PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6th NATIONAL HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER CONFERENCE, DECEMBER 29-31, 1981 S.N. Paper No. Title Author Page No. SECTION – A : INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS 1. HMT-87-81 Economical insulation thickness for pipes and ducts Manohar Prasad A-1 2. HMT-90-81 Cooling of electrical motors by E-H-D (ElectroHydro-Dynamic) technique S.D. Bagchi A-7 3. HMT-3-81 Thermal analysis of steam-generator employing rocket engine technology V.S. Prasad A-13 4. HMT-116-81 MHD test combustor rig using producer gas A.V.Narayanan, G.V.S.Rao, V.R.Malghan A-17 5. HMT-120-81 Utilisation of solar energy for treatment of industrial wastes R.V. Amalraj, H.N.Siriah, C.Anand Babu, P.K.Sinha A-23 6. HMT-86-81 Energy from African Payal (Salvinia) R.V.G.MEnon, R.Naryana Iyer A-27 7. HMT-12-81 Practical aspects of boiler feedwater heater design M.R. Shanker, S.A. Nene A-31 8. HMT-104-81 Experimental investigation of two-stage steam-jet air ejectors G. Rama Mohana Rao, V.M.K. Sastri A-39 9. HMT-15-81 Heat transfer in coal-oil-gas slurry heaters K.R.K. Sarma A-45 10. HMT-21-81 Heat transfer from smooth horizontal tubes immersed in gas fluidized beds P.J. Shah, S.N.Upadhyay, S.C. Sexana A-51 11. HMT-80-81 A generalized correlation for heat transfer between a gas-solid fluidized bed of small particles and an immersed staggered array of horizontal tubes N.S. Grewal A-63 12. HMT-82-81 Experimental study of fluidized bed wood combustion S.C.Bhattacharya, Srinath, T.Ahmed A-77 13. HMT-52-81 Heat transfer from a fluidized coal bed combustor D.Ray, B. Chakraborty, P.K.Wag A-81 14. HMT-123-81 Influence of bed temperature on the local heat transfer to a fluidized bed combustor R.Vadivel, V.N.Vedamurthy A-87 15. HMT-76-81 On hydrogen from coal S.Selvarajan, D.Kannappan A-93 1 16. HMT-57-81 Theoretical analysis of air cooled oil gun temperatures K.M.V. Malarkkan, D.K.Abbey, G. Sreekanth A-97 17. HMT-17-81 Design and development of an aircooler for the 250mm free jet intermittent hypersonic wind tunnel at VSSC P. Ramakrishna Chadaga A-103 SECTION – B : NUCLEAR HEAT TRANSFER 18. HMT-64-81 Dynamic modeling of a NMFBR plant G.Vaidyanathan, A.L.Kothandaraman, A.Rajkumar, G.R.Raviprasan B-1 19. HMT-114-81 Optimum detector location for the flow blockage detection in fast reactors by thermal noise Chandrer Raju, R.D.Kale, V.M.K. Sastri B-7 20. HMT-44-81 An analysis of the steady state thermal aspects of coolant line freezing technique used in nuclear reactor maintenance S. Sankara Narayanan, N.Veeraraghavan B-13 21. HMT-85-81 Heatex: a computer code for steady state performance of a nuclear steam generator S.K. Chaki, T.A. Patwegar, L.G.K.Murty B-19 22. HMT-99-81 Validation and comparison of computer codes for reactor safety analysis for loss of coolant accident H.G.Lele, S.K.Gupta, L.G.K.Murthy B-27 23. HMT-38-81 Determination of response time of core thermocouples of the fast breeder test reactor B.Prahlad, K.Swaminathan, R.D.Kale B-35 24. HMT-89-81 Three wire thermocouple technique to measure surface temperatures of current carrying conductors M.D.Mehta, H.Ramamurthy B-41 25. HMT-16-81 Two phase shock propagation: Numerical simulation Subhash Chandra B-45 26. HMT-63-81 Process design of sodium heated once-through steam generators A.L.Kothandaraman, G.Vaidyanathan B-51 27. HMT-101-81 Thermosyphon analysis of Rajasthan atomic power stations primary heat transport system S.B.Rao, N.Ramamoorthy, S.K.Bandyopadhyay, L.G.K. Murthy B-59 28. HMT-73-81 Computer aided design of condensers for mixtures of vapor and noncondensable gases in a radiochemical plant S.A.K. Jeelani, M.Venkatarman, G.R.Balasubramanian B-65 29. HMT-53-81 Design of dissociating gas cooled fast breeder reactors V.G.Kubair B-73 2 SECTION - C : HEAT EXCHANGERS 30. HMT-37-81 Heating time of pebble bed air preheaters K.A. Damodaran, Job Kurian C- 1 31. HMT-92-81 Sizing of intercondenser in a two stage steam jet air ejector P.S.V. Kurma Rao C-5 