26 hod., optionally

Characteristics of plasma as the fourth state of aggregation of matter, thermal plasma, possibilities of non-thermal plasma generation, thermodynamical plasma parameters.
Thermodynamics of high temperature processes.
Essentials of plasma diagnostics.
Properties of electric arc, voltage-current characteristics of free and stabilised electric arc, mathematical description of voltage-current characteristics, interaction between electric arc and magnetic field.
Switching electric arc, hv and vhv devices, extinguishing process, heavy current, interaction, and dielectric intervals.
Elements of mathematical-physical modelling of quenching process.
Plasma torches, methods of stabilisation of arc, theory and design of torches.
Mathematical and physical description of processes in plasmatrons, the design of plasma generator.
Supporting technological circuits of plasmatrons, water cooling system, gas handling, operational measurements.
Plasma technology of surface modification of products, of transformation of material properties, and of production of new materials with special properties.
Thermal plasma technology of decomposition of very stable ecologically harmful wastes.
Ecological application of electric discharge(destruction of undesirable materials, water purification, etc.).
Further perspective of industrial application of electric arc and thermal plasma.

14 hod., compulsory

Essential thermodynamical relations, material properties of gas media, work with thermodynamical dependencies.
Basic relations for transport of mass, momentum, and energy, momentum conservation equation, flowing and turbulence.
Determination of plasma parameters, optical, spectral, and probe diagnostic methods.
Evaluation of enegy balance of plasmatron.
Energy balance of high temperature thermocouple.
Application of spectral methods, Abel´s transformation.
Magnetic field of coil systems in dynamic regime.