THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE CLOTHES DRYER I.

Theoretical and experimental studies of a clothes dryer as well as a unique method using a formula from which optimum values for the drum rpm effective volume and heater capacity can be reasonably established to meet given desired performance and associated to the specifications of the clothes dryer. Thus, it has been proved that the optimum drum operating rpm should be preferably 79% of the number of revolutions of the drum under well balanced states of centrifugal and gravity forces, while the optimum drum effective volume should be most satisfactorily settled with a ratio of the drum volume to clothes load capacity being 32. 6l/kg, with a construction of 56 cm dia, and a 26. 5 cm deep drum.