Projects
Magnetostriction in electrical steel: modelling and development of an accurate opto-electronic measurement method Ghent University
Magnetostriction and magnetic forces are a major cause of vibrations and noise of electromagnetic devices. The measurement of the magnetostriction can either be done by using a direct method, is one of the fundamental issues that will be treated in the proposed project. A second fundamental problem is the mathematical modeling of the irreversible behaviour (hysteresis) of ferromagnetic materials. The development of a new measurement method ...
Magnetostriction in electrical steel: modelling and development of an accurate opto-electronic measurement method. University of Antwerp
Doped CVD diamond layers: electrical and opto-electronic characterisation Hasselt University
Towards more efficient solar cells: Understanding the relations between structure and electrical conductivity in suspensions of conductive PEDOT KU Leuven
Photovoltaic (PV) technology is regarded as one of the most renewable and economically viable energy sources to address the grand challenges of the energy issue in the near future. In this perspective, organic photovoltaics (OPV) has become a strongly expanding sector of PV technology in the past two decades, whereby the physical properties of organic semi-conductors are fundamentally different from their inorganic counterparts. Even though ...
Steerable Supply with Single Stator Winding for the Electrical Variable Speed Drive and Frictionless Speed Rectification of Multiple Rotors Ghent University
Driving multiple rotors at different and variable speeds with a single electrical winding and supply is a challenge but offers advantages. With the proposed research project, ensemble-control based algorithms are studied, capable to steer the power-electronics supply of the stator winding common
to multiple rotors. A single-stator double-rotor electrical-drive prototype is included, aimed at, amongst other applications, frictionless ...
Control and power quality of electrical grids in island mode supplied with converter-interfaced distributed generation Ghent University
The project concerns the development and implementation of robust control strategies for micro-grids with renewable energy sources and/or CHP. Amongst other things, the digital control of power electronic converters for the integration of the distributed generation units in micro-grids will be investigated.
Innovative electromechanical converter with multiple electrical and mechanical ports for hybrid electric vehicles Ghent University
The project deals with an electromechanical converter for an electric continuously variable transmission (EVT) in a hybrid electric vehicle. This electromechanical converter consists of several electrical machines that are coupled in a mechanical and electromagnetic way. It has two mechanical ports (MP’s) and two electrical ports (EP’s). In the EVT in a hybrid electric vehicle, the two MP’s are the combustion engine on the one hand and the ...
Novel high dielectric ABO4 layers on high mobility semiconductors for downsizing MOSFETs: links between the structural and electrical properties KU Leuven
The sub-microscale miniaturisation of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor opens the way to small scale electronic devices. The miniaturisation forces the whole structure to downscale, including the oxide layer between the metal gate and the semiconductor substrate. This oxide functions as a capacitor allowing to induce charge in the semiconductor via the field effect. However, as the layer becomes thinner, the leakage ...