Individual course details
Study programme Physics
Chosen research area (module) Computer and Applied physics
Nature and level of studies Undergraduate studies
Name of the course Plasma application in industry and environmental protection
Professor (lectures) Bratislav Obradović
Professor/associate (examples/practical) Bratislav Obradović
Professor/associate (additional)  
ECTS 4 Status (required/elective) elective
Access requirements Electromagnetism
Aims of the course To introduce students to the basics of the plasma source used in industry and environmental protection.
Learning outcomes Adopting basic concepts related to plasma technology. Acquiring basic knowledge necessary for using plasma sources. Preparing students for the practical use of plasma in industrial processes and environmental protection.
Contents of the course
Lectures 1. Types of electrical gas discharges (glow discharge, corona, arc discharge, spark, radio-frequency discharges, microwave discharges) 2. Elementary reactions in plasma; control of plasma processes. 3. Qualitative and quantitative elemental analysis in spectrochemistry 4. Surface treatment by plasma (cutting and welding, hardening, surface treatment, etching). 5. Plasma application in micro- and nano-technologies. 6. Plasma-chemical processes in metallurgy. 7. Plasma as a source of radiation (fluorescent lamps, lasers). 8. Electric discharges in nature and protection. 9.  Plasma and thermonuclear fusion. 10. Greenhouse gases and other harmful gases; plasma treatment of gases (NOx, SO2, CO2) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs); 11. Electrostatic precipitators and ozoniers. 12. Plasma treatment of aqueous solutions; 13. Treatment of hazardous solid and liquid waste by plasma (medicine, pharmacy, chemical industry). Plasma-chemical conversion of fuel and hydrogen production; syngas. 15. Plasma application in combustion.
Examples/ practical classes Experimental exercises will be adapted to the subject of plasma application studied at faculty. Students will provide experimental exercises alone, but with the necessary attendance of teachers.
Recommended books
1 Alexander Fridman, Plasma Chemistry, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008
2 Roth J.R., Industrial Plasma Engineering, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol and Philadelphia, 2001.
3 Van Veldhuizen E.M. (ed), Electrical Discharges for Environmental Purposes 2000 - Fundamentals and Applications, NOVA, New York, 2000.
4 Lieberman M.A. and Lichtenberg A.J., Principles of Plasma Discharges and Materials Processing, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1994.
5  
Number of classes (weekly)
Lectures Examples&practicals   Student project Additional
2 2      
Teaching and learning methods Lectures and experimental exercises. 
Assessment (maximal 100)
assesed coursework mark examination mark
coursework 10 written examination  
practicals 30 oral examination 60
papers      
presentations