Ultra High Vacuum Technology Section
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Invited talk


Delivered by Shri R. Sridhar, Ex-Head/UHVTS

2015
  1. Invited talk at IVSNS-2015 in the National Symposium on Vacuum Technology and its applications to Electron Beams on topic "Ultra High Vacuum System of Indus Accelerators and its Operational Experience" in Nov’2015 at TIFR
2017
  1. Invited talk at National Conference on emerging trends in Vacuum Electronic devices and application held at IPR, Gandhinagar on topic "Ultra High Vacuum Technology in Vacuum Tubes and Accelerators" in March'2017

2019
  1. Delivered by Shri D. P. Yadav, Head/UHVTS

    Invited talk at Asian Forum For Accelerators and Detectors (AFAD-2019) held at IUAC-New Delhi on topic “Development of Vacuum Systems for Indus-2 Undulators” in Feb 2019
2022
  1. Invited talk at DAE-BRNS International symposium on vacuum science and technology and its applications in accelerators (VSTAA-2022) held during 16th to 19th Feb 2022 at BARC, Mumbai
    on topic “Overview of Ultra-High Vacuum systems for Indian Synchrotron Radiation Sources Indus-1 and Indus-2 and Industrial electron accelerators for ARPF”

Publications 2014 Onwards


2014

  1. D.P. Yadav and R. Kaul
    Study on brazing of high purity alumina for application in long ceramic chambers
    RRCAT newsletter article A.15 issue-2 of 2014

  2. Kumar A.*, Ganesh P.*, Kaul R.*, Bhatnagar V.K.*, Sankar P.R.*, Yedle K.N.*, Singh M.K.*, Bose A.*, Ramteke S.*, Sindal B.*, Kumar K.V.*, Veerbhadraiah T.*, Shridhar R.*, Mundra G.*, Joshi S.C.*, Kukreja L.M.*
    A study on vacuum brazing of niobium-stainless steel transiton joint for application in superconducting RF cavities
    International Institute of Welding International Congress IIW-IC2014 , New Delhi, Apr., 9-11, 2014

2015

  1. Bhatnagar P.*, Bhange N.J.*, Sharma H.*, Yadav R.S.*, Sivalingam V.*, Joshi S.*, Shridhar R.*
    First experience of activation of NEG coated racetrack Aluminium alloy vacuum chambers of undulators in Indus-2.
    InPAC 2015 , TIFR, Mumbai, Dec., 21-24, 2015

  2. Kumar K.V.*, Sindal B.*, Malviya K.K.*, Bhange N.J.*, Joshi S.*, Shridhar R.*
    Study and quick repair of Leaks using Vacuum Instrumentation in Indus-2 Vacuum System
    IVSNS-2015 , TIFR, Mumbai, Nov., 18-20, 2015

  3. D.P. Yadav, Ram Shiroman and R. Sridhar
    Design and Finite Element Analysis of Insertion Device Vacuum Chamber for Indus-2 Storage Ring
    IVSNS -2015, IVSNS-2015, TIFR, Mumbai Nov., 18-20, 2015- Proceedings

  4. D. P. Yadav, B. K. Sindal, Tripti Bansod, K.V.A.N.P.S Kumar, Nilesh Bhange, K. C. Ratnakala, Prateek Bhatnagar and R. Sridhar
    Development and Installation of Undulator Vacuum System in Indus-2 Storage Ring
    IVSNS -2015, IVSNS-2015, TIFR, Mumbai, Nov., 18-20, 2015- Proceedings

  5. D.P. Yadav, Vijay Bais, Vivek K. Dhimole, Nitesh Suthar, B. R. Rawal, Swati Chogaonkar and R. Sridhar
    Design and finite element simulation of vacuum systems for insertion devices in Indus-2 storage ring
    INPAC -2015, INPAC-2015, TIFR, Mumbai, Dec 21-24, 2015- Proceedings

  6. D. P. Yadav, Abhay Kumar, P. Ganesh, R. Kaul, P. Ram Sankar, K. Yedle, M. K. Singh, R. K. Gupta, A. K. Karnewar, V. K. Bhatnagar and R. Sridhar
    Vacuum brazing of OFE copper-316L stainless steel transition joints without electroplating stainless steel part for application in particle accelerators
    INPAC-2015, TIFR, Mumbai, Dec 21-24, 2015- Proceedings

