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Mr Ryan Van Herel

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Department: Electric Power Engineering Centre

Email: ryan.vanherel@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3695870

Office: Link, room 203

Languages: English, Dutch

About
Research / Creative works
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Methods & Equipment

Fields of Research

  • High-voltage and high-power test techniques
  • Characteristics of electrical transient phenomena
  • Electrification of industrial processes
  • Control and instrumentation electronics
  • Signal and image processing
  • Electromagnetic engineering
  • Software development

Researcher Summary

I am experienced in the application of electric power to industrial-scale processes, high-voltage and high-current switching phenomena, modelling of electromagnetic transients, high-voltage and high-power testing of transmission and distribution assets and equipment according to AS/NZS, IEC, and IEEE standards.
My specialisations include full-spectrum development of sophisticated process and instrumentation systems for determining electrical and thermal quantities, from control and operation of the supply systems for electrical heating loads, to the development of hardware and software for human and computer visualisation and analysis of data from those systems.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Engineering and Technology: Computer & Software Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Electromagnetics; Instrumentation & Control; Power Systems & Power Electronics

Resources

  • EPECentre staff webpage
  • High voltage equipment

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • Nursultanov N., Heffernan WJB., van Herel MJWMR. and Nijdam JJ. (2019) Computational calculation of temperature and electrical resistance to control Joule heating of green Pinus radiata logs. Applied Thermal Engineering 159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.113855.
  • Heffernan WJB., Nursultanov N., van Herel R. and Smart T. (2018) Joule heating of logs for phytosanitary purposes and timber processing pre-treatment. Advanced Materials Letters 9(11): 767-775. http://dx.doi.org/10.5185/amlett.2018.2133.
  • van Herel R., Sinton R., Enright W. and Bodger P. (2012) Wire explosion by electromagnetic induction. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 40(7): 1891-1897. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2012.2198245.
  • Sinton R., van Herel R., Enright W. and Bodger P. (2011) Generating extra long arcs using exploding wires. Journal of Applied Physics 110(9): 93303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3660386.
  • Sinton R., van Herel R., Enright W. and Bodger P. (2010) Investigating Long-Distance Exploding-Wire Restrike. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 38(4): 1015-1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2010.2042080.
  • Sinton R., van Herel R., Enright W. and Bodger P. (2010) Observations of the long distance exploding wire restrike mechanism. Journal of Applied Physics 108(5): 053304-53500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3481385.
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Van Herel MJWMR., Wood AR., Clapham K. and Heffernan WJB.. (2018) Impact of inverter energy systems on fuse protection of low voltage networks. In.
  • Heffernan WJB., van Herel M., Nursultanov N. and Smart T.. (2016) Practical Joule Heating for Phytosanitary Log Treatment. In.
  • Sinton R., van Herel R., Enright W. and Bodger P.. (2011) A Marx Generator for Exploding Wire Experiments. In http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5748708.
  • van Herel R., Sinton R., Enright W. and Bodger P.. (2011) Formation of a Plasma Conductor by Induction. In http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5748710.
  • Sinton R., van Herel R., Enright W. and Bodger P.. (2010) Design and construction of a triggered spark gap for long distance exploding wire experiments. In.
Theses / Dissertations
  • Van Herel R. (2012) Wire explosion via electromagnetic induction. PhD Thesis, Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury.
Intellectual Property
  • Heffernan WJB., Nursultanov N. and van Herel MJWMR. (2017) Wood Heating System and Method.Patent No. 730025, NZ.
Reports
  • Van Herel R., Heffernan W. and Wood A. (2019) Managing fuse protection in low-voltage networks with distributed generation..

Review and Refereeing

  • IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ( 2016 )

Research Groups

  • Electric Power Engineering Centre

Key Methodologies

  • PSCAD
  • C/C++
  • Python
  • MATLAB
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