Thermoelectric Heat Pump Clothes Dryer using Secondary Loop Heat Exchangers: Experimental Evaluation

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

OSTI ID:1474591

Patel, Viral K.  ^[1]; Gluesenkamp, Kyle R.  ^[1]

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1. ORNL

Past work has shown that thermoelectric clothes dryers are capable of much higher efficiency than electric resistance clothes dryers. In an effort to improve performance and reduce material utilization, this work explores a new secondary loop system configuration. In this configuration, heat is transferred between air and the thermoelectric heat pumps via two water loops and two water-to-air fin-tube type heat exchangers. In this work, performance is investigated and analyzed using experimental data.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1474591
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5th International High Performance Buildings Conference at Purdue - West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America - 7/9/2018 4:00:00 AM-7/12/2018 4:00:00 AM
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English