BY –PRATEEK SINGH

14CR60R11 FROM – I IT KGP

Cryogenics in Indiapresent and future trends

ASPECTS TO BE COVERED

Brief History

Major Facilities

Activities in Major Institute

Major Projects Funded by Government Agencies

Cryogenics in gas Industries

Human Resource

Conclusions and Recommendations

Activities in Major Institute

1. IISc. Bangalore INVOLVED WITH :– Design & development of Cryotanks for special application

for ISRO.

Cryo Grinding Technique.

Establishment of laboratory for the development of Cryocoolers (GM and Pulsed tube) and linear motor.

Cryotank 

Super Guppy N941

Activities in Major Institute

2. IIT Bombay

INVOLVED WITH :– Quick Freezing of marine products.

Development of Stirling based nitrogen liquefier.

Indigeneous development of Stirling Cryo Coolers, Pulse Tube Cryo Coolers and Cryogenic Insulation.

Activities in Major Institute

3. RRCAT Indore INVOLVED WITH :–

Development of GM coolers.

Development of Reciprocating Expansion based Helium Liquefier.

Fabrication of large number of superconducting magnet and supplie them to CERN.

GM CRYOCOOLERS

Activities in Major Institute

4. BARC Mumbai

INVOLVED WITH :–

Indigeneous development of KW class 20 K and 4.2 K Refrigerators. Multifilamentry Superconducting NB- Ti wire development.

5. IIT Madras

INVOLVED WITH :–

Engaged with Mixed Refigeration systems.

Activities in Major Institute

6. IIT Kharagpur

INVOLVED WITH :– Performance analysis of Cryogenic Heat Exchangers and Turbines. Technology on solid-sorption refrigeration. Study of Multiferroic materials.

Applied Superconductivity and vacuum technology . Design and simulation of Cryogenic liquefiers .

Activities in Major Institute

7. IGCAR kalpakkam

INVOLVED WITH –

Gas purification project to purify Argon from radioactive contaminant.

development of Helium Gas Purifier.

Development of SQUID.

Superconducting Quantum Interference Device

Activities in Major Institute

8. NIT Rourkela INVOLVED WITH –

Cryo Cooler Development and Thermal Analysis. Development of Helium Compressor.

Helium Purifier.

Cryo Cooler Development and Thermal Analysis.

Activities in Major Institute

9. DRDO

Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL), Delhi & LASTEC under DRDO

INVOLVED WITH –

Development of Miniature Coolers primarily for cooling IR detectors.

Activities in Major Institute

10. IPR. Gandhinagar:-

INVOLVED WITH –

Primary work on Complete cryo distribution line for ITER and Cryostat.

Programme on Steady State Superconducting Tokamak.

Large SC magnet, cryostat, cryoline, cryopump etc.

Superconducting Tokamak Reactor

Activities in Major Institute

11. IUAC. DELHI:

INVOLVED WITH –

Development of Superconducting Linear Accelerator.

Development work with SC magnet like cryo free magnet, quadrupole magnet.

12. LPSC. Valiamala :

INVOLVED WITH –

Design of cryo engine , component development and testing at low temperature.

Activities in Major Institute

13. LPSC. Mahendragiri:

INVOLVED WITH –

Simulation testing of thurst by using liquid hydrogen and liquid

oxygen, prior to attachement on launching vehicle.

Assembly of cryoengine.

Activities in Major Institute

12. TIFR. Mumbai:

INVOLVED WITH –

Development of Superconducting linear accelerator.

Lead coated copper cavity.

Cryo line and cryomodules.

CRYOMODULE

Activities in Major Institute

13. VECC. Kolkata:

INVOLVED WITH –

Superconducting Cyclotron project.

large SC magnet, cryostat, cryoline.

Quadrupole magnet.

SEMS along with SC cavity programme.

Superconducting Cyclotron

REFERENCES

DST REPORT 2010.

http://www.linearcollider.org/

http://www.nscl.msu.edu/

http://www.iter.org/newsline/-/1916

http://www.oxcryo.com/gm-cryocoolers/two-stage-coldheads/

http://www.itn.pt/facilities/uk_squid_facility.htm

http://airwingmedia.com/news/page/8/