Modeling and performance investigation of a closed-type thermoelectric clothes dryer

被引：38

作者：

Liu, Di ^{[1
]}

Zhao, Fu-Yun ^{[1
]}

Tang, Guang-Fa ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Hunan Univ, Coll Civil Engn, Changsha 410082, Hunan, Peoples R China

来源：

DRYING TECHNOLOGY | 2008年 / 26卷 / 10期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

cloth; drying; loop; thermoelectric dryer;

D O I：

10.1080/07373930802306995

中图分类号：

TQ [化学工业];

学科分类号：

0817 ;

摘要：

In present work, a closed-type clothes dryer with thermoelectric elements was developed. The looped air circulation was designed to simultaneously recycle waste heat and enhance dryer performance. A mathematical model of heat transfer, based on one-dimensional treatment of thermal and electric power, is conducted. The cooling and heating productions are both correlated in terms of electric resistance, thermal conductivity, and electric current. Experimental investigation on drying of clothes has been attempted, covering the drying air temperature, initial-input electric power, and total weight of wet clothes, with drying rate and specific moisture extraction rate as evaluating indexes. Generally, the drying rate was found to increase first and decrease afterwards as time decayed. Analytical and experimental results demonstrate that optimal performance of the thermoelectric dryer strongly depends on intensities of these operating parameters.

引用

页码：1208 / 1216

页数：9

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