CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING CENTRE

The Centre was established in 1976 for carrying our research, and providing education and manpower training in the field of Cryogenic Engineering and related areas.

The Centre works in close collaboration with the other Departments/Centres of this Institute and with various national laboratories. Several research projects sponsored by different agencies e.g. CSIR,DST,DBT,CHT,BRNS,ISRO ETC. have been successfully completed and are on-going. Teaching and research facilities of the Centre have been strengthened with the input of sophisticated and precision equipment through an Indo-German Collaboration and FIST (MHRD) Programme. The Centre has strong industry-interaction through Consultancy and Short Term Training Programmes.

The Centre has very good liquefaction facilities and well equipped teaching and research laboratories. Available major facilities include Philips Nitrogen Liquefiers (MNP 12/1, PLN 430, PLN 106), test rig for cryogenic heat exchangers, gas chromatograph, gas separation and purification, Vapour-liquid Equilibrium measurement, thin film coating unit, microwave power meter and sweep oscillator, RF SQUID system, process simulators ASPEN PLUS, CHEMCAD, vacuum hot press furnace, superconducting magnets, computer aided facility for thermophysical properties of polymers, biocomposites and nanofluids, vibrating sample magnetometer, cryo-refrigerators, dielectric and ferroelectric test measurement unit. Besides this, the teaching laboratories of the Centre have excellent teaching modules for experiment on radial flow reaction turbine, thermal conductivity of liquids and gases , cross flow heat exchangers, superconductivity and vacuum techniques etc. Besides, an excellent vacuum technology laboratory has been created at the Centre through the Indo-German Collaboration Programme. The Centre offers M.Tech Degree in:

CR      Cryogenic Engineering

 

Course Contains :

The course contents include subjects like Cryogenic Air Separation, Cryogneic System, Cryogenic Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer and Separation Processes, Cryofuel Systems, Cryophysics, Vacuum Techniques, Design of Cryogenic Equipment and Accessories, Cryogenic Rocket Propulsion, Superconducting Materials Magnets and Devices, Superconductivity and vacuum Technology Laboratories, Heat Transfer Laboratory etc. Students can also take up a few appropriate electives from other Departments/Centres.

 

Areas of Research

Current research activities of Centre focus on cryogenic refrigeration and liquefaction system; fluid flow and heat transfer; heat exchangers and regenerators; gas-bearing; gas separation and purification by absorption, adsorption and membrane processes; modelling and simulation of separation processes; natural gas processing, liquefaction and utilization, in-flight air separation; propulsion; process intensification; energy optimization; hydrogen energy; safety under oxygen rich environment; simulation of helium plant and cryogenic system for fusion reactor; thermophysical properties of nanofluids and bio-composites; dielectric materials and materials for magnetic refrigeration; novel magnetic materials, thin films; gas and magnetic sensors; superconducting magnetic energy storage; superconducting magnets for nuclear fusion/electrical industry etc.; high field / low temperature cryogen free magnets; spintronics & magnetic nonmagnetic heterostructure, multiferroics and functional materials; vacuum technology and process applications.

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