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Jan Melkebeek

Jan Melkebeek

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
39
Citations
6459
World Ranking
7672
National Ranking
96

Overview

Jan Melkebeek is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium, with a research focus primarily in the engineering domain. Their work concentrates on electrical and electronic engineering, contributing specifically to several subfields and topics within this area.

The main fields of study for Jan Melkebeek include:

  • Engineering

Within electrical and electronic engineering, their research has addressed subjects such as:

  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Sensorless Control of Electric Motors
  • Electric Motor Design and Analysis

Jan Melkebeek has authored papers published in venues that include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

A notable recent publication is:

  • A Geometrical Interpretation of Current Transient Responses to Predict Current Gradients for IPMSM Model Predictive Control, published in 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

The scientist has collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Huayu Li
  • Jordi Van Damme
  • Chenwei Ma
  • Frederik De Belie

Jan Melkebeek's research contributions have a focused application in electrical motor control and power electronics, which involve advanced analyses and predictive modeling techniques useful for motor design and performance improvement.

Best Publications

  • Small-Signal $z$ -Domain Analysis of Digitally Controlled Converters

    D.M. VandeSype;K. DeGusseme;F.M.L.L. DeBelie;A.P. VandenBossche

  • Duty-ratio feedforward for digitally controlled boost PFC converters

    Unknown

  • Digitally controlled boost power-factor-correction converters operating in both continuous and discontinuous conduction mode

    Unknown

  • Improved Natural Balancing With Modified Phase-Shifted PWM for Single-Leg Five-Level Flying-Capacitor Converters

    S. Thielemans;A. Ruderman;B. Reznikov;J. Melkebeek

  • Calculation of eddy currents and associated losses in electrical steel laminations

    J. Gyselinck;L. Vandevelde;J. Melkebeek;P. Dular

  • Small-signal Laplace-domain analysis of uniformly-sampled pulse-width modulators

    D.M. Van de Sype;K. De Gusseme;A.P. Van den Bossche;J.A. Melkebeek

  • Reciprocity relations for the mutual inductances between orthogonal axis windings in saturated salient-pole machines

    J.A. Melkebeek;J.L. Willems

  • Multi-slice FE modeling of electrical machines with skewed slots-the skew discretization error

    J.J.C. Gyselinck;L. Vandevelde;J.A.A. Melkebeek

  • Improved Dynamic Behavior in BLDC Drives Using Model Predictive Speed and Current Control

    Araz Darba;Frederik De Belie;Pieter D'haese;Jan A. Melkebeek

  • Modeling of electromagnetic phenomena in soft magnetic materials under unidirectional time periodic flux excitations

    L.R. Dupre;O. Bottauscio;M. Chiampi;M. Repetto

  • Small-signal z-domain analysis of digitally controlled converters

    D.M. Van de Sype;K. De Gusseme;A.R. Van den Bossche;J.A. Melkebeek

  • Finite-Set Model-Based Predictive Control for Flying-Capacitor Converters: Cost Function Design and Efficient FPGA Implementation

    T. J. Vyncke;S. Thielemans;J. A. Melkebeek

  • A Sensorless Drive by Applying Test Pulses Without Affecting the Average-Current Samples

    F.M.L. De Belie;P. Sergeant;J.A. Melkebeek

  • Generation of Multisinusoidal Test Signals for the Identification of Synchronous-Machine Parameters by Using a Voltage-Source Inverter

    T.L. Vandoorn;F.M. De Belie;T.J. Vyncke;J.A. Melkebeek

  • Comparison of Magnetostriction Models for Use in Calculations of Vibrations in Magnetic Cores

    T. Hilgert;L. Vandevelde;J. Melkebeek

  • Design issues for digital control of boost power factor correction converters

    K. De Gusseme;D.M. Van de Sype;J.A.A. Melkebeek

  • Adding Inverter Fault Detection to Model-Based Predictive Control for Flying-Capacitor Inverters

    Joachim Druant;Thomas Vyncke;Frederik De Belie;Peter Sergeant

  • Comparison of Jiles and Preisach hysteresis models in magnetodynamics

    D.A. Philips;L.R. Dupre;J.A. Melkebeek

  • The Influence of Saturation on Induction Machine Drive Dynamics

    Jan A. A. Melkebeek;Donald W. Novotny

  • Input current distortion of CCM boost PFC converters operated in DCM

    Unknown

  • Induced stresses due to the mechanical cutting of non-oriented electrical steels

    Alexander Pulnikov;Philippe Baudouin;Jan Melkebeek

  • Autonomous renewable energy conversion system.

    Ventzislav Valtchev;Alex Van den Bossche;Jozef Ghijselen;Jan Melkebeek

  • Sample correction for digitally controlled boost PFC converters operating in both CCM and DCM

    K. De Gusseme;D.M.V. de Sype;A.P. Van den Bossche;J.A. Melkebeek

Frequent Co-Authors

Lieven Vandevelde
Lieven Vandevelde Ghent University
Peter Sergeant
Peter Sergeant Ghent University
Roumen Petrov
Roumen Petrov Ghent University
Ludo Froyen
Ludo Froyen KU Leuven
Hamid Gualous
Hamid Gualous Université de Caen Normandie
M. A. Abido
M. A. Abido King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Donald W. Novotny
Donald W. Novotny University of Wisconsin–Madison
Johan Driesen
Johan Driesen KU Leuven
Osama A. Mohammed
Osama A. Mohammed Florida International University
Hicham Chaoui
Hicham Chaoui Carleton University

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