Experimental Measurements of Clothes Dryer Drum Heat and Mass Transfer Effectiveness

Conference Year

July 2018

Authors

Kyle R Gluesenkamp, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of AmericaFollow
Philip Boudreaux, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of AmericaFollow
Bo Shen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of AmericaFollow
Dakota Goodman, University of LouisvilleFollow
Viral Patel, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of AmericaFollow

Keywords

Heat pump dryer, clothes dryer, mass transfer, tumble, dryer drum

Abstract

Accurate system modeling of a clothes dryer requires a drum component that displays correct trends with respect to changing conditions. In this work, a model of drum heat and mass transfer effectiveness is adopted. Within this framework, experimental measurements of drum effectiveness are investigated with respect to several variables: drum volume, load mass, cloth type, drum volumetric air flow rate, and drum entering air temperature. These data can inform the modeling and simulation of any clothes dryer with horizontal-axis, axial-flow tumble-type clothes dryer drum.