| Pub. Date | : Jan, 2024 |
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| Product Name | : The IUP Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| Product Type | : Article |
| Product Code | : IJEEE030124 |
| Author Name | : Abonyi S E, Nwadike E C, Chinweze A E and Lukman S |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Engineering |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 16 |
The study proposes a low-energy-consuming clothes spin dryer machine. It comprises an interior heater and a dryer drum to speed up the drying process. The efficiency of the proposed clothes dryer was tested to determine its effectiveness. The conventional clothes spin dryer has power consumption issues due to operating voltage of 380 V AC, operating current rating of 3.12 amp, and maximum power rating of 700 W as a result of the absence of a power factor corrector. Hence, in the proposed design, a simple heating element has been used, together with an attachment of 12 VDC blower with reduced electric outputs. As a result of the added power factor corrector, the proposed machine was able to obtain an operating voltage of 220 VAC, operating current rating of 2.27 amp, and maximum power rating of 500 W, ensuring quicker drying and less energy consumption.
Drying is a process comprising simultaneous heat and mass transfer within the materials and between the surface of the material and the surrounding media. Hot air is forced through the material with the help of a fan or a blower, which aids the moisture diffusion process, resulting in drying (Nwadike et al., 2020). The common method of drying clothes is using solar energy outdoors. Solar energy is a renewable energy source, which is easily and freely available. In winter season, the availability of solar energy is less as compared with other seasons, hence, new methods have been devised for drying clothes. One of them is electric-cloth dryer, which consumes high amount of power. Hence, this study proposes a clothes spin dryer machine with less energy consumption, which can be used to extract and remove water from clothes using its interior heating element.
spin dryer, operating voltage, operating current, flyback converter and blower