Markku Nikku

Associate professor

Energy

LUT School of Energy Systems

Lappeenranta

Markku.Nikku@lut.fi

+358 40 501 5201

Research areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

Modelling and Simulation

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Experimental and numerical investigation of a laboratory-scale shell-and-tube latent heat storage

2025

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Zaynetdinov Konstantin, Inkeri Eero, Nikku Markku, Tynjälä Tero

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

LUT School of Energy Systems

Negative CO2 Emissions in Cement and Waste-to-Energy Plants: Integration of Calcium-Looping, CO2 Purification and Mineralization Processes within the Herccules Project

2025

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Scaccabarozzi Roberto, Artini Chiara, Giudici Fabio, Cremona Riccardo, Gatti Manuele, Romano Matteo Carmelo, Carrara Adriano, Rossi Manuel, Katsiotis Mrios, Koutsodontis Konstantinos, Secomandi Markus, Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni, Hammerich Jörg, Spinelli Maurizio

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Environmental Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Energy

Chemical Engineering

LUT School of Energy Systems

A conceptual evaluation of the use of Ca(OH)2 for attaining carbon capture rates of 99% in the calcium looping process

2024

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Secomandi Markus, Nikku Markku, Arias Borja, Ritvanen Jouni

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

LUT School of Energy Systems

Calcium hydroxide as a supplementary sorbent for higher carbon capture rates: a model-based study

2024

Publication type

Other

Author(s)

Secomandi Markus, Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni

Effect of Air Leakage on Pre-Calciner Temperature and Efficiency

2024

Publication type

Other

Author(s)

Shahzad Junaid, Nikku Markku, Ritvanen Jouni

Modelling-based proof-of-concept for Ca(OH)2-enhanced CO2 capture in a calcium looping process

2024

Publication type

Other

Author(s)

Secomandi Markus, Arias Borja, Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

LUT School of Energy Systems

CFD modelling of solidification and melting in the experimental shell-and-tube latent heat storage

2023

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Zaynetdinov Konstantin, Nikku Markku, Tynjälä Tero

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Energy (miscellaneous)

LUT School of Energy Systems

Characterization and Modeling Method for Transient Macroscopic Gas-Solid Flow in Circulating Fluidized Bed Riser

2023

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Ritvanen Jouni

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

LUT School of Energy Systems

Collisional forces and flow characteristics of a stream of falling particles in interaction with a large stationary sphere

2023

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Mosquera Gomez Ana, Nikku Markku, Shah Srujal, Gradov Dmitry Vladimirovich, Jalali Payman

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

Mechanical Engineering

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Chemical Engineering

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

LUT School of Energy Systems

Computational fluid dynamics derived dataset for evaluation of mixing of a secondary solid phase in a circulating fluidized bed riser

2023

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni, Hyppänen Timo

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

LUT School of Energy Systems

Effective Drag on Spheres, Rods, and Discs Immersed in a Fluidized Bed at Minimum Fluidization - Measurements and Modeling Work

2023

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Author(s)

Guío-Pérez Diana Carolina, Köhler Anna, Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Pallarès David

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

LUT School of Energy Systems

Evaluation of mixing of a secondary solid phase in a circulating fluidized bed riser

2023

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni, Hyppänen Timo

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

LUT School of Energy Systems

Characterization of pellets produced from extracted sawdust: Effect of cooling conditions and binder addition on composition, mechanical and thermochemical properties

2022

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Sermyagina Ekaterina, Mendoza Martinez Clara, Lahti Jussi, Nikku Markku, Mänttäri Mika, Kallioinen-Mänttäri Mari, Vakkilainen Esa

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

Fuel Technology

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

LUT School of Energy Systems

Modeling of minor solid phase mixing in circulating fluidized beds

2022

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni, Hyppänen Timo

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

LUT School of Energy Systems

Numerical modeling of latent heat thermal energy storage integrated with heat pump for domestic hot water production

2022

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Inkeri Eero, Tynjälä Tero, Nikku Markku

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

LUT School of Energy Systems

Towards application of uncertainty quantification procedure combined with experimental procedure for assessment of the accuracy of the DEM approach dedicated for granular flow modeling

2022

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Widuch Agata, Nowak Marcin, Sukiennik Dawid, Myöhänen Kari, Nikku Markku, Shah Srujal, Parente Alessandro, Adamczyk Wojciech

Energy - Transition to carbon-neutral world

LUT School of Energy Systems

Data set generation at novel test-rig for validation of numerical models for modeling granular flows

2021

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Widuch Agata, Myöhänen Kari, Nikku Markku, Nowak Marcin, Klimanek Adam, Adamczyk Wojciech

Effect of software implementation on the result of computational fluid dynamics simulation of circulating fluidized bed risers

2021

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Niemi Timo, Kallio Sirpa, Daikeler Alexander

Spent coffee grounds and tea leaf residues: Characterization, evaluation of thermal reactivity and recovery of high-value compounds

2021

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Sermyagina Ekaterina, Mendoza Martinez Clara, Nikku Markku, Vakkilainen Esa

