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Title: Energy consumption and usage characteristics from field measurements of residential dishwashers, clothes washers and clothes dryers

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5773767

The measured energy consumption and usage characteristics for household dishwashers, clothes washers, and clothes dryers for ten townhouses at Twin Rivers, N.J., are presented. Whenever the dishwashers and/or clothes washers were in use, the energy consumption, water consumption, frequency of usage, and water temperature were measured by a data acquisition system. The electrical energy of electric clothes dryers and the gas consumption of gas clothes dryers were measured, as well as their frequency and duration of use, and exhaust temperature. Typical household usage patterns of these major appliances are included.

Research Organization:
National Engineering Lab. (NBS), Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
5773767
Report Number(s):
PB-81-179160
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English