Do Heat Pump Clothes Dryers Make Sense for the U.S. Market
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Heat pump clothes dryers (HPCDs) can be as much as 50percent more energy-efficient than conventional electric resistance clothes dryers, and therefore have the potential to save substantial amounts of electricity. While not currently available in the U.S., there are manufacturers in Europe and Japan that produce units for those markets. Drawing on analysis conducted for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) current rulemaking on amended standards for clothes dryers, this paper evaluates the cos…
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Date:
May 14, 2010
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Meyers, Steve; Franco, Victor; Lekov, Alex; Thompson, Lisa & Sturges, Andy
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