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Indian Journal of Cryogenics

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Indian Cryogenics Council

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EDITORIAL

Sharma

R.G.

Chief Editor

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43111

2018

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It is a matter of great satisfaction that, year after year, we are able to bring out successive issues of our esteemed journal, the “Indian Journal of Cryogenics” on time. Volume no. 43 for the year 2018 is now out and in time. As per the policy of the ICC and the journal we encourage our young researchers to publish papers and many of them happen to be first timers. Very often, our distinguished reviewers have tough time and have to suggest many corrections and modifications in the manuscripts and ask for revision. I admire their endurance and stamina. This is all in the interest of the ICC, the Journal and our community. I thank all the referees profusely. Vol. 43 is the proceedings of the '26^th National Symposium on Cryogenics and Superconductivity” (NSCS-26) held at the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) Kolkata during February 22 – 24, 2017.

This issue contains 32 papers in all out of a total of 54 papers submitted that were presented at the NSCS-26 at VECC, Kolkata. In keeping with our policy each paper of this issue was reviewed by two of our experts on our panel of referees from within and outside India. In case of conflicting reports the final decision on the acceptability of the paper is taken by the editorial board

Like the previous issues Vol. 41 and Vol. 42, this issue too begins with an invited review article written by Mr. Parag Kulkarni, Director and Chief executive Officer, INOX INDIA Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara, Gujrat. As you know Mr. Kulkarni is aveteran cryogenic engineer with vast experience in the design and manufacturing of small and large cryogen containers, storage tanks and large transport vessels. In this paper he has covered the development and manufacture of large vacuum insulated cryogenic containers for storage and transportation in the context of technology developments in recent years, and large scale use of industrial cryogenics. Apart from covering the design and manufacture of vacuum insulated containers, paper also describes the latest trends and applications associated with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). I thank him for having accepted our invitation to write this review and on a short notice. I am sure the cryogenic community and the Indian gas industry experts will enjoy reading this article.

I take this opportunity to complement all the members of the Editorial Advisory Board for their help and cooperation. I thank Dr. RK Bhandari, Dr. TS Datta and Dr. SoumenKar who were always available for consultation and help which enabled us to bring out this issue (Vol. 43) of the IJC. I express my gratitude to the reviewers, who in spite of being deeply involved with their academic work always found time to review multiple papers. I thank all our authors who repose faith in IJC and cooperate in revising manuscripts if so desired by the reviewers. I also acknowledge the help from Ms. Richa Arora in keeping the line of communication alive with authors, the reviewers, the Journal HQ and the printer. I thank Mr. Satish Gupta of the New United Process for taking good care of printing.

We also acknowledge the support of the SERB (DST) for the publication of this journal

Finally, we remain open to suggestions from all the authors and reviewers which can add value to IJC.

R.G. Sharma Chief Editor

Although the work reported by the authors in the journal is believed to be true and accurate at the time of publication, yet neither the author(s) nor the editors, the chief editor nor the printer accepts the responsibility for any omission, error or inaccuracies that might have been made. The journal and the editorial board does not make warranty, express or implied for the material reported in this issue.