Research Article
Simulation and Experimental Study on Drying Process of the Household Gas Clothes Dryer
Table 5
Effect of moisture extraction rate (MER) of clothes on performance of the GCD.
| | Type (final rate of moisture content) (%) | 0.5 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 30.0 |
| | Drying time (min) | 52.6 | 38.6 | 33.7 | 29.9 | 26.5 | 23.2 | 20.0 | | Initial mass (kg) | 5.973 | 5.973 | 5.973 | 5.973 | 5.973 | 5.973 | 5.973 | | Final mass (kg) | 3.755 | 3.923 | 4.110 | 4.297 | 4.484 | 4.671 | 4.857 | | Moisture extraction rate (MER) (kg/h) | 2.532 | 3.187 | 3.318 | 3.361 | 3.376 | 3.373 | 3.352 | | SMER (kW·h/kg) | 1.427 | 1.134 | 1.089 | 1.075 | 1.071 | 1.072 | 1.078 | | Energy efficiency (%) | 48.0 | 60.4 | 62.9 | 63.7 | 64.0 | 63.9 | 63.5 |
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