About the Authors

Basant Agrawal

He is a Sr. Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at SGSITS Indore and presently pursuing a Ph.D. from IIT Delhi. With over ten years of teaching experience, his areas of interests include thermodynamics and heat engines, heat transfer, refrigeration systems, I.C. engines, steam turbines, etc. He has published 30 research papers in various international / national journals and conferences. With a B.E. and M.Tech. from MANIT Bhopal, he is a gold medalist in M.Tech. from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal.

Dr. C. M. Agrawal

He is a Dean (Academic) and Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MANIT Bhopal. With over thirty-nine years of teaching experience for UG and PG levels and guiding research scholars, he has published and presented 47 research papers in various international / national journals and conferences. With a B.E. from BIT Sindri in 1968, M.Tech. and Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur, he received “Best Application Oriented Paper Award” at AIMTDR Jadavpur University, in 1988.

Acknowledgements

Authors of the book are thankful to the editorial and production staff, Ms Vibha Mahajan, Ms Shalini Jha, Ms Tina Jajoriya, Ms Sohini Mukherjee and Ms Suneeta S Bohra, at Tata McGraw Hill Education for their assistance and cooperation.