Field usage and its impact on energy consumption of refrigerator/freezers

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:211872

Gage, C L ^[1]

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1. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States). Air Pollution Prevention and Control Div.

This study investigated the effect of door openings and kitchen environment on the energy consumption of nine household refrigerator/freezers (R/Fs) in the field. The factors under consideration include fresh food and freezer door openings, length of door openings, ambient kitchen temperature, and kitchen relative humidity (RH). Average daily energy consumption for the nine units ranged from 1.7 to 5.3 kWh/day. Energy consumption was found to correlate with kitchen temperature and the number of door openings. No dependence on kitchen relative humidity was found. In general, the magnitude of the door opening component of energy consumption was higher for the more efficient units.

• OSTI ID: 211872
• Report Number(s): CONF-950624-; TRN: IM9617%%188
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), San Diego, CA (United States), 24-28 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of ASHRAE transactions 1995: Technical and symposium papers. Volume 101, Part 2; PB: 1497 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
REFRIGERATORS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FREEZERS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
HUMAN FACTORS