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Experimental evaluation and thermodynamic system modeling of thermoelectric heat pump clothes dryer.

Number: pap. 2567

Author(s) : PATEL V. K., GOODMAN D., GLUESENKAMP K., et al.

Summary

Electric clothes dryers in the US consume about 6% of residential electricity consumption. Available electric clothes dryers today are either based on electric resistance (low-cost but energy-inefficient) or vapor compression (energy-efficient but high-cost). Thermoelectric dryers have the potential to alleviate the disadvantages of both through a low-cost, energy-efficient solution. This paper presents experimental results and steady state simulation of a prototype thermoelectric dryer. A thermoelectric model is coupled with a psychrometric dryer system model to design the experimental prototype. The results from the prototype are used to calibrate the model and identify important parameters that affect performance, such as relative humidity of air leaving the drum.

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  • Original title: Experimental evaluation and thermodynamic system modeling of thermoelectric heat pump clothes dryer.
  • Record ID : 30019022
  • Languages: English
  • Source: 2016 Purdue Conferences. 16th International Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Conference at Purdue.
  • Publication date: 2016/07/11

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