Dr. Sujoy Kumar Saha

Dr. Sujoy Kumar Saha Professor ,   Mechanical Engineering Post Doctoral Research on UNESCO contract with Fellowship of The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (07/2009--10/2009). Post Doctoral Research from Dalhousie University, Canada (05/2000-05/2001). Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1991). MME from Jadavpur University (1983). BME from Jadavpur University (1981).

 

Contact Addresses

	Residence	PRATICHI-300, BESUS Campus, Howrah 711 103, West Bengal, India
	Phone (office)	+91 - 33 - 26684561/62/63 Ext. 780
	Mobile	+91 - 9830493430
	email	sujoy_k_saha@hotmail.com, sujoyks@yahoo.com, sujoyks@mech.becs.ac.in, sujoykumarsaha@rediffmail.com, sjykmrsh@gmail.com

 

Research Areas

• Thermal Engineering / Heat Power/Heat Transfer Enhancement.

 

Recent Publications

• S. K. Saha, S. K. Saha and S. Dutta 1984 Numerical Analysis of Some Performance Criteria of a Mechanical Counterflow Type Cooling Tower IE ( I ), Mechanical Engineering Division 65 18-25
• S. K. Saha, U. N. Gaitonde and A. W. Date, Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Laminar Flow in a Circular Tube Fitted with Regularly Spaced Twisted-Tape Elements, Exp. Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. - 2, No. - 3, Pages - 310-322, 1989
• S. K. Saha, U. N. Gaitonde and A. W. Date, Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Turbulent Flow in a Circular Tube Fitted with Regularly Spaced Twisted-Tape Elements, Exp. Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. - 3, No. - 6, Pages - 632-640, 1990
• A. W. Date and S. K. Saha, Numerical Prediction of Laminar Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in a Tube Fitted with Regularly Spaced Twisted-Tape Elements, Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. - 11, No. - 4, Pages - 346-354, 1990
• H. Chattopadhyay and S. K. Saha, Numerical Investigations of Heat Transfer over a Moving Surface due to Impinging Knife-Jets, Numerical Heat Transfer , Part A (Applications ), Vol. - 39, No. - 5, Pages - 531-549, 2001
• S. K. Saha and A. Dutta, Thermohydraulic Study of Laminar Swirl Flow through a Circular Tube Fitted with Twisted Tapes, ASME J. Heat Transfer, Vol. - 123, No. - 3, Pages - 417-427, 2001
• S. K. Saha, A. Dutta and S. K. Dhal, Friction and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Laminar Swirl Flow through a Circular Tube Fitted with Twisted Tapes, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. - 44, No. - 22, Pages - 4211-4223, 2001
• S. K. Saha and P. Langille, Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Laminar Flow through a Circular Tube with Longitudinal Strip Inserts under Uniform Wall Heat Flux, ASME J. Heat Transfer, Vol. - 124, No. - 3, Pages - 421-432, 2002
• H. Chattopadhyay and S. K. Saha, Simulation of Laminar Flow Slot Jets Heat Transfer Impinging on a Moving Surface, ASME J. Heat Transfer, Vol. - 124, No. - 6, Pages - 1049-1055, 2002
• Himadri Chattopadhyay and Sujoy K. Saha, Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer from a Slot Jet Impinging on a Moving Plate, Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. - 24, No. - 5, Pages - 685-697, 2003
• S. K. Saha & D. N. Mallick, Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Laminar Flow in Rectangular and Square Plain Ducts and Ducts with Twisted Tapes, ASME J Heat Transfer, Vol. - 127, No. - 9, Pages - 966-977, 2005
• Debashis Pramanik and Sujoy K. Saha, Thermohydraulics of Laminar Flow through Rectangular and Square Ducts with Transverse Ribs and Twisted Tapes, ASME J Heat Transfer, Vol. - 128, No. - 10, Pages - 1070-1080, 2006
• Ashis K.Mazumder and Sujoy K. Saha, Enhancement of Thermohydraulic Performance of Turbulent Flow in Rectangular and Square Ribbed Ducts with Twisted-Tape Inserts, ASME J Heat Transfer, Vol. - 130, No. - 8, Pages - 081702 (10 pages), 2008
