29207 - Plasma Industrial Applications M

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
• Intellectual property protection for industrial applications of plasmas
• DC transferred arc thermal plasmas for cutting of metallic materials
• Inductively coupled thermal plasmas for the synthesis of nanomaterials
• Fluorescent lamps
• Plasma catalysis for methane reforming, pyrolysis and coupling

Readings/Bibliography

• Fridman, Plasma Chemistry, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK (2008)
• Parvulescu, Magureanu, Lukes. Plasma Chemistry and Catalysis in Gases and Liquids, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA (2012)

Teaching methods

Lectures with overhead projector and slides

Assessment methods

Examination procedures: oral.

Teaching tools

Supporting documents made available on Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Matteo Gherardi

See the website of Romolo Laurita