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Thomas Heeger

PhD student

Driving hydraulic machines from electric motors enables improved system efficiency and flexibility. My research is on electro-hydraulic pumps and motors for mobile working machinery, with a focus on efficiency, compactness and noise.

Publications

2024

Thomas Heeger, Stephan Wegner, Liselott Ericson (2024) Analysis of Compensation Ratios and Control Torques of an Axial Piston Pump with Rotated Valve Plates Conference Proceedings of the 2022 Global Fluid Power Society PhD Symposium (GFPS2022), p. 1-27 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI
Thomas Heeger, Samuel Kärnell, Liselott Ericson (2024) Challenges for multi-quadrant hydraulic piston machines Energy Conversion and Management: X, Vol. 22, Article 100578 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Thomas Heeger (2023) Design of Electro-Hydraulic Energy Converters: With Focus on Integrated Designs and Valve Plate Rotation
Thomas Heeger, Martin West, Kim Heybroek, Liselott Ericson (2023) Methodology for Dimensioning of Integrated Electro-Hydraulic Machines SICFP'23 Proceedings: The 18th Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power, p. 487-505 (Conference paper)

2022

Thomas Heeger, Liselott Ericson (2022) Optimization of Pressure Relief Grooves for Multi-Quadrant Hydraulic Machines in Different System Architectures Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Innovative Engineering for Fluid Power (WIEFP 2022), November 22-23, Sao Paulo, Brazil, p. 57-66 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI

Research

Fluid power system

Fluid Power

LiU has the largest university laboratory for fluid power systems in Sweden. We aim to develop smarter and more energy efficient hydraulic systems, components and methods to reduce energy losses.

Supervisor

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Liselott Ericson

Professor

Organisation

Hydrolics.

Fluid and Mechatronic Systems (FLUMES)

The division Fluid and Mechatronic Systems belongs to Department of Management and Engineering and carries out research and education in fluid power systems and aeronautics.
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Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow’s industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.
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About LiU

Linköping University, LiU, offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. The students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.

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