  7. KC Ratnakala, SK Tiwari, NJ Bhange, DP Yadav, LK Babbar, Netram and R Sridhar
    UHV testing of vacuum components and diagnostic devices, related to undulators in Indus-2
    INPAC-2015, TIFR, Mumbai, Dec 21-24, 2015- Proceedings

  8. Ratnakala K.C., Shridhar R., Tiwari S.K., Sandha R.S., Choudhary R.S., SK Shukla
    UHV testing of the Capacitor-disc of new, spare RF Cavity for Indus-1/ Booster
    IVSNS-2015 , TIFR, Mumbai, Nov., 18-20, 2015

  9. Tiwari S.K., Ratnakala K.C., Shridhar R., Bhange N.J., Netram, SK Shukla
    UHV Testing of Spare straight Section chambers of Indus-2
    IVSNS-2015 , TIFR, Mumbai, Nov., 18-20, 2015

  10. Bansod Tripti., Ratnakala K.C., Bais V.S., Singh A.K., DM Phase (IUC-DAE, Indore), Shridhar R.
    Development and Vacuum Characterization of the Non Evaporable Getter Coated Alumimium Chamber
    IVSNS-2015, TIFR, Mumbai, Nov., 18-20, 2015

  11. Kumar A.*, Ganesh P.*, Kaul R.*, Sankar P.R.*, Sindal B.*, Yadav D.P.*, Bhatnagar V.K.*, Yedle K.N.*, Gupta R.K.*, Sharma S.*, Sharma S.D.*, Gupta R.K.*, Shridhar R.*, Mundra G.*, Joshi S.C.*, LM Kukreja
    Development of vacuum brazed niobium-316L stainless steel transition joints for Superconducting cavities
    National Welding Seminar, Mumbai, Dec., 9-11, 2015

  12. Sindal B.*, Kumar K.V.*, Shridhar R.*
    Achieving Extreme High Vacuum
    IVSNS-2015 , TIFR, Mumbai, Nov., 18-20, 2015

  13. Kumar A.*, Ganesh P.*, Kaul R.*, Sindal B.*, Yedle K.N.*, Bhatnagar V.K.*, P. Ram Sankar, Singh M.K.*, Rai S.K.*, Bose A.*, Sridhar R.*, Joshi S.C.*, Kukreja L.M.*
    New Brazing Recipe for Ductile Niobium-316L Stainless Steel Joints for SRF Cavities
    Welding Journal, Vol. 94, p. 241-249, 2015.

  14. 14. Kumar A.*, Ganesh P.*, Kaul R.*, Bhatnagar V.K.*, Yedle K.N.*, Sankar P.R.*, Sindal B.*,Kumar K.V.*, Singh M.K.*, Rai S.K.*, Bose A.*, Veerbhadraiah T.*, Ramteke S.*, Sridhar R.*, Mundra G.*, Joshi S.C.*, Kukreja L.M.*
    A New Vacuum Brazing Route for Niobium-316L Stainless Steel Transition Joints for Superconducting RF Cavities
    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 24, no. 2, p. 952-963, 2015s

  15. V.G. Sathe*, M.H. Modi, A.S. Yadav, V. Prasad, R. Sridhar & G.S. Lodha
    Development of a differential Pumping System for Soft X-ray Reflectivity Beam Line of Indus-2
    INPAC-2015, TIFR, Mumbai, Dec 21-24, 2015- Proceedings

2016

  1. Prateek Bhatnagar*, Nilesh Bhange, Sujata Joshi, R Sridhar
    Safety & Operational aspects in In-situ Electrical baking of large vacuum systems of Indus Accelerators
    33rd DAE Safety & Occupational Health Professionals Meet at IPR, Gandhinagar during 23-25, November 2016.

2017

  1. Kumar K.V.A.N.P.S., Deokar D.Y. et. al,
    Radiation Resistant Residual Gas Analyzers in Indus-2: A summary of 11 years of operation, Proceedings of ISMAS Symposium on Mass Spectrometry, Pg:134-137,
    ISMAS-2017, BARC, India, 23-25 March 2017, ISBN 81-86515-78-4.

