UGent: Dept. Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering – EELAB & Lemcko

General expertise of the research group

• Low frequency electromagnetic fields and magnetic materials
• Power Systems
• Power Electronics
• Drive systems and control for electrical machines
• Energy and cluster management

Specific hydrogen- related expertise & research topics

• Electrolyser electrical grid integration aspects, flexibility
• power-to-X
• power generation grid support (X-to-power)

Participating in FL/B/EU funded projects with H2 related research:

• BEST (Energy Transition Fund, PhD with UCLouvain)
• InduFlexControl (Catalisti cSBO)
• CO2PERATE (Catalisti SBO)
• GREENPORTS (Flux50 ICON)

Main relevant publications

1. Dadkhah A, Bozalakov D, De Kooning J, Vandevelde L. On the optimal planning of a hydrogen refuelling station participating in the electricity and balancing markets. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY. 2021;46(2):1488–500.
2. Ebneali Samani A, D’Amicis A, De Kooning J, Bozalakov D, Silva P, Vandevelde L. Grid balancing with a large-scale electrolyser providing primary reserve. IET RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION. 2020;14(16):3070–8.
3. Baetens J, De Kooning J, Van Eetvelde G, Vandevelde L. A two-stage stochastic optimisation methodology for the operation of a chlor-alkali electrolyser under variable DAM and FCR market prices. ENERGIES. 2020;13(21).