Grimes, J.
, Mulroy, W.
and Shomaker, B.
(1977),
Effect of Usage Conditions on Household Refrigerator-Freezer and Freezer Energy Consumption, ASHRAE Transactions, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910792
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Effect of Usage Conditions on Household Refrigerator-Freezer and Freezer Energy Consumption
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Author(s)
J W. Grimes, W. J. Mulroy, B. L. Shomaker
Abstract
A study was made of an automatic - and a manual- defrost refrigerator/freezer combination, and an upright and a chest freezer to measure the effect on energy consumption of five variable usage conditions: thermostat setting, ambient temperature, food load, door-opening frequency, and relative humidity. No evaluation was made of the effect of frost build-up. Ambient temperature and thermostat setting were found to have considerably greater effect on energy consumption than door-opening and relative humidity changes for the specimens tested.Citation
ASHRAE Transactions
Volume
83
Issue
No. 1
Pub Type
Journals
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Keywords
refrigerators, energy consumption, thermostats, tempeature, doors, humidity
Citation
Created January 1, 1977, Updated February 19, 2017