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85
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World Ranking
387
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  • 2013 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to energy systems for electric and hybrid vehicles

Overview

K. T. Chau is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China and specializes in engineering with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering among other subfields. Their research spans areas including automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, control and systems engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work concentrates on several key topics such as wireless power transfer systems, energy harvesting in wireless networks, electric motor design and analysis, advanced battery technologies research, innovative energy harvesting technologies, magnetic bearings and levitation dynamics, and electric vehicles and infrastructure.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with K. T. Chau include Wei Liu, Christopher H. T. Lee, Shuangxia Niu, Xiaoyang Tian, and Zhichao Hua, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts in their field.

They have published multiple papers in prestigious venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
  • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
  • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

Some recent papers authored by K. T. Chau include:

  • "Overview of batteries and battery management for electric vehicles" (2022), Energy Reports
  • "A Critical Review of Advanced Electric Machines and Control Strategies for Electric Vehicles" (2020), Proceedings of the IEEE
  • "High temperature superconducting rotating electrical machines: An overview" (2022), Energy Reports
  • "Deep reinforcement learning-based energy management strategy for fuel cell buses integrating future road information and cabin comfort control" (2024), Energy Conversion and Management
  • "Modern electric machines and drives for wind power generation: A review of opportunities and challenges" (2021), IET Renewable Power Generation

K. T. Chau was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2013 for contributions to energy systems for electric and hybrid vehicles.

Best Publications

  • Overview of Permanent-Magnet Brushless Drives for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    K.T. Chau;C.C. Chan;Chunhua Liu

  • Modern Electric Vehicle Technology

    C. C. Chan;K. T. Chau

  • Overview of power management in hybrid electric vehicles

    K.T Chau;Y.S Wong

  • An overview of power electronics in electric vehicles

    C.C. Chan;K.T. Chau

  • Thermoelectric automotive waste heat energy recovery using maximum power point tracking

    Chuang Yu;K.T. Chau

  • Design of a Magnetic-Geared Outer-Rotor Permanent-Magnet Brushless Motor for Electric Vehicles

    K.T. Chau;Dong Zhang;J.Z. Jiang;Chunhua Liu

  • A Magnetic-Geared Outer-Rotor Permanent-Magnet Brushless Machine for Wind Power Generation

    L.N. Jian;K.T. Chau;Dong Zhang;J.Z. Jiang

  • Emerging Energy-Efficient Technologies for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    K.T. Chau;C.C. Chan

  • A Coaxial Magnetic Gear With Halbach Permanent-Magnet Arrays

    Linni Jian;K T Chau

  • An overview of energy sources for electric vehicles

    K.T Chau;Y.S Wong;C.C Chan

  • An Efficient Wind–Photovoltaic Hybrid Generation System Using Doubly Excited Permanent-Magnet Brushless Machine

    Chunhua Liu;K.T. Chau;Xiaodong Zhang

  • A New Efficient Permanent-Magnet Vernier Machine for Wind Power Generation

    Jiangui Li;K T Chau;J Z Jiang;Chunhua Liu

  • Design and analysis of a new doubly salient permanent magnet motor

    M. Cheng;K.T. Chau;C.C. Chan

  • Comparison of Coaxial Magnetic Gears With Different Topologies

    Linni Jian;K.T. Chau;Yu. Gong;J.Z. Jiang

  • A Critical Review of Advanced Electric Machines and Control Strategies for Electric Vehicles

    Chunhua Liu;K. T. Chau;Christopher H. T. Lee;Zaixin Song

  • Novel permanent magnet motor drives for electric vehicles

    C.C. Chan;K.T. Chau;J.Z. Jiang;W. Xia

  • Field-Oriented Control and Direct Torque Control for Paralleled VSIs Fed PMSM Drives With Variable Switching Frequencies

    Zheng Wang;Jian Chen;Ming Cheng;K. T. Chau

  • Electric Vehicle Machines and Drives: Design, Analysis and Application

    K. T. Chau

  • Integrated Energy Management of Plug-in Electric Vehicles in Power Grid With Renewables

    Shuang Gao;K. T. Chau;Chunhua Liu;Diyun Wu

  • Nonlinear varying-network magnetic circuit analysis for doubly salient permanent-magnet motors

    Ming Cheng;K.T. Chau;C.C. Chan;E. Zhou

  • Acoustic noise radiated by PWM-controllel induction machine drives

    W.C. Lo;C.C. Chan;Z.Q. Zhu;Lie Xu

  • A Permanent-Magnet Hybrid Brushless Integrated Starter–Generator for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    Chunhua Liu;K T Chau;J Z Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Chunhua Liu
Chunhua Liu City University of Hong Kong
C.C. Chan
C.C. Chan University of Hong Kong
Christopher H. T. Lee
Christopher H. T. Lee Nanyang Technological University
Ming Cheng
Ming Cheng Southeast University
Shuangxia Niu
Shuangxia Niu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Wei Hua
Wei Hua Southeast University
Wenxiang Zhao
Wenxiang Zhao Jiangsu University
Xiaoyong Zhu
Xiaoyong Zhu Jiangsu University
Weixiang Shen
Weixiang Shen Swinburne University of Technology
Li Quan
Li Quan Jiangsu University

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