Ultrasonic Clothes Dryer 2020

Heat is used to evaporate water.

Ultrasonic clothes dryer 2020.

With advanced laundry technology and superior setting options dryers from ge appliances are loaded with features that are perfectly designed to save you time save you money and get your laundry its cleanest. They recently developed an ultrasonic drying concept that uses v. That s a lot of money and energy up to 4 of america s residential energy use we re wasting. 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.

Precommercial ultrasonic clothes dryer prototype with an equivalent energy factor ef higher than 5 4 lb kwh without increasing drying time by more than. Conventional dryers use heat to dry an article. Ultrasonic clothes dryer no heat needed tags environment tumble dryer ultrasound us department of energy oak ridge national laboratory laundry energy efficient general electric. See all ge dryers.

The ultrasonic dryer is expected to be up to five times more efficient than today s products and will dry your clothes in half the time. By sarah bogdan good housekeeping institute and carolyn forte. 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. Considering the thermal losses in the typical dryer even more energy is used for drying.

07 12 2020 key milestones 1. 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. 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.