Most-cited papers on scale scalability laboratory industrial production

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1. Production of bio-ethanol from soybean molasses by Saccharomyces cerevisiae at laboratory, pilot and industrial scales

   2008 · Bioresource Technology · Siqueira, Paula F., Karp, Susan Grace, Carvalho, Júlio César de et al.

   206 cited

2. Application of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) from viscosity reducing of raw sweet potato for bioethanol production at laboratory, pilot and industrial scales

   2011 · Bioresource Technology · Zhang, Liang, Zhao, Hai, Gan, Mingzhe et al.

   144 cited

3. Recycling of LiFePO4 cathode materials: From laboratory scale to industrial production

   2024 · Materials Today · Shan, Minghui, Dang, Chenyang, Meng, Kai et al.

   115 cited

4. Single-step ethanol production from raw cassava starch using a combination of raw starch hydrolysis and fermentation, scale-up from 5-L laboratory and 200-L pilot plant to 3000-L industrial fermenters

   2021 · Biotechnology for Biofuels · Krajang, Morakot, Malairuang, Kwanruthai, Sukna, Jatuporn et al.

   67 cited

5. Ethanol and ethyl acetate production during the cider fermentation from laboratory to industrial scale

   2003 · Process Biochemistry · Roza, Carlos de la, Laca, Adriana, Garcı́a, Luis et al.

   45 cited

6. Scale-up and optimization of biohydrogen production reactor from laboratory-scale to industrial-scale on the basis of computational fluid dynamics simulation

   2010 · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · Wang, Xu, Ding, Jie, Guo, Wanqian et al.

   45 cited

7. Anaerobic Digestion of Laminaria japonica Waste from Industrial Production Residues in Laboratory- and Pilot-Scale

   2015 · Marine Drugs · Barbot, Yann, Thomsen, Claudia, Thomsen, Laurenz et al.

   30 cited

8. Gasification of leather waste for energy production: Laboratory scale and industrial tests

   2021 · International Journal of Energy Research · Dudyński, Marek, Dudyński, Karol, Kluska, Jacek et al.

   29 cited

9. Electrochemical Water Splitting for Scale Hydrogen Production: From the Laboratory to Industrial Applications

   2024 · ChemCatChem · Deng, Rongrong, Zhang, Bo, Zhang, Qibo

   24 cited

10. Evolution of Microstructure and Texture in Laboratory- and Industrial-Scaled Production of Automotive Al-Sheets

    2020 · Materials · Grasserbauer, Jakob, Weißensteiner, Irmgard, Falkinger, Georg et al.

    21 cited

11. Polyhydroxyalkanoates production from laboratory to industrial scale: A review

    2025 · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · Bolla, Maria, Pettinato, Margherita, Ferrari, Pier Francesco et al.

    20 cited

12. Comparison of soluble microbial product (SMP) production in full-scale anaerobic/aerobic industrial wastewater treatment and a laboratory based synthetic feed anaerobic membrane system

    2020 · The Science of The Total Environment · Soh, Yan Ni Annie, Kunacheva, Chinagarn, Menon, Suren et al.

    17 cited

13. Life Cycle Assessment of Magnetite Production Using Microfluidic Devices: Moving from the Laboratory to Industrial Scale

    2023 · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · Fuentes, Olga P., Cruz, Juan C., Mignard, Emmanuel et al.

    17 cited

14. A review of biological processing technologies for palm oil mill waste treatment and simultaneous bioenergy production at laboratory scale, pilot scale and industrial scale applications with technoeconomic analysis

    2025 · Energy Conversion and Management X · Dominic, Debbie, Baidurah, Siti

    10 cited

15. An Economic Evaluation on Scaling-up Production of Nano Gold from Laboratory to Industrial Scale

    2019 · Indonesian Journal of Computing Engineering and Design (IJoCED) · Miftahurrahman, Gumilar, Setiarahayu, H., Nandiyanto, A B D

    8 cited

16. Performance analysis of a laboratory scale rotating drum bioreactor for production of rhamnolipid in solid-state fermentation using an agro-industrial residue

    2021 · Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery · Dabaghi, Shima, Ataei, Seyed Ahmad, Taheri, Ali

    6 cited

17. Biodiesel from microalgae: A critical evaluation from laboratory to large scale production

    2012 · Applied Energy · Rawat, Ismail, Kumar, R. Ranjith, Mutanda, Taurai et al.

    968 cited

18. The Rat Grimace Scale: A Partially Automated Method for Quantifying Pain in the Laboratory Rat via Facial Expressions

    2011 · Molecular Pain · Sotocina, Susana G, Sorge, Robert E., Zaloum, Austin et al.

    888 cited

19. Encapsulation of probiotic living cells: From laboratory scale to industrial applications

    2011 · Journal of Food Engineering · Burgain, Jennifer, Gaïani, Claire, Linder, Michel et al.

    856 cited

20. Biotechnological advantages of laboratory-scale solid-state fermentation with fungi

    2004 · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · H�lker, U., H�fer, M., Lenz, J.

    744 cited

21. Cementitious materials for construction-scale 3D printing: Laboratory testing of fresh printing mixture

    2017 · Construction and Building Materials · Kazemian, Ali, Yuan, Xiao, Cochran, Evan et al.

    738 cited

22. From laboratory to industrial scale: a scale-up framework for chemical processes in life cycle assessment studies

    2016 · Journal of Cleaner Production · Piccinno, Fabiano, Hischier, Roland, Seeger, Stefan et al.

    592 cited

23. Comparative sugar recovery data from laboratory scale application of leading pretreatment technologies to corn stover

    2005 · Bioresource Technology · Wyman, Charles E., Dale, Bruce E., Elander, Richard T. et al.

    529 cited

24. Statistical theory of groundwater flow and transport: Pore to laboratory, laboratory to formation, and formation to regional scale

    1986 · Water Resources Research · Dagan, Gédéon

    506 cited

25. Open‐path Fourier transform infrared studies of large‐scale laboratory biomass fires

    1996 · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · Yokelson, R. J., Griffith, David, Ward, Darold E.

    468 cited

26. Composite Autonomic Scoring Scale for Laboratory Quantification of Generalized Autonomic Failure

    1993 · Mayo Clinic Proceedings · Low, Phillip A.

    462 cited

27. Energy Management and Control System for Laboratory Scale Microgrid Based Wind-PV-Battery

    2016 · IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy · Merabet, Adel, Ahmed, Khandker Tawfique, Ibrahim, Hussein et al.

    428 cited

28. A laboratory-scale lithium-ion battery recycling process

    2001 · Journal of Power Sources · Contestabile, Marcello, Panero, S., Scrosati, Bruno

    421 cited

29. Further characterization of clinical and laboratory features in VEXAS syndrome: large‐scale analysis of a multicentre case series of 116 French patients*

    2021 · British Journal of Dermatology · Georgin‐Lavialle, Sophie, Terrier, Benjamin, Guédon, Alexis F. et al.

    402 cited

30. Glycogen-accumulating organisms in laboratory-scale and full-scale wastewater treatment processes b bThe GenBank accession numbers for the sequences reported in this paper are given in Methods.

    2002 · Microbiology · Crocetti, Gregory, Banfield, Jillian F., Keller, Jürg et al.

    378 cited