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Indian Journal of Cryogenics

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Indian Cryogenics Council

ijc-39-1-preface

FROM THE DESK

PREFACE

Saxena

Y.C.

Guest EditorsSarkar

Guest EditorsSahu

A.K.

Guest EditorsBhattachrya

Guest Editors

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2014

IndianJournals.com

PREFACE

It gives US immense pleasure to release for publication the special issues of the Indian Journal of Cryogenics, Volume (39 and 40), for the peer reviewed manuscripts of contributory papers presented at the 24th National Symposium on Cryogenics (NSC-24) organized by institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, held at institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, during January 22–24, 2013.

NSC-24 has brought together researchers from universities, institutes and industries, which stimulated the fruitful exchange of information and ideas in cryogenic engineering & superconductivity, outlined actual trends along with discussion on present and future developments.

The theme of NSC-24 as “Cryogenics for mankind” has been achieved by a number of theme talks, plenary talks by renowned experts from India as well as abroad. Several special talks have outlined the present status of various activities related to the Cryogenic and Superconductivity in India, globally along with a number of invited talks on specific topics. The key areas covered during the NSC-24 are large scale cryogenic refrigeration and liquefaction systems at 2K, 4 K and 80 K temperature levels for accelerator and fusion projects having applications in superconducting magnets, cryocoolers, space, medical with food & liquefied natural gas, low temperature physics as well as gas separation.

The symposium has been preceded by short courses on January 21,2013 at institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar. The courses were conducted by Dr. Christian Day, Dr. Maciej Chorowsky, & Prof. Parthasarathi Ghosh on Cryo Pumps, Cryo-biology and Cryogenic Process and heat exchangers, respectively and attended by about 40 participants.

The Symposium has attracted a very good response from the Cryogenics & Superconductivity community from Universities, Research institutes and industries. More than 180 contributed papers by more than 400 authors reflected the growing strength of the community. Eleven industries showcased their products and the activities at NSC-24.

We would like to thank all of our professional well-wishers and colleagues who devoted their efforts for the successful event of the NSC-24. Our appreciation is also to the numerous reviewers for their excellent contributions. Finally, our special thanks to Dr. R. K. Bhandari, President, iCC and Prof. P K. Kaw, Ex. Director, iPR for their unexplainable support towards organization of NSC-24.

YC. SAXENA

B. SARKAR

A.K. SAHU

R. BHATTACHRYA (Guest Editors)