Factors effecting energy consumption of household refrigerator-freezers

Author

Masjuki, H.H. ; Saidur, R. ; Choudhury, I.A. ; Mahlia, T.M.I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Malaya Univ., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

92

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of temperature, door opening, thermostat setting position, relative humidity, and loading on energy consumption of a household refrigerator-freezer. The authors´ investigation reveals that temperature has the greatest effect on energy consumption followed by loading. Next greatest effect are due to door opening and thermostat setting position. Relative humidity has minimal effect on energy consumption. With the experimental data, a multiple regression equation has been developed to investigate their combine effect

Keywords

energy conservation; freezing; humidity; power consumption; refrigeration; refrigerators; thermostats; door opening; energy consumption; energy consumption factors; household refrigerator-freezer; household refrigerator-freezers; loading; multiple regression equation; relative humidity; temperature; thermostat setting; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Home appliances; Humidity; Mechanical engineering; Refrigeration; Standards development; Temperature; Testing; Thermostats;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 2000. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6355-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2000.888397

Filename

888397