Physics for Electroenergetics

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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. The introduction to structural properties of matter and its thermal, electrical and magnetic properties. 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. Organized structures, generation of magnetic fields, filamentary structures i plasma.

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

5. Electric spark and arc.

6. Physics of high density of energy.

7. Controlled thermonuclear fusion.

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: a tokamak.

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Study materials:

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

2. Actual presentations of the lectures in pdf

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: