Since its inception in 1971, the Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT) has been pivotal in organizing its flagship biennial event, the Indian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC). It has been a unique platform in bringing together experts from academia and industry for the dissemination of ideas and sharing of knowledge in the field of heat and mass transfer. The 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC 2017) was organized jointly by the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Hyderabad Campus, and the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, in collaboration with the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE). It was held at the BITS Hyderabad Campus during December 27–30, 2017. Out of the total 576 contributed papers, 71 were related to enhanced heat transfer. These were carefully screened, and the selected ones were taken up for further review. Finally, seven papers focusing on various topics of current interest in enhanced heat transfer were chosen after peer review for publication in this special issue of the J urnal of Enhanced Heat Transfer . Arvind Pattamatta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He received his PhD from SUNY, Buffalo, NY in 2009. He is the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for the year 2013, INAE Young Engineer Award for the year 2015 and JSPS Invitational Fellowship for the year 2017. His research interests are in the area microand nanoscale energy transport. He has authored more than 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. After completing his PhD at IIT Bombay, Dr. M.P. Maiya joined the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Madras in 1988 and is presently serving as a professor since 2004. He has supervised 22 research scholar theses and close to 100 Masters and Bachelor’s degree student projects. He has published over 175 papers in international journals (70) and conferences. His research interests are sorption technology, desiccant, and evaporative cooling, air conditioning and ventilation, passive cooling of buildings, CO 2 refrigeration, metal hydrides, and energy systems. His accomplishments include 50 sponsored and consultancy projects, 25 Various Educational Programs, Fellow Membership from The Institution of Engineers (India), DAAD fellowship, organizing several workshops/conferences and best paper awards, editorial board memberships and editorships in journals, membership in selection/jury committees, several international academic assignments, and contribution to various professional societies. The guest editors appreciate the authors for their contributions and also thank all the reviewers for their prompt and critical comments. Special thanks are due to the Begell House publishing team for their cooperation.

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前言：2017 ISHMT-ASTFE 热传质会议专刊

自 1971 年成立以来，印度传热传质学会 (ISHMT) 在组织其两年一度的旗舰活动印度传热传质会议 (IHMTC) 方面发挥了关键作用。它是一个独特的平台，将学术界和工业界的专家聚集在一起，在传热和传质领域传播思想和分享知识。第 24 届全国和第 2 届国际 ISHMT-ASTFE 传热传质会议 (IHMTC 2017) 由 Birla 技术与科学学院 (BITS) 海得拉巴校区和印度理工学院海得拉巴校区联合举办，并与美国学会合作热和流体工程师 (ASTFE)。它于 2017 年 12 月 27 日至 30 日在 BITS 海得拉巴校区举行。 在总共 576 篇投稿论文中，71 项与增强传热有关。这些都经过仔细筛选，选定的那些被拿来作进一步审查。最后，经过同行评审后，七篇专注于增强传热领域当前关注的各种主题的论文被选中发表在 Jurnal of Enhanced Heat Transfer 的这一特刊上。Arvind Pattamatta 是印度马德拉斯理工学院机械工程系的副教授。他于 2009 年在纽约州立大学布法罗分校获得博士学位。他是 2013 年 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship、2015 年 INAE Young Engineer Award 和 2017 年 JSPS Invitational Fellowship 的获得者。他的研究兴趣在于领域微米和纳米级能量传输。他在同行评审的期刊和会议上发表了 90 多篇论文。在印度理工学院孟买完成博士学位后，MP Maiya 博士于 1988 年加入印度理工学院马德拉斯分校机械工程系，自 2004 年起担任教授。他指导了 22 篇研究性学术论文和近 100 项硕士和学士学位学生项目。他在国际期刊（70 篇）和会议上发表了超过 175 篇论文。他的研究兴趣是吸附技术、干燥剂和蒸发冷却、空调和通风、建筑物被动冷却、CO 2 制冷、金属氢化物和能源系统。他的成就包括 50 个赞助和咨询项目、25 个各种教育项目、来自印度工程师学会的研究员、DAAD 奖学金、组织多个研讨会/会议和最佳论文奖，编辑委员会成员和期刊编辑、遴选/评审委员会成员、多项国际学术任务以及对各种专业协会的贡献。客座编辑感谢作者的贡献，也感谢所有审稿人的及时和批判性评论。特别感谢 Begell House 出版团队的合作。