Thulukkanam Kuppan works for the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, and is based in Chennai, India. He is author of the successful Heat Exchanger Design Handbook, First Edition published by Marcel-Dekker (now CRC Press) in 2000. Kuppan is a noted authority in the area of heat exchangers, pressure vessels, and railway technologies. He has years of practical experience through his work with the Indian Railways, and is well-known in industry and academia in South Asia.

Heat Exchangers: Introduction, Classification, and Selection. Heat Exchanger Thermohydraulic Fundamentals. Heat Exchanger Thermal Design. Classification and Construction Details of Tube-Fin Compact Heat. Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Design. Plate Heat Exchangers and Spiral Plate Heat Exchangers. Heat Transfer Augmentation. Fouling. Flow-Induced Vibration of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers. Mechanical Design of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers. Corrosion. Material Selection and Fabrication. Quality Control and Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Nondestructive Testing. Heat Exchanger Fabrication. Heat Exchanger Installation, Operation, and Maintenance. References. Index