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William D'haeseleer

William D'haeseleer

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
54
Citations
11568
World Ranking
2279
National Ranking
47

Overview

William D'haeseleer is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, specializing primarily in engineering and materials science. Their work intersects multiple disciplines with a focus on nuclear reactor physics and engineering, nuclear materials and properties, and nuclear engineering thermal-hydraulics. The scope of their research also includes integrated energy systems optimization, nuclear and radioactivity studies, hybrid renewable energy systems, and spacecraft and cryogenic technologies.

The scientist's publication record features papers primarily published in notable venues such as Nuclear Engineering and Design, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment, Applied Energy, Energy, and EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies. The frequency of publications is highest in Nuclear Engineering and Design and Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by William D'haeseleer are the following:

  • Thermal mixing and stratification in the liquid metal-cooled reactor pool experiment E-SCAPE, 2024, Nuclear Engineering and Design
  • Scaling approach and forced-circulation flow patterns in the liquid metal-cooled reactor-pool experiment E-SCAPE, 2024, Nuclear Engineering and Design
  • On physics of a hypothetical core disruptive accident in Multipurpose hYbrid Research Reactor for High-tech Applications - MYRRHA, 2023, EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies
  • Methodology for a global sensitivity analysis with machine learning on an energy system planning model in the context of thermal networks, 2021, Energy
  • Facilitating renewables and power-to-gas via integrated electrical power-gas system scheduling, 2020, Applied Energy

William D'haeseleer works frequently with a consistent group of co-authors, including Katrien Van Tichelen, Fabio Mirelli, Yann Bartosiewicz, John Byrne, and Peter D. Lund. Each of these collaborators has contributed to multiple publications alongside them.

The scientist's expertise spans several subfields within engineering and materials science. Notably, their subfield contributions are concentrated in aerospace engineering, materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, safety, risk, reliability and quality, and energy engineering and power technology.

Main research topics explored in their work include:

  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Nuclear materials and properties
  • Nuclear engineering thermal-hydraulics
  • Integrated energy systems optimization
  • Nuclear and radioactivity studies
  • Hybrid renewable energy systems
  • Spacecraft and cryogenic technologies

Best Publications

  • Distributed generation: definition, benefits and issues

    Guido Pepermans;Johan Driesen;Dries Haeseldonckx;Ronnie Belmans

  • Thermal comfort in residential buildings: Comfort values and scales for building energy simulation

    Leen Peeters;Richard de Dear;Jan Hensen;William D’haeseleer

  • Flux Coordinates and Magnetic Field Structure

    William Denis D’haeseleer;William Nicholas Guy Hitchon;James D. Callen;J. Leon Shohet

  • The use of the natural-gas pipeline infrastructure for hydrogen transport in a changing market structure

    Dries Haeseldonckx;William D’haeseleer

  • Impact of the level of temporal and operational detail in energy-system planning models

    Kris Poncelet;Erik Delarue;Daan Six;Jan Duerinck

  • Selecting Representative Days for Capturing the Implications of Integrating Intermittent Renewables in Generation Expansion Planning Problems

    Kris Poncelet;Hanspeter Hoschle;Erik Delarue;Ana Virag

  • Determining optimal electricity technology mix with high level of wind power penetration

    Cedric De Jonghe;Erik Delarue;Ronnie Belmans;William D’haeseleer

  • Comparison of Thermodynamic Cycles for Power Production from Low-Temperature Geothermal Heat Sources

    Daniël Walraven;Ben Laenen;William D’haeseleer

  • Integrated modeling of active demand response with electric heating systems coupled to thermal energy storage systems

    Dieter Patteeuw;Dieter Patteeuw;Kenneth Bruninx;Kenneth Bruninx;Alessia Arteconi;Erik Delarue;Erik Delarue

  • The impact of thermal storage on the operational behaviour of residential CHP facilities and the overall CO2 emissions

    Dries Haeseldonckx;Leen Peeters;Lieve Helsen;William D’haeseleer

  • Effects of large-scale power to gas conversion on the power, gas and carbon sectors and their interactions

    Jeroen Vandewalle;Kenneth Bruninx;William D'haeseleer

  • Control of heating systems in residential buildings: Current practice

    L. Peeters;J. Van der Veken;H. Hens;L. Helsen

  • Applying Portfolio Theory to the Electricity Sector: Energy versus Power

    Erik Delarue;Cedric De Jonghe;Ronnie Belmans;William D'haeseleer

  • Fuel switching in the electricity sector under the EU ETS: Review and prospective

    Erik Delarue;Erik Delarue;Kris Voorspools;Kris Voorspools;William D’haeseleer;William D’haeseleer

  • Coupling Pumped Hydro Energy Storage With Unit Commitment

    Kenneth Bruninx;Yury Dvorkin;Erik Delarue;Hrvoje Pandzic

  • A novel business model for aggregating the values of electricity storage

    Xian He;Erik Delarue;Erik Delarue;William D'haeseleer;Jean-Michel Glachant;Jean-Michel Glachant

  • The actual effect of wind power on overall electricity generation costs and CO2 emissions

    Erik D. Delarue;Patrick J. Luickx;William D. D’haeseleer

  • Energy content and indirect greenhouse gas emissions embedded in ‘emission-free’ power plants: results for the Low Countries

    Kris R Voorspools;Els A Brouwers;William D D'haeseleer

  • Active demand response with electric heating systems: Impact of market penetration

    Alessia Arteconi;Dieter Patteeuw;Dieter Patteeuw;Kenneth Bruninx;Kenneth Bruninx;Erik Delarue;Erik Delarue

  • An analytical formula for the capacity credit of wind power

    Kris R. Voorspools;William D. D'haeseleer

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Delarue
Erik Delarue KU Leuven
Lieve Helsen
Lieve Helsen KU Leuven
Johan Driesen
Johan Driesen KU Leuven
Daniel S. Kirschen
Daniel S. Kirschen University of Washington
Yury Dvorkin
Yury Dvorkin New York University
Martin Kumar Patel
Martin Kumar Patel University of Geneva
Benjamin F. Hobbs
Benjamin F. Hobbs Johns Hopkins University
Chongqing Kang
Chongqing Kang Tsinghua University

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