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Personal profile
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“Innovations in hydraulic turbomachinery are often found at the interfaces where disciplines meet, e.g. between fluid mechanics, dynamics, biology, and optimized control”
Research profile
Bart van Esch is Associate Professor in the section Power&Flow at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His area of expertise is largely in thermal and fluid engineering, and energy conversion. Specific topics of interest include hydraulic turbomachinery and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
Bart is also senior hydraulic engineer at Bosman Watermanagement, where he is responsible for the design and analysis of pumping stations. His ‘hand-on experience’ in industrial applications is being used in education as well as in research projects. Examples include projects on minimization of energy usage in pumping stations and the development of new pump designs to minimize damage to fish.
A close research co-operation exists with several universities in China, notably Jiangsu University In Zhenjiang where Bart was appointed part-time professor.
Academic background
Bart van Esch received his MSc in Astronomy in 1990 from Leiden University and his Master of Technological Design in Computational Mechanics in 1992 from Twente University, where he also obtained his PhD in 1997. He was appointed assistant professor at TU/e in 1997, and part-time professor at Jiangsu University, China, in 2017.
Bart is affiliated to several scientific journals and conferences. He is an Advisory Board Member of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, an Editorial Board Member of Journal of Drainage and Irrigation Machinery Engineering, and Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering (2012-2018). He was a member of the Organizing Committee of the 8th International Symposium on Pumping Machinery at AJK Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, member of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the 16th and 17th Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery, member of the Scientific Committee of the IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (since 2010), and member of the International Scientific and Program Committee of the Conference on Modelling Fluid Flow (since 2004).
Education and Teaching
Awarded Best Teacher of the Year 2017
(Bachelor Mechanical Engineering, TU/e)
Affiliated with
- Bosman Watermanagement B.V. (since 2000)
- Editorial board of Dutch standard NEN8775 (since 2017)
- Holland Science Network in China (since 2018)
- Research Center for Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology , Jiangsu University, China (since 2017)
- Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science (since 2019)
- Journal of Fluids Engineering – Trans. ASME (since 2012)
- Journal of Drainage and Irrigation Machinery Engineering (since 2011)
- International Symposium on Pumping Machinery, ASME FEDSM (2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019)
- International Scientific and Program Committee of the Conference on Modelling Fluid Flow, Budapest, Hungary (since 2004)
Partners in (semi-)industry
- Tata Steel, Signify (Philips), Flowserve, Wärtsilä, DAMEN Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, Bosman Watermanagement, Deltares, STOWA, Rijkswaterstaat
External positions
Part-time professor, Jiangsu University
27 Oct 2017 → …Associate Editor , American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1 Jan 2012 → 15 Dec 2018Senior hydraulic engineer, Bosman Watermanagement Ltd.
1 Oct 2000 → …Fingerprint
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Projects
- 1 Active
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Explaining boiling beyond the boiling temperature
van Esch, B. P. M. & Kuerten, J. G. M. (.
1/07/16 → 31/08/21
Project: Research direct
Research output
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Numerical and experimental investigation of tip leakage vortex trajectory and dynamics in an axial flow pump
Zhang, D., Shi, W., van Esch, B. P. M., Shi, L. & Dubuisson, M. H. R., 2015, In : Computers & Fluids. 112, p. 61-71 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
90 Citations (Scopus) -
Validation of a model to predict fish passage mortality in pumping stations
Esch, van, B. P. M. & Spierts, I. L. Y., 2014, In : Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 71, 12, p. 1910-1923Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus)3 Downloads (Pure) -
Fish injury and mortality during passage through pumping stations
Esch, van, B. P. M., 2012, In : Journal of Fluids Engineering : Transactions of the ASME. 134, 7, p. 1-9 9 p., 071302.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus)6 Downloads (Pure) -
Performance and radial loading of a mixed-flow pump under non-uniform suction flow
Esch, van, B. P. M., 2009, In : Journal of Fluids Engineering : Transactions of the ASME. 131, 5, p. 051101-1-051101-7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
70 Citations (Scopus)4 Downloads (Pure) -
Creeping film model for condensed centrifugal separation processes
Willems, G. P., Esch, van, B. P. M., Brouwers, J. J. H. & Golombok, M., 2008, In : Chemical Engineering Science. 63, 13, p. 3358-3365Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus)1 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Best Teacher of the Year 2017
van Esch, Bart P.M. (Recipient), 11 Apr 2017
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Activities
- 3 Editorial activity
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Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science (Journal)
Bart P.M. van Esch (Editorial board member)
Mar 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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Journal of Fluids Engineering : Transactions of the ASME (Journal)
Bart P.M. van Esch (Editor)
15 May 2012 → 15 Dec 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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Journal of Drainage and Irrigation Machinery Engineering (Journal)
Bart P.M. van Esch (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific