Chemical and Thermal Treatment Approaches for High-Quality Product Development, ECOS 2024.


• Poster ConverGreen project presented at  Salonul International de Inventii si Inovatii “Traian Vuia” Timisoara, 10th edition, 2024.


• Mircea Gabriel Macavei, Gabriela Ionescu, Aneta Magdziarz, Cosmin Mărculescu, Influence of fast pyrolysis operating conditions over the reaction products resulted from organic residues , FOREN 2024.


• Mariana Patrascu, Aneta Magdziarz, Cosmin Mărculescu, Food waste: B - Hydroxyapatite as a source of new chemical platforms for biocatalysts synthesis, 5GCMEA 2024.


• Agata Mlonka-Mędrala, Szymon Sobek, Sebastian Werle, Mariana Pătrașcu, Cosmin Mărculescu, Aneta Magdziarz, Valorisation of Turkey Bone Waste via Thermochemical Methods: Industrial Applications and Environmental Sustainability, International Conference on Cleaner Energy Transition, ICCET 2024.


• Mariana Pătrașcu, Gabriela Ionescu, Aneta Magdziarz, Cosmin Mărculescu, ‘’Waste valorisation through hybrid technologies’’ , International Conference on Bioinformatics for Life Sciences and Technologies, ICBLST 2025.


• Mircea Gabriel Macavei,  Dorin Boldor, Aneta Magdziarz, Cosmin Marculescu, Combined thermochemical processing of organic residues for enhanced hydrogen syngas production’’ World Congress & Exhibition Re-imagine waste, ISWA 2025.


• Mircea Gabriel Macavei, Roxana Patrascu, Cosmin Mărculescu, Energy recovery and economic viability of animal-derived waste air gasification for syngas production., 12th International Conference of Management and Industrial Engineering, Bucharest 2025, ICMIE 2025.


• Cosmin Mărculescu, Gabriela Ionescu, Agata Mlonka-Mędrala, Mariana Pătrașcu, Szymon Sobek, Sebastian Werle, Mircea Gabriel Macavei, Roxana Pătrașcu, Gabriela Petcu, Aneta Magdziarz,  Multi-pathway thermochemical valorisation of bone waste for energy, catalysts, and functional materials, Conference MPSU 2026.


• Mircea Gabriel Macavei, Cosmin Mărculescu, Roxana Pătrașcu, Aneta Magdziarz, Analysis For Valorization Pathways Of Animal Bone Waste, 9th Multidisciplinary Symposium on Circular Economy and Urban Mining, SUM 2026.


• Virginia Cora Gheorghe, Gabriela Petcu, Cosmin Marculescu, Aneta Magdiarz, Study on the potential of chicken bones biochar to produce sustainable and high-value materials, 9th Multidisciplinary Symposium on Circular Economy and Urban Mining, SUM 2026.


• Razvan State, Gabriela Petcu, Gabriela Ionescu, Aneta Magdziarz, Cosmin Marculescu, Catalytic Pyrolysis of Willow Biomass Using Iron-Loaded Catalysts Derived from Chicken Bone Waste, 16th Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering, MeCCE 2026.


• Răzvan Nicolae State, Gabriela Ionescu, Aneta Magdziarz and Cosmin Mărculescu, Investigation of bones waste catalytic pyrolysis for bio-based compounds production, 25th edition of the International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, PYRO 2026.


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