Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Mechanical Engineering Program
Lecture Code WSH21302 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name Advanced Plasma Engineering
Subject Name
(Katakana)
Subject Name in
English
Advanced Plasma Engineering
Instructor NAMBA SHINICHI,YAMASAKI KOTARO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ナンバ シンイチ,ヤマサキ コウタロウ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Fri1-4:ENG 219
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture with Powerpoint 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 09 : Mechanical Engineering
Eligible Students Undergraduate student
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Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline
This course offers knowledge on fundamentals for plasma science and engineering. It includes collisional radiative processes in plasmas, plasma generation, plasma modeling, plasma diagnostics based on emission and laser spectroscopy, and recent topics in plasma applications.
 
Class Schedule lesson1-3     The Plasma State (1.1 Characterization of Plasma, 1.2 Classification of Plasma)
lesson4-9     Reactions in Plasmas (2.1 Collision Phenomena, 2.2 Excitation and Ionization, 2.3 Recombination,
                    2.4 Ion-Molecule Reactions, 2.5 Transport Phenomena)
lesson10       Plasma Generation(3.1 Electrical Breakdown and Starting Voltage, 3.2 Glow Discharge)
lesson11       Plasma Modeling (4.1 Local Thermal Equilibrium Model, 4.2 Corona Model, 4.3 Collisional-Radiative Model)
lesson12-13  Plasma Diagnostics (5.1 Optical Emission Spectroscopy, 5.2 Optical Absorption Spectroscopy,
                     5.3 Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy)
lesson14-15  Plasma Applications (6.1 Nuclear Fusion energy, 6.2 Electric Propulsion (Plasma Thruster),
                     6.3 Material Processing, 6.4 Environmental protection and improvement, 6.5 Treatment of hazardous waste) 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Textbook: プラズマ理工学入門 高村秀一著 森北出版 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Slides (Powerpoint) 
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Preparation and
Review
None 
Requirements  
Grading Method Grading will be determined based on assignments(30%) and a term paper (70%). 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
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