  2. Bansod T.*, Kumar K.V.*, Tiwari P.*, Mukharjee C.*, Joshi M.K.*, Yadav D.P.*, Shridhar R.*
    Influence of substrate temperature on the morphology and vacuum properties of TiZrV non-evaporable getter film,
    International Conference on Thin Films ( ICTF-2017), ,New Delhi, ,Nov, ,14-17 , 2017

2018

  1. Shankar A.*, Awasthi S.K.*, Malviya K.K.*, Kumar R.*, Tiwari S.K.*, Joshi S.*, Sathe V.*, Shridhar R.*
    Design, Fabrication and installation of upgraded Transport Line-1 of Indus accelerator,
    InPAC, RRCAT, Jan,,9-12 , 2018

  2. Tiwari S.K.*, Bhange N.J.*, Ratnakala K.C.*, Yadav D.P.*, Shridhar R.*
    Vacuum performance analysis of SR exposed vacuum chamber,
    InPAC, RRCAT, Jan,,9-12 , 2018

  3. Yadav D.P.*, Sindal B.*, Kumar K.V.*, Bhange N.J.*, Bhatnagar P.*, Joshi S.*, Shridhar R.*
    Upgradation of Vacuum System of Synchrotron Radiation Source,
    InPAC, RRCAT, Jan,,9-12 , 2018

  4. Sreeramulu K.*, Thakur V.*, Bhatnagar P.*, Das S.*, Bansod T.*, Singh K.*, Awale N.*,Yadav D.P.*, Shridhar R.*, Shinde R.S.*
    Development of Water Cooled Solenoids for NEG Coating Facility at RRCAT,
    InPAC, RRCAT, Jan,,9-12 , 2018

  5. Sindal B.*, Kumar K.V.*, Bais V.S.*, Tiwari S.K.*, Shankar A.*, Sathe V.*, Yadav D.P.*, Shridhar R.*
    Layout Modification, Fabrication, Testing, Installation, and Vacuum Conditioning of UHV System for New RF CAVITIES of Indus-2,
    InPAC, RRCAT, Jan,,9-12 , 2018

  6. .Babbar L.K.*, Kumar M.*, Upadhyaya B.N.*, Bhatnagar V.K.*, Sisodia B.*, Tyagi Y.*, Jain R.*, Holikatti A.C.*, Yadav S.*, Vaishnav D.*, Sarkar S.*, Tiwari S.K.*, Yadav D.P.*, Sridhar R.*, Shridhar R.*, Puntambekar T.A.*
    Development and Installation of Upgraded Beam Position Indicators for Indus-2 Synchrotron Radiation Source,
    InPAC, RRCAT, Jan,,9-12 , 2018

  7. Kumar K.V.*, Sindal B.*, Kumar R.*, Bhange N.J.*, Sathe V.*, Joshi S.*, Yadav D.P.*, Shridhar R.*
    Verification of Total Pressure Measurement using Sputter Ion Pump Discharge Current,
    InPAC, RRCAT, Jan,,9-12 , 2018

  8. Sharma H.*, Bhange N.J.*, Joshi S.*, Kumar K.V.*, Shridhar R.*
    Protype devlopment of an Inverted Magnetron Gauge Controller,
    InPAC, RRCAT, Jan,,9-12 , 2018

  9. Deokar D.Y.*, Pandey V.*, Sharma H.*, Bhange N.J.*, Kumar K.V.*, Joshi S.*, Shridhar R.*
    Design upgradation & Development of BAG Controller and its mass production,
    InPAC, RRCAT, Jan,,9-12 , 2018

2019

  1. Bhange N.J.*, Sharma H.*, Bhatnagar P.*, Joshi S.*, Yadav D.P.*
    Upgradation of temperature monitoring system for indus-2 vacuum components,
    INPAC 2019,New Delhi, Jun, ,Nov 18-21 , 2019

  2. Babbar L.K.*, Kumar M.*, Upadhyaya B.N.*, Bhatnagar V.K.*, Sisodia B.*, Yadav D.P.*, Sindal B.*, Tiwari S.K.*, Tyagi Y.*, Holikatti A.C.*, Yadav S.*, Vaishnav D.*, Sheth Y.M.*,Puntambekar T.A.*
    Design and Development of Upgraded Integrated Type Beam Position Indicators for Dipole Vacuum Chambers of Indus-2 SRS,
    INPAC-2019,IUAC New Delhi, Nov, 2019

