Heat is used to evaporate water.
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That s a lot of money and energy up to 4 of america s residential energy use we re wasting.
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We spend 9 billion each year powering our clothes dryers.
They recently developed an ultrasonic drying concept that uses v.
A clothes dryer also known as tumble dryer is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing bedding and other textiles usually shortly after they are washed in a washing machine otherwise clothes may also be dried by natural evaporation and if available sunlight on an outdoor or indoor clothes line or clothes horse.
The ultrasonic dryer uses electric devices that create high pitched sounds so intense they shake wet clothes dry and in just 20 to 30 minutes.
Conventional dryers use heat to dry an article.
Precommercial ultrasonic clothes dryer prototype with an equivalent energy factor ef higher than 5 4 lb kwh without increasing drying time by more than.
07 12 2020 key milestones 1.
Specification for full scale dryer prototype 12 31 2018 complete 2.
Scientists at oak ridge national laboratory are about to change the way that you do laundry.
Evaporation of water is a very energy intensive process which requires about 2200 kj kg 0 611 kwh kg of energy.
By sarah bogdan good housekeeping institute and carolyn forte.
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The ultrasonic dryer is three to five times more energy efficient than existing consumer options and it s able to dry full loads of laundry in 20 to 30 minutes versus the standard 40 to 60 minutes.
Considering the thermal losses in the typical dryer even more energy is used for drying.