Fuel Technology

Biomaterials

Energy

LUT School of Energy Systems

Three-Dimensional Modeling of a Chinese Circulating Fluidized Bed Incinerator Firing Municipal Solid Waste

2021

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Zhan Mingxiu, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni, Li Xiaodong

Effects of heterogeneous flow on carbon conversion in gas-solid circulating fluidized beds

2020

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Bordbar Hadi, Myöhänen Kari, Hyppänen Timo

CFD-DEM simulations of hydrodynamics of combined ion exchange-membrane filtration

2019

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Naukkarinen Tomi, Nikku Markku, Turunen-Saaresti Teemu

Characterization of fuel reactivity in an isothermal laboratory scale reactor and TGA

2019

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Deb Anjan, Sermyagina Ekaterina

Coarse Grain 3D CFD-DEM Simulation and Validation with Capacitance Probe Measurements in a Circulating Fluidized Bed

2019

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Stroh Alexander, Daikeler Alexander, Nikku Markku, May Jan, Alobaid Falah, von Bohnstein Maximilian, Ströhle Jochen, Epple Bernd

Comparison of solid phase closure models in Eulerian-Eulerain simulations of a circulating fluidized bed riser

2019

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Daikeler Alexander, Stroh Alexander, Myöhänen Kari

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Modelling and Simulation

LUT School of Energy Systems

Direct Measurement of Solid Drag Force in Fluid-Particle Flow

2019

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Mosquera Gomez Ana, Nikku Markku, Jalali Payman

Other Focus Area

LUT School of Energy Systems

Reactivity characterization of municipal solid waste and biomass

2019

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Deb Anjan, Sermyagina Ekaterina, Puro Liisa

Environmental Engineering

Energy

Engineering

LUT School of Engineering Sciences

LUT School of Energy Systems

Flow characteristics of circulating fluidized beds near terminal velocity: Eulerian model of a lab-scale apparatus

2018

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Jalali Payman, Nikku Markku, Ritvanen Jouni, Hyppänen Timo

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

2018

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Murashko Kirill, Nikku Markku, Sermyagina Ekaterina, Vauterin Julia, Hyppänen Timo, Vakkilainen Esa, Pyrhönen Juha

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Energy

Water Science and Technology

Chemical Engineering

Waste Management and Disposal

LUT School of Energy Systems

Comparison of Ansys Fluent and OpenFOAM is simulation of circulating fluidized bed riser

2017

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Jalali Payman, Hyppänen Timo

Energy

Chemical Engineering

LUT School of Energy Systems

Study on properties related to energy recovery from waste streams in Finland

2017

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Sermyagina Ekaterina, Nikku Markku, Vakkilainen Esa, Hyppänen Timo

Energy

Waste Management and Disposal

LUT School of Energy Systems

Three-dimensional modeling of biomass fuel flow in a circulating fluidized bed furnace with an experimentally derived momentum exchange model

2016

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni, Hyppänen Timo, Lyytikäinen Marko

Energy

LUT School of Energy Systems

Design of multifunctional bench-scale device for thermochemical processes

2015

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Sermyagina Ekaterina, Nikku Markku, Saari Jussi, Kaikko Juha, Vakkilainen Esa

Fuel Technology

Process Chemistry and Technology

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

LUT School of Energy Systems

Modelling and validation of fuel flow in CFB furnace

2015

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni, Hyppänen Timo, Lyytikäinen Marko

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Fuel Technology

Process Chemistry and Technology

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

LUT School of Energy Systems

Three-dimensional modeling of biomass fuel flow in a circulating fluidized bed furnace

2015

Publication type

G5 Doctoral dissertation (article)

Author(s)

Nikku Markku

Energy

Chemical Engineering

LUT School of Energy Systems

Characterization method of average gas-solid drag for regular and irregular particle groups

2014

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Markku Nikku, Payman Jalali, Jouni Ritvanen, Timo Hyppänen

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

LUT School of Energy Systems

Modeling of fuel flow in circulating fluidized bed furnaces

2014

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni, Hyppänen Timo

Three-dimensional modeling of fuel flow with a holistic circulating fluidized bed furnace model

2014

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Ritvanen Jouni, Hyppänen Timo

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Fuel Technology

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

LUT School of Energy Systems

Modeling of fuel flow in commercial scale CFB furnace

2013

Publication type

A4 Conference proceedings

Author(s)

Nikku Markku, Myöhänen Kari, Hyppänen Timo

Particle-cloud drag force in dilute particle systems: Discrete element method versus Eulerian simulations

2013

Publication type

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Author(s)

Jalali Payman, Nikku Markku, Hyppänen Timo

Applications of a 3-D CFB model on oxycombustion, gasification and calcinator in calcium looping

2011

Publication type

B3 Unrefereed conference proceedings

Author(s)

Myöhänen Kari, Hyppänen Timo, Nikku Markku, Koski Matti, Parkkinen Jarno

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

Energy (miscellaneous)

LUT School of Energy Systems

Markku Nikku

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