32. HMT-10-81 Increased heat recovery by carbon dioxide injection in thermal regenerator A.I. Khandwawala, S.A.Asif C-9 33. HMT-75-81 Dynamic response of a vertical U-tube steam generator A.K.Ghosh, S.K.Chaki, L.G.K.Murthy C-15 34. HMT-102-81 Heat and mass transfer in evaporative tubular heat exchanger R.S. Rana, V.Charan C-21 35. HMT-79-81 Parametric studies of direct contact evaporation in spray columns P. Battya, Vijay R. Raghavan, K.N.Seetharamu C-27 36. HMT-68-81 Mathematical simulation of transients in shell and tube heat exchangers S.M. Karanne, R.B.Grover, V.P. Kulkarni, V.Venkat Raj C-33 SECTION – D : CONVECTION 37. HMT-51-81 Laminar heat transfer in the entrance region of a parallel plate channel A.K. Mohanty, Reeta Das D-1 38. HMT-7-81 Analysis of heat transfer in Newtonian and nonNewtonina turbulent flow in smooth tubes A.K.M.A. Quader D-7 39. HMT-54-81 Performance evaluation of spirally corrugated tubes with multiple helical starts for turbulent flow heat transfer to high Prandtl number power law fluids S.Ganeshan, R.Sethumadhavan, M.Raja Rao D-13 40. HMT-2-81 Characteristics o fluid flow in an annulus with rotating inner tube B.T. Nijaguna, K.Ravindra Rao D-21 41. HMT-29-81 Influence of turbulence intensity on heat transfer to gas turbine nozzle blade G.N.Rao, W.V. Nabar D-29 42. HMT-98-81 Effects of turbulence on the distribution of heat transfer over turbine blade cascades V. Krishnamoorthy D-33 43. HMT-1-81 An analysis of flow through noncircular annual passages by fine element method S.C.Solanki, J.S.Saini, C.P.Gupta D-39 44. HMT-65-81 Parametric methods applied to free-convection heat transfer problems O.G.Martynenko, Yu.A.Sokovishin D-45 3 45. HMT-77-81 Turbulent heat transfer from a vertical surface to a thermally stratified medium K.Hima Sekhar, C.K.Sarma, P.K. Sarma D-55 46. HMT-11-81 V.M. Soundalgekar, N.V.Vighnesam D-61 47. HMT-93-81 Combined free and forced convection flow of water at 4 C past a vertical semi-infinite porous plate A note on heat transfer under combined free and forced convection F.F.Ling D-65 48. HMT-69-81 Investigations on natural convection heat transfer in narrow vertical annuli P.K. Vijayan, D.Saha, V.Venkat Raj D-69 49. HMT-126-81 Correlations for fully developed turbulent flow through circular and noncircular channels R.K. Shah, R.S. Johnson D-75 SECTION – E : CONDUCTION 50. HMT-45-81 Analysis of the temperature distributions in a system of two heat generating co-axial hollow cylinders having two separate heat sinks B. Jayaswal, S.Sankara Narayanan, N.Veeraghavan E-1 51. HMT-23-81 An improved numerical method for transient heat conduction problem T.K.Bhattacharyya, A.B.Datta E-7 52. HMT-31-81 Transient temperature response of a convectively cooled flat plate with non-uniform flux over a portion of its opposite face P. Janardanan E-13 53. HMT-32-81 Two dimensional coupled heat transfer analysis by finite element method H.S. Kushwaha, A. Kakodkar E-17 54. HMT-33-81 Thermal response analysis for nonlinear heat transfer problem by finite element method B.K. Dutta, H.S. Kushwala, A.Kakodkar E-23 55. HMT-62-81 Analytical study of a storage tank S.K. Gupta, V. Jaluria E-27 56. HMT-39-81 Planar solidification of a saturated liquid under different boundary conditions R.V.Seeniraj, T.K. Bose E-35 57. HMT-115-81 Steady state temperature on obliquely moving heat sources V.V.S. Sastry, T.L.Sitharama Rao, P.K.Venuvinod E-39 SECTION – F : MASS TRANSFER 58. HMT-27-81 Absorption of hydrogen sulphide by aqueous sodium hydroxide solutions and by suspensions containing calcium hydroxide particles B.V.Umesh, N.Sathyamurthy, G.S. Laddha F-1 59. HMT-78-81 Unconventional electrodic transport for desalination S.M. Karkare, R.G. Edkie F-5 4 60. HMT-19-81 Influence of gas evolution on mass transport in a tank-type cell with electrodes of industrial dimensions B.K. Sadananda Rao, G.Venkatarman F-9 61. HMT-26-81 Field induced mass transfer V.Mohan, P.R.Madhavan, K. Padmanabhan, K.Chandrasekharan F-13 62. HMT-22-81 Liquid-solid mass