• P.K.Pal and S.K.Saha, Accepted for publication, Thermal and friction characteristics of laminar flow through square and rectangular ducts with transverse ribs and twisted tapes with and without oblique teeth, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer
• S. K. Saha, U. N. Gaitonde and A. W. Date, 1988, ‘Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Laminar Flow in a Circular Tube Fitted with Regularly Spaced Twisted-Tape Elements’, First World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, Sept. 4-9, pp 511-518.
•     S. K. Saha and B. K. Barman, 1997, ‘ Laminar Swirl Flow Heat Transfer Characteristics’, 16th National Symposium on Cryogenics, IIT Kharagpur, Dec. 10-12, p 25.
•     S. K. Saha, B. K. Barman and D. N. Mallick, 1997 ‘Pressure Drop Characteristics of Laminar Swirl Flow’, 24th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Dec. 26-28, B. E. College ( DU ), Vol. II, pp E1-E7.
•     S. K. Saha and D. Chakraborty, 1997, ‘ Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Laminar Flow through a Circular Tube Fitted with Regularly Spaced Twisted-Tape Elements with Multiple Twists’, 3rd ISHMT-ASME and 14th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Kanpur, Dec. 29-31, pp 313-318.
•     S. K. Saha, 1998, ‘ Heat Transfer Characteristics of Laminar Periodic Swirl Flow of a Thermic Fluid’, 5th Annual Paper Meet, IE Bangladesh, Mech. Engg. Division, 5-7 Nov., pp 47-56.
•     S. K. Saha, D. N. Mallick and A. K. Mazumder, 1998, ‘Heat Transfer Augmentation Techniques – An Energy Saving Effort’, 14th National Convention of Mechanical Engineers’, IE ( I ), Tamil Nadu State Centre, 20-21 Nov.
•     S. K. Saha, 1998, ‘ Non-Isothermal Pressure Drop Characteristics for Laminar Swirl Flow of a Thermic Fluid’, 25th National and 1st International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Delhi, Dec. 15-17, Vol. II, pp 657-667.
•     S. K. Saha, 1999, ‘ Study of the Effect of Phase Angle Difference in the Consecutive Twisted-Tape Elements on Laminar Swirl Flow Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics’, Renewable Energy Congress, 14-16 Jan., TBU, Kalyani University, pp 142-150.
•     S. K. Saha, 1999, ‘ Energy Conservation by the Application of Heat Transfer Augmentation Techniques – Few Case Studies’, 2nd All India Peoples Technology Congress, Science City, Kolkata, 12-14 Feb., Energy pp 8-
•     S. K. Saha, 1999,‘ Study of Fin Effect of the Twisted Tape on the Heat Transfer in Laminar Swirl Flow’, 17th National Symposium on Cryogenics, Priyadarshini College of Engineering and Architecture, Nagpur, 19-21 Feb., p 3.
•     S. K. Saha, 1999, ‘ Thermohydraulic Studies of Twisted-Tape-Generated Laminar Periodic Swirl Flow through a Circular Tube’, 26th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kharagpur, Dec. 15-17, pp 268-274.
•     Himadri Chattopadhyay, Sujoy K. Saha and Nimai K. Mitra, 2000, ‘ LES of Heat Transfer from Impinging Jets over a Moving Surface’, 4th ISHMT-ASME and 15th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IAT Pune, Jan. 12-14, pp 339-344.
•     S. K. Saha and K. Bhunia, 2000, ‘ Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Varying-Pitch Twisted-Tape-Generated Laminar Smooth Swirl Flow’, 4th ISHMT-ASME and 15th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IAT Pune, Jan. 12-14, pp 423-428.
•     S. K. Saha, 2001, ‘ Twisted-Tape-Generated Single-Phase Turbulent Swirl Flow Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics – A Critical Review of the Open Literature’, 28th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Punjab Engineering College, 13-15 Dec., pp 385-392.
