PROJECT TITLE :

A New Physics-Based Drying Model of Thin Clothes in Air-Vented Clothes Dryers

ABSTRACT:

A replacement physics-based mostly model for the drying process is introduced, capable of accounting for both cloth sizes and sorts. This is achieved by using the probability operate and also the latent heat of the water at a given temperature. Furthermore, the dependence of drying potency on varied drying load sizes is mentioned and a brand new interpretation of drying efficiency, referred to as normalized drying efficiency, is presented. This permits coherent and meaningful comparison of the process efficiency across varied load sizes and cycle times. Finally, percolation theory is introduced to explain qualitatively the impact of clothes load sizes on the drying process. This is achieved through determining the possibilities of a volume ratio (vacant volume per total drum volume), which is the probability of the interaction between the garments masses and hot air flow in the garments dryer. The model is validated using both experimental and literature data and is now being employed for the development of an energy economical moisture removal method, which is essential to the design of next-generation energy efficient clothes dryers.