Thermal analysis of a new concept in a household clothes tumbler dryer

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1562-1571

  Bansal, Pradeep ^a   Sharma, Karishma ^a   Islam, Sumana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clothes tumbler dryer; Efficiency; Moisture extraction rate; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MOISTURE; THERMOANALYSIS; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

DRYING CYCLE; ELECTRIC HEATER; MOISTURE EXTRACTION; POWER INPUT;

HEATING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 75549084386     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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