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