•     Himadri Chattopadhyay and Sujoy K. Saha, 2002, ‘Analysis of Heat Transfer from a Moving Surface due to Impinging Laminar Jets’, 5th ISHMT-ASME and 16th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Science City, Kolkata, Jan. 3-5, pp 289-294.
•     S. K. Saha, 2002, ‘ Heat Transfer by Mixed Convection in Plain Square Tubes and in Square Tubes with Full-Length Twisted-Tapes’, Int. Symposium on Recent Trends in Heat and Mass Transfer, IIT Guwahati, 6-8 Jan., ISRTHMT 02-122.
•     S. K. Saha, P. Basu and A. Dutta, 2002, ‘Performance of a Novel Horizontal Gas-Solid Separator in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Riser, CFB Technology VII, 7th International Conference on CFB, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 5-8, pp 567-574.
•     Himadri Chattopadhyay and Sujoy K. Saha, 2003, ‘Turbulent Flow Structure of a Jet Impinging on a Moving Plate’, 90th Indian Sc. Congress, Bangalore, Engineering Sciences Section, Jan. , p 7.
•     S. K. Saha, 2003, ‘ Thermohydraulics of Short-Length Twisted-Tape-Generated Lamianr Decaying Swirl Flow in Non-Circular Ducts’, 30th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, 11-13 Dec., pp 535-542.
•     S. K. Saha, Sanjoy Dey and Ashis K. Dab, 2004, ‘Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Mixed Convection in Non-Circular Plain Tubes and Tubes with Twisted Tapes’, 6th ISHMT-ASME and 17th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Jan. 5-7, pp 173-177.
•     A. K. Mazumder, D. Pramanik and S. K. Saha, 2004, “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Turbulent Flow of Air in Rectangular and Square Channels with Rib Turbulators and Short-Length Twisted Tapes”, Proc. 31st National Conf. on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Jadavpur University, Dec 16-18, pp 695-702.
•     A. K. Mazumder and S. K. Saha, 2006, “Thermohydraulics of Turbulent Flow through Rectangular and Square Ducts with Transverse Rib Turbulators on Two Opposite Surfaces of the Ducts Fitted with Twisted Tapes”, Proc., 18th National & 7th ISHMT-ASME Heat Mass Transfer Conf., Jan 4-6, 2006, IIT Guwahati, pp 100-107. 
•     D. Pramanik, A. K. Mazumder and S. K. Saha, 2006, “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Flow through Rectangular and Square Ribbed Ducts with Twisted-Tape Inserts”, Proc. 13th International Heat Transfer Conference, Sydney, Australia during 13-18 August, 2006.
•     Ashis K. Mazumder and Sujoy K. Saha, 2006, “Energy Savings in a Gas Turbine Blade Cooling Passage—Technology Innovation”, Proc. 2nd Joint International Conference on “Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEE 2006)”, 21-23 November, 2006, Bangkok, Thailand, pp 671-676.
•     Saha, S. K., Mallick, D.N., Pal, P. K., Rout, P. K., Swain, B. N. and Polley, P. P., 2007, " Thermohydraulics of Laminar Flow through a Square Duct with Transverse Ribs and Twisted Tapes with and without Oblique Teeth", Proc. 18th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, August 27-30, 2007, pp 603-608.
•     Saha, S.K. and Pal, P.K., 2007, " Thermohydraulics of Laminar Flow through a Square Duct with Transverse Ribs and Twisted Tapes with and without Oblique Teeth", Proc. 34th National Conf. on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Dec. 10-12, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, India, pp 863-868.
•    Saha, S.K. and Pal, P.K., 2008, " Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Laminar Flow through a Square Duct with Transverse Ribs and Twisted Tapes with and without Oblique Teeth", Proc. 19th National & 8th ISHMT - ASME Heat Mass Transfer Conf., January 3-5, paper no. HTE-3, JNTU, Hyderabad, India.

Courses Undertaken

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering , BESU, Shibpur - 7111 03, INDIA