  3. Tiwari S.K.*, Kumar K.V.*, Sindal B.*, Bhatnagar P.*, Yadav D.P.*
    UHV Performance Evaluation of Indigenously Developed Low Conductance Uncoated Long Aluminium alloy Chamber for Undulator in Indus-2,
    InPAC, ,IUAC, New Delhi, ,Nov, , 2019

  4. Babbar L.K.*, Kumar M.*, Yadav D.P.*, Upadhyaya B.N.*, Bhatnagar V.K.*, Sisodia B.*, Sindal B.*, Tiwari S.K.*, Holikatti A.C.*, Yadav S.*, Tyagi Y.*, Soni A.K.*, Vaishnav D.*, Sheth Y.M.*, Puntambekar T.A.*
    Design and Development of Flange Integrated Beam Position Monitors for Indus-1 Storage Ring and Infrared Free Electron Laser Set-up,
    InPAC, ,IUAC, New Delhi, ,Nov, , 2019

  5. Sindal B.*, Malviya K.K.*, Kumar K.V.*, Joshi S.*, Sandha R.S.*, Wanmode Y.D.*, Yadav D.P.*
    Design, Installation and Operational Experience of Vacuum System of 10 MeV Electron Linacs,
    InPAC, IUAC, New Delhi, Nov, 2019

  6. Kumar K.V*, Sindal B.K., Deokar D.Y., Bhange N.J., Yadav D.P.,
    Evaluation Tests of Upgraded Hot Cathode Ionization Gauge Controllers for Indus Accelerator Vacuum Systems,
    InPAC, IUAC, New Delhi, Nov 2019.

  7. Bansod T., Bais Vijay, Sindal B.K., Raj Mohan S., Bhatnagar P, Bhange N.J., Yadav D.P.,
    Optimization of Process Parameters for Uniform NEG film Deposition in Long Low
    Conductance Vacuum Chamber, InPAC, IUAC, New Delhi, Nov, 2019.

2022

  1. Kumar K.V.A.N.P.S, Sushil Kumar Sharma, Yadav A.S., Sindal B.K, Manish Kumar Singh, Karishma Sinha, Gopala Raju A., Nitin R More, Digamber P. Yadav
    Evaluation of Non-Evaporable Getter Cartridges for upgradation of Indus-1 Vacuum System DAE-BRNS International symposium on vacuum science and technology and its applications in accelerators,
    BARC, Mumbai, Feb., 16-19, 2022

  2. Tripti Bansod, Vijay Singh Bais, P. Ganesh, RK Gupta , D. P. Yadav , Rakesh Kaul
    Ti-Zr-V film deposition in low conduction UHV chambers using Ar and Kr, their vacuum and surface characterization DAE-BRNS International symposium on vacuum science and technology and its applications in accelerators,
    BARC, Mumbai, Feb., 16-19, 2022

  3. Prateek Bhatnagar, Vishnu Pandey, S. K. Tiwari, Vijay Singh Bais, Digamber P. Yadav
    Development of Thin Film Heaters for Baking of UHV Chambers for INDUS-2 DAE-BRNS International symposium on vacuum science and technology and its applications in accelerators,
    BARC, Mumbai, Feb., 16-19, 2022

  4. Dhananjay Y Deokar, Hemkant Sharma, Vipin Chand Rajbar, K.V.A.N.P.S. Kumar, Sujata Joshi, D. P. Yadav
    Design enhancement of indigenously developed BAG controllers in RRCAT DAE-BRNS International symposium on vacuum science and technology and its applications in accelerators,
    BARC, Mumbai, Feb., 16-19, 2022

  5. B.K. Sindal, K.V.A.N.P.S. Kumar, Vijay Singh Bais, T.R. Meena, Vijay K. Bhardwaj, B. Sisodia, B.N. Upadhyay, D. P. Yadav, Purushottam Shrivastava
    Indigenous Development of Titanium coated Alumina Ceramic UHV Chambers for Pinger Magnets of Indus-2,
    Indian Particle Accelerator Conference, VECC, Kolkata, Mar., 22-25, 2022

