Physics for Electroenergetics

Garant předmětu:

Jakub Cikhardt

Lecturer:

Jakub Cikhardt, Pavel Kubeš

Tutor:

Jakub Cikhardt, 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 methods for nuclear fission and fusion energy generation. A part of the course is two excursions in Laboratories of 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. Electromagnetic waves, their specification, properties, spectral analysis.

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

5. Electric spark and arc.

6. Physics of high density of energy.

7. Controlled thermonuclear fusion.

8. Stability of atomic nuclei and resulting effects for energetics.

9. Physics of fission reactors.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Simple calculations in hydrodynamics and aerodynamics.

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: a tokamak.

9. Stability calculations for various nuclei.

10. Calculations of fission reactions.

Study Objective:

Today state of the knowledges and view to future

Study materials:

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

2. Presentaton in lectures

Note:

Further information:

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/BV002FEN

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	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	roomT2:C2-84 Cikhardt J. 07:30–09:00 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice Ucebna
Wed	roomT2:C2-84 Kubeš P. Cikhardt J. 07:30–09:00 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice Ucebna
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: