Heat Transfer Enhancement in Externally Finned Tubes and Internally Finned Tubes and Annuli

Sujoy Kumar Saha is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur Howrah, West Bengal, India. Madhu Sruthi Emani is a doctoral candidate working under the supervision of Dr. Sujoy Kumar Saha, at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, India. She is working in the area of Heat Transfer Enhancement for her PhD thesis. Anand Kumar Bharti is a doctoral candidate working under the supervision of Dr. Sujoy Kumar Saha, at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, India. He is working in the area of Heat Transfer Enhancement for his PhD thesis. Hrishiraj Ranjan is a doctoral candidate working under the supervision of Dr. Sujoy Kumar Saha, at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, India. He is working in the area of Heat Transfer Enhancement for his PhD thesis.

Chapter 1.Introduction.- Chapter 2.Round tubes having plain-plate fins.- Chapter 3. Circular Fins with Staggered Tubes, Low Integral-Fin Tubes.- Chapter 4. Enhanced Plate Fin Geometries with Round Tubes and Enhanced Circular Fin Geometries.- Chapter 5. Oval and Flat Tube Geometries, Row Effects in Tube Banks, Local Heat Transfer Coefficient on Plain Fins, Performance Comparison, Numerical Simulation and Patents, Coatings.- Chapter 6. Internally Finned Tubes and Spirally Fluted Tubes.- Chapter 7. Advanced Internal Fin Geometries and Finned Annuli.- Chapter 8.Conclusions.