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29207 - Plasma Industrial Applications M

Academic Year 2021/2022

                
                        Docente:
                        Matteo Gherardi
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        ING-IND/18
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Moduli:
                        
                            Romolo Laurita
                            (Modulo 1)
                        
                            Matteo Gherardi
                            (Modulo 3)
                        
                            Matteo Gherardi
                            (Modulo 2)
                        
                        Teaching Mode:
                        
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 1)
                                
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
                                
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
                                
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Energy Engineering (cod. 0935)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students will be able to characterize the state of the art of the industrial processes assisted by thermal (hot) plasmas for the production and treatment of high added value materials; the same on the side of most advanted Technologies using atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium (cold) plasmas for application ranging from use in the energy industry to use in biomedical and plasma medicine applications. The students will be able to relate to patent literature with particular emphasis on the most recent industrial developements of thermal and non-equilibrium plasma sources.The design of those systems will be described together with experimental analysis of the plasma assisted processes used in industrial applications.

Course contents

Fundamentals of thermal and non-Equilibrium plasmas

Areas of industrial applications of plasmas

Inductively coupled thermal plasmas for chemical-physical diagnostics and synthesis of materials

DC transferred arc thermal plasmas for cutting of metallic materials

Nanopowder synthesis with inductively coupled thermal plasmas

Treatment of biological and non biological materials with atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium plasmas

Treatment of liquid media for industrial, energetic and biomedical applications

Plasma medicine

Laboratory experiments on different area of plasma treatment of materials

Intellectual property protection for industrial and biomedical applications of plasmas

Seminar given by visiting professors

Readings/Bibliography

Copies of the material used during lectures will be given to the students through the interactive platform SLACK or through IOL.

Teaching methods

Lectures with overhead projector and slides

Assessment methods

Examination procedures: oral.

Teaching tools

Access to the Laboratory of Materials Technology and Industrial Applications of Plasmas at DIN, Via Terracini 24-28, Bologna

Office hours

See the website of Matteo Gherardi

See the website of Romolo Laurita

SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.