Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B (대한기계학회논문집B)

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Thermal Characteristics of an Electric Clothes Dryer

의류건조기의 열적 특성에 관한 실험

  • 김준호 (한국항공대학교 항공우주 및 기계공학부) ;
  • 장석필 (한국항공대학교 항공우주 및 기계공학부) ;
  • 최철진 (LG 전자 DA 사업본부 연구소) ;
  • 황교식 (한국항공대학교 항공우주 및 기계공학부) ;
  • 이호재 (한국생산기술연구원)
  • Published : 2009.08.01
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Abstract

In this paper, drying mechanism is analyzed for improving the energy efficiency of an electric clothes dryer which consumes more electric power than other appliances. For the purpose, characteristic curves of the dryer such as temperature, relative humidity, evaporation rate, mass transfer coefficient, remaining moisture content curves are experimentally obtained. Based on the experimental results and analysis of drying mechanism, the effect of power of a heater and heat loss on the power consumption of an electric clothes dryer are systematically presented. These results demonstrate the feasibility of controlling heat loss at the heater as well as the backduct component to decrease the power consumption of an electric clothes dryer.

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