• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.8-13
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• 2015

The objective of this paper is to provide design data of fin-tube heat exchanger which have a large diameter oval tube for dryer application. In this study, the heat transfer and pressure drop performance characteristics of the fin-tube heat exchanger were compared with Dittus-Boelter and a new correlation equation using Wilson plot method. The simulation results based on section by section method were compared with experimental results. These results showed that a new correlation equation using Wilson plot method provided better prediction, about 3 to 12%, than the Dittus-Boelter equation, from the experiment comparison. Also, the pressure drop of simulation results showed much more deviation with the experimental results.