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Indian Journal of Cryogenics

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Indian Cryogenics Council

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FROM THE DESK

PREFACE

Saxena

Y.C.

Guest EditorsSarkar

Guest EditorsSahu

A.K.

Guest EditorsBhattachrya

Guest Editors

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2015

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It gives us immense pleasure to bring out part B of the proceedings of the 24th National Symposium on Cryogenics (NSC-24) as Vol. 40, a special issue of the Indian Journal of Cryogenics. NSC-24 was organized by the Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar and held at the Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, during January 22–24, 2013. This issue contains 38 papers presented at NSC-24 and duly reviewed by the referees. The symposium has successfully brought together researchers from universities, institutes and industries, which stimulated fruitful exchange of information and ideas in cryogenic engineering & superconductivity. Intensive discussion on present and future developments in cryogenics were carried out.

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

The symposium has been preceded by short courses on various aspects of cryogenics on Jan 21, 2013 at the Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar. The courses were conducted by Dr. Christian Day, Dr. Maciej Chorowsky, & Prof. Parthasarathi Ghosh, on Cryo Pumps, Cryobiology and Cryogenic Processes 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 presented by more than 400 authors reflected the growing strength of the community in India. Eleven Industries showcased their products and activities at NSC-24.

We would like to thank all our professional well-wishers and colleagues whose efforts made NSC-24 so successful. We also appreciate the excellent contributions made by our numerous reviewers. Finally, our special thanks go to Dr. R. K. Bhandari, President, ICC and Prof. P K. Kaw, Ex. Director, IPR for their full support towards the organization of NSC-24.