Ghent University

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Ghent University October 9, 1817 , some facts
and figures 26,000 students

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6,000 staff memberstotal number of staff
working at Ghent University 1,390 externally
financed researchers(excl. staff Ghent
University Hospital, 01/01/2004)

• 888 professors (Tenured Academic Staff)
• 846 assistants (Assisting Academic Staff)

• 2,162 administrative and technical staff members
• 763 other scientific staff members

• finance
• annual revenue 351 million euro the direct
  funding received from the Flemish Community makes
  up 47.7 of the total revenue
• 62.3 of the revenue is used for the personnel
  costs, 31.2 for operations and equipment, the
  remaining 6.5 goes to the depreciation of the
  university investments

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Engineering faculty in the 19th century
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Faculty of engineering
Department of electromechanical engineering
Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics (floheacom)
Participant Prof Roger Sierens
Electrical energy, systems and automation Electric
al energy lab Participant and contractrant Prof.
Alex Van den Bossche
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Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics of Ghent
University.
http//www.floheacom.ugent.be/
The laboratory of transport technology
specializes in research on the use of alternative
gaseous fuels for internal combustion engines.
This comprises LPG-, natural gas- and hydrogen
engines. Since a few years, the research is
concentrated on hydrogen engines. Because of the
increasing demand for information on the use of
hydrogen as an energy carrier for transport- and
other purposes, we have provided a 'mini-site' on
this subject HYDROGEN - FUEL OF THE FUTURE
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Microplane 25cm spann, full computer designed
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Sebastiaan Verhelst PHD student Hydrogen in
combustion engines.
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http//www.eesa.ugent.be/eesa/
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Courses V.d.Bossche

• Power electronics
• Safety in electrical and mech. Installations
• High voltage grid technology
• Electricity (agricultural faculty)
• Servosystems and industrial robots
• Projects

Interests Power electronics- drives- magnetics-
renewables
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Research topics EELAB

•  Numerical modelling and design of electrical
  machines
• Material Testing and Modelling
• Power Electronics
• EMC / EMI
• Drive systems and control for electrical machines

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20kHz 2MHz sine wave generator 20-400V for
ferrite loss testing
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• Book inductors and transformers for power
  electronics
• CRC-press ISBN 1574446797 febr 2005, pp475
• Authors Alex Van den Bossche Vencislav Valchev
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• 1 Fundamentals of Magnetic Theory
• 2 Fast Design Approach Including Eddy Current
  Losses
• 3 Soft Magnetic Materials
• 4 Coil Winding and Electrical Insulation
• 5 Eddy Currents in Conductors
• 6 Thermal Aspects
• 7 Parasitic Capacitances in Magnetic Components
• 8 Inductor Design
• 9 Transformer Design
• 10 Optimal Copper/Core Loss Ratio in Magnetic
  Components
• 11 Measurements
• Appendix A RMS Values of Waveforms
• Appendix B Magnetic Core Data
• Appendix C Copper Wires Data
• Appendix D Mathematical Functions