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Physics for Electroenergetics

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Code Completion Credits Range
XP02EVA ZK 4 3P
Garant předmětu:
Pavel Kubeš
Lecturer:
Pavel Kubeš
Tutor:
Pavel Kubeš
Supervisor:
Department of Physics
Synopsis:

Lessons contain selected parts of physics for students of electric power engineering: Physical principles of gas discharges - glow, arc, spark and corona discharges and their applications. The students become acquainted with characteristics for magnetized, astrophysical and fusion energy generation. A part of the course is two excursions in laboratories CTU and Czech Academy of Sciences.

Requirements:

Written work of selected topics.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction - importance of physics for technology.

2. Principles of hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics.

3. Organized structures, generation of magnetic fields, filamentary structures in plasma.

4. Properties of electric discharges - glow discharge, corona.

5. Electric spark and arc, lightning and ball lightning

6. Physics of high density of energy.

7. Controlled thermonuclear fusion.

8. Physics of Solar active regions

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Diagnostics of the fusion plasma

2. Rise of the magnetic field of the Earth.

3. Measuring of electromagnetic spectrums.

4. Lightning, ball lightning.

5. Magnetic pinches, X-ray lasers.

6. Fusion reactors.

7. Excursion: power iodine laser PALS.

8. Excursion: tokamak COMPASS.

Study Objective:
Study materials:

1. T.G.Cowling, M.A.Phil: Magnetohydrodynamics (Adam Hilger 1976)

2. Actual presentations of the lectures in pdf

Note:
Time-table for winter semester 2023/2024:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
roomT2:B2-39e

12:45–14:15
(lecture parallel1)
Dejvice
Cvičebna
Thu
Fri
Time-table for summer semester 2023/2024:
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