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FEI3370 Electrical Discharges in Gases and their Applications, PhD Course 8.0 credits

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Headings with content from the Course syllabus FEI3370 (Spring 2019–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

Physics of electrical discharges in gases and their application, including theory, simulation and measurements

Intended learning outcomes

After completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  • Explain the fundamental physical processes and the major mechanisms leading to electrical discharges in gases
  • Compare the different types of thermal (arcs, leader discharges, plasmas) and non-thermal discharges (glow, corona streamers, avalanches, dielectric barrier discharges), their types and features
  • Analyse and interpret the electrical, chemical and optical measurements of electrical discharges in the laboratory
  • Perform electric field calculations and use basic criteria for the evaluation of breakdown in gases
  • Compare the different numerical techniques used to simulate electrical discharges in gases, identify their limitations and choose properly the processes that can be simulated with them.
  • Develop a simple computer model to simulate electrical discharges in a specific application of interest for the student.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

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Recommended prerequisites

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Equipment

High voltage laboratory, electrical switching laboratory

Literature

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Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

P, F

Examination

  • EXA1 - Examination, 8.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Other requirements for final grade

Written examination, a simulation exercise and laboratory reports. Oral presentation of one subject.

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

Main field of study

This course does not belong to any Main field of study.

Education cycle

Third cycle

Add-on studies

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Contact

Marley Becerra Garcia (marley@kth.se)

Postgraduate course

Postgraduate courses at EECS/Electromagnetic Engineering