Potential energy savings made by using a specific control strategy when tumble drying small loads

Applied Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 484-491

  Stawreberg, Lena ^a   Nilsson, Lars ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drying load; Energy efficiency; Theoretical model; Venting tumble dryer

Indexed keywords

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIRFLOW REDUCTION; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DRYING CYCLE; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; HEAT SUPPLY; SMALL LOAD; TEST RUNS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TUMBLE DRYERS;

DRYING;

AIRFLOW; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VENTING;

EID: 84870759915     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.045     Document Type: Article

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