Experimental Measurements of Clothes Dryer Drum Heat and Mass Transfer Effectiveness

Conference · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2018

OSTI ID:1471894

Gluesenkamp, Kyle R. ^[1]; Boudreaux, Philip R. ^[1]; Shen, Bo ^[1]; Goodman, Dakota K. ^[1]; Patel, Viral K. ^[1]

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Accurate system modeling of a clothes dryer requires a drum component model that displays correct trends with respect to changing conditions. In this work, a model of drum heat and mass transfer effectiveness is adopted. Within this framework, experimental measurements of drum effectiveness are investigated with respect to several variables: drum volume, load mass, cloth type, drum volumetric air flow rate, and drum entering air temperature. These data can inform the modeling and simulation of any clothes dryer with horizontal-axis, axial-flow tumble-type clothes dryer drum.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1471894
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English