  6. Vishnumolakala Sriharsha, D Y Deokar, Praveen K Agrawal, Sujata Joshi, Digamber P. Yadav, Purushottam Shrivastava
    Design, Fabrication and Testing of upgraded current measurement circuit up to femtoampere range for Ionization gauge,
    Indian Particle Accelerator Conference, VECC, Kolkata, Mar., 22-25, 2022

  7. Shailesh Kumar Tiwari, Lokesh Kumar Babbar, Ajay Kumar Soni, Deepjwalit Vaishnav, D. P. Yadav, T. A. Puntambekar, Purushottam Shrivastava
    Ultra-High Vacuum Performance Evaluation of Upgraded Diagnostics Devices for Indus-2 and Prototype Beam Position Monitor for Low Emittance Storage Ring
    Indian Particle Accelerator Conference, VECC, Kolkata, Mar., 22-25, 2022

  8. Sushil Kumar Sharma,Vijay Bais, Vikas Jain, D. P. Yadav, Purushottam Shrivastava
    Study of upgraded photon absorber design for Indus-2 Storage Ring
    Indian Particle Accelerator Conference, VECC, Kolkata, Mar., 22-25, 2022

  9. Vishnu Pandey, Ramdular Yadav, Prateek Bhatnagar, D. P. Yadav, Purushottam Shrivastava
    Development, testing, evaluation & calibration of thermocouple sensors for temperature measurement of UHV Chambers in Indus-2.
    Indian Particle Accelerator Conference, VECC, Kolkata, Mar., 22-25, 2022

Journal Articles

2015

  1. Kumar A.*, Ganesh P.*, Kaul R.*, Bhatnagar V.K.*, Yedle K.N.*, Sankar P.R.*, Sindal B.*, Kumar K.V.*, Singh M.K.*, Rai S.K.*, Bose A.*, Veerbhadraiah T.*, Ramteke S.*, Sridhar R.*, Mundra G.*, Joshi S.C.*, Kukreja L.M.*
    A New Vacuum Brazing Route for Niobium-316L Stainless Steel Transition Joints for Superconducting RF Cavities
    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 24, no. 2, p. 952-963, 2015.

2016

  1. Kumar A.*, Ganesh P.*, Kaul R.*, Rao P.C.*, Yadav D.P.*, Sindal B.*, Gupta R.K.*, Shridhar R.*, Joshi S.C.*, Singh B.*
    Process development for vacuum brazed niobium-316L stainless steel transition joints for superconducting cavities
    ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science & Engineering, 2016. DOI: 10.1115/1.4034716

2022

  1. Sharma S.K., Jain V.K., Ganesh P., Gupta R.K., Yadav D.P., Kaul R.
    Investigation of Ultra-High Vacuum Compatible Weld Joints of AA5083 and AA6061 Materials for Synchrotron Radiation Source
    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Feb. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-06589-8

Internal Report Published

  1. Babbar L. K, Kumar Mukesh, Upadhyaya B. N., Bhatnagar V. K., Sisodia Brahmanand, Yadav D. P., Sindal Balkrishna, Tiwari S. K., Tyagi Y., Holikatti A. C., Yadav Surendra, Vaishnav Deepjwalit, Yogendra M. Shethand Puntambekar T. A.
    Design and Development of Upgraded Integrated Type Beam Position Indicators for Dipole Vacuum Chambers of Indus-2 SRS
    eInternal Report RRCAT/2019-10

  2. Babbar L. K, Kumar Mukesh, Yadav D. P., Upadhyaya B. N., Bhatnagar V. K., Sisodia Brahmanand, Sindal Balkrishna, Tiwari S. K., Tyagi Y., Holikatti A. C., Yadav Surendra, Soni Ajay Kumar, Vaishnav Deepjwalit, Yogendra M. Sheth and Puntambekar T. A.
    Design and Development of Flange Integrated Beam Position Monitors for Indus-1 Storage Ring and Infrared Free Electron Laser Set-up
    eInternal Report RRCAT/2019-11

  3. Bansod Tripti, Sindal B K, Shukla S K, Sridhar R,
    Development of Non Evaporable Getter (NEG) Coating Technology and Optimization of NEG Coating Parameters,
    Vol. RRCAT/2016-12

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