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Vol.4 , No. 3, Publication Date: Aug. 21, 2017, Page: 22-30
 of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, (TIFR) Mumbai, India, is one of the largest facilities in India under the R&D sector and has been operating and maintaining cryogenic plants more than five decades. LTF provides liquid helium and liquid nitrogen along with the cryogenic support services to many facilities and laboratories of the institute. LTF helium gas management system handles more than 1300 high-pressure helium gas cylinders. LTF low-pressure helium gas recovery network is one of the largest among such similar facilities elsewhere in India. This commands unusual type of safety and monitoring control systems as parameters such as pressure, purity, leak checking, gas accounting needs to be continuously monitored for appropriate actions. The operational strain in managing such a complex helium gas managements is attempted successfully with the help of computer automation. This paper presents the in-depth details about the helium gas management systems implemented at LTF along with sharing the operational experience.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/896.jpg)
| [1] | Kadayam Venkatraman Srinivasan, Low Temperature Facility, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. |
The Low-Temperature Facility (LTF) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, (TIFR) Mumbai, India, is one of the largest facilities in India under the R&D sector and has been operating and maintaining cryogenic plants more than five decades. LTF provides liquid helium and liquid nitrogen along with the cryogenic support services to many facilities and laboratories of the institute. LTF helium gas management system handles more than 1300 high-pressure helium gas cylinders. LTF low-pressure helium gas recovery network is one of the largest among such similar facilities elsewhere in India. This commands unusual type of safety and monitoring control systems as parameters such as pressure, purity, leak checking, gas accounting needs to be continuously monitored for appropriate actions. The operational strain in managing such a complex helium gas managements is attempted successfully with the help of computer automation. This paper presents the in-depth details about the helium gas management systems implemented at LTF along with sharing the operational experience.
Keywords
Helium gas, Cylinder, Quad, Automation
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