Publication Type
Conference Paper
Book Title
Proceedings of the 5th International High Performance Buildings Conference at Purdue, July 9 – 12, 2018
Publication Date
Conference Name
5th International High Performance Buildings Conference at Purdue
Conference Location
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
Conference Date
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Abstract
Accurate system modeling of a clothes dryer requires a drum component model 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.
