Pratik Patel

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Collider Accelerator Department
Bldg. 1005S, Room 2-203
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-2843
ppatel@bnl.gov

Expertise | Education | Publications | Awards | Certifications

Expertise

Pratik has extensive experience in Cryogenic field with strong background in cryogenic system in major international scientific projects including ITER, EIC (Electron Ion Collider) , RHIC (Relativstic Heavy Ion Collder).

Skilled in cryoplant upgrades, 4K distribution cold box system and its components like heat exchanger, cryogenic valves, rotating components, phase seperator and cryoline.

Conducted various desgin reviews, manufacturing reviews, factory and site acceptance tests, and international collaborations.

Strong record of team coordination, technical documentation, and research dissemination through publications and conferences.

Author and Co author of more than 20 publications and conferences.

Education

M.Tech (Thermal System Design) from SVNIT,  India.

B.E. (Mechanical) from Factulty of Technology Engineering (Maharaja Sayajirao University), India.

Selected Publications

• Patel P, Vaghela H, Muralidhara S, et al (2021) Design and performance assessment of cold compressor for a typical cold box of large tokamak machines. Cryogenics 118:103331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2021.103331
• Patel P, Vaghela H, Muralidhara S, et al (2020) Experiences during Design, Fabrication, Assembly and Factory Acceptance Test of the ITER Cryoplant Termination Cold Box. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 755:012088. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/755/1/012088
• Patel P, Vaghela H, Bhattacharya R, et al (2017) Exergy based analytical investigation of cryogenic loop of test auxiliary cold box. Indian Journal of Cryogenics 42:44. https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2120.2017.00006.1

Awards & Recognition

September 2022         Recognition of Expert talk for Basics of Fusion energy and use of Cryogenic system in ITER project, Rajkot, India

October 2022             Honor for National Cryogenic engineering conference invited talk, IIT Kharagpur, India

June 2023                  Award for ITER Fusion project Spot Awards, France

August 2025              Award for taking on a lot of extra cryogenic mechanical engineering work

Certifications

Certified in Project Management Associate (IMPA Level D)

Certified ASPEN HYSYS Fundamentals of Design and Rating of Shell & Tube HXs.

Certified in ANSYS basic training (Thermal and structural analysis)

Certified course in Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMEA) (ReliaSoft’s Reliability Seminar)