transfer in a rotating catalyst basket reactor V.M.H.Govindarao, T.Srinivasan F-17 63. HMT-107-81 A system model for the dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid pressure during dialysis treatment Desh Deepak F-21 64. HMT-109-81 Clearance measurements by simultaneous hemodialysis and hemofiltration with different hemodialysers B.B.Gupta, M.V.Jaffrin F-25 65. HMT-28-81 Aqueous absorption of sulphur-di-oxide in packed towers V. Ramamoorthy, T.E.Degallesan, G.S.Laddha F-31 66. HMT-5-81 Determination of liquid film thickness and volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient in the film in horizontal rotary bioreactor S.N. Mukhopadhyay F-37 67. HMT-43-81 Competing reactions in a tubular reactor- a numerical model R.N.Ghar F-43 68. HMT-6-81 Mass transfer in helical coils D.P. Rao, C.K. Subramaniam F-49 SECTION – G : TRANSPORT PROPERTIES 69. HMT-4-81 Transport coefficients of a chemically reacting plasma G. Paran Gowda, M.L.Mittal G-1 70. HMT-36-81 Thermal conductivity of liquids Prabhuram, M.P.Saksena G-7 71. HMT-112-81 Studies on thermal diffusivity of some Indian coals J.Ramamohana Rao, B.K.Subba Rao, M.A.Tirunarayanan, V.R.Pai Verrekar G-13 72. HMT-20-81 Prediction of transport properties of liquids Mohmmad-Reza Riazi, Amir Faghri G-19 73. HMT-94-81 Transport properties of two temperature monatomic plasmas at very high temperatures D. Kannappan, T.K. Bose G-29 SECTION – H : BOILING, CONDENSATION AND TWO PHASE FLOW 5 74. HMT-124-81 Condensation heat transfer in vertical fluted tubes V.R. Radhakrishnan, R.Krebs H-1 75. HMT-35-81 Augmentation of heat transfer by electrolytic bubble evolution at a heated solid rod when a week electrolyte is flowing over it S.C.Bhand, G.C. Jain, C.P.Salgia, Jyotsna Kale H-7 76. HMT-71-81 Experimental measurement of pressure drop in diabatic two-phase flow and comparison of predictions of existing correlations with the experimental data P.K. Vijayan, B.Prabhakar, V.Venkat Raj H-13 77. HMT-24-81 Heat transfer studies of two-phase flow in straight and coiled tubes: Part-I : Straight tubes R.C. Sastry, A.Satyanarayana H-23 78. HMT-25-81 Heat transfer studies of two-phase flow in straight and coiled tubes: Part – II : Helical coils R.C. Sastry, A.Satyanarayana H-31 79. HMT-40-81 Forced convection subcooled laminar film boiling over a horizontal plate subjected to non-uniform heat flux G.Kamaraj, K.Narasimha Rao, V.Ganesan, K.N.Seetharamu H-37 80. HMT-70-81 Some techniques for flow visualization in air and water P.K.Vijayan, D.Saha, V.Venkat Raj H-45 81. HMT-125-81 Condensation of Freon –11 on plain and low fin single horizontal tubes V.B. Patil, D.K.Sane, A.Jaganmohan, B.S.Jagadish H-51 82. HMT-96-81 Nucleate pool boiling of binary mixtures at subatmospheric pressures S.K. Pandey, P.R.Sharma H-57 83. HMT-41-81 Enhancement of mass transfer due to pulsations in a gas-liquid system D.K.Guha, P.De H-61 SECTION – I : RADIATION 84. HMT-9-81 Combined natural convection and radiative heat transfer from rectangular cross-sectioned vertical fin arrays – a conjugate solution N.H.Saikhedkar, S.P.Sukhatme I-1 85. HMT-30-81 Monte carlo analysis of passive radiative cooler B.Venkataraman, D.R.Bhandari, H.Narayana Murthy I-7 86. HMT-119-81 Application of zone model for the prediction of luminous flame heat transfer C.V.S.Murty, M.V.Krishnamurthy I-15 87. HMT-91-81 Prediction of radiative base heating in alumnized composite propellant rockets M.S. Padmanabhan, S.K.Saxena I-21 88. HMT-50-81 Physical system theory modeling of radiative heat transfer D.S.Mishra, P.S.Satsangi I-25 6 89. HMT-58-81 Studies in thermal control system of apple spacecraft R.A.Katti, D.R.Bhandari, H.Naryana Murthy I-31 90. HMT-59-81 Thermal analysis of hollow cathode of an MPD arc thruster R.C.Mehta I-37 91. HMT-56-81 Calculation of the off-normal reflectance of a Teflon-aluminum surface G.Inayatullah, K.G.T.Hollands I-41 92. HMT-66-81 Some computational aspects of thermal radiative heat transfer S.Vaidyanathan, M.Achuthan, A.Jaganmohan I-47 7