Forum: Conservation
02-04-13, 10:07 AM
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Forum: Conservation
02-02-13, 08:42 PM
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Forum: Conservation
12-19-12, 11:23 AM
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Hi,
I do plan to have a blower in the outside...
Hi,
I do plan to have a blower in the outside air path and use the dryers blower for the dryer exhaust path. I've got an Elucent blower that appears to be about the right size -- I think it might...
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Forum: Conservation
12-19-12, 11:16 AM
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Forum: Conservation
12-17-12, 09:19 PM
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How about this one!
Dryer heat exchanger...
How about this one!
Dryer heat exchanger (http://www.alkeng.com/AL/dryer)
"performance is quite good. Access holes for a digital thermometer in the top two compartments show air from the dryer...
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Forum: Conservation
12-17-12, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 100
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An interesting commercial clothes dryer heat...
An interesting commercial clothes dryer heat exchanger:
ROTOTHERM - Too Good To Be True? Not Always (http://www.rototherm.net/art_01.html)
"Ramada Achieves 50% Fuel Reductions with Laundry...
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Forum: Conservation
12-17-12, 05:01 PM
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Hi,
Those numbers don't seem that bad to me.
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Hi,
Those numbers don't seem that bad to me.
There are 115 million households in the US, and if they typically run the dryer once a day, your chances of have a dryer fire on a given run are about...
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Forum: Conservation
12-17-12, 03:17 PM
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Hi,
Here are the pictures of the "throwaway"...
Hi,
Here are the pictures of the "throwaway" prototype of the dryer heat exchanger
Untitled 1 (http://www.builditsolar.com/Experimental/DryerHX/DryerHXProto.htm)
Any suggestions would be...
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Forum: Conservation
12-17-12, 10:04 AM
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Thanks -- that heat exchanger is beautiful.
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Thanks -- that heat exchanger is beautiful.
I like the counterflow in that it appears that about the best efficiency you can get from a cross flow is in the 60 to 70% range, and the counter flows...
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Forum: Conservation
12-16-12, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 128,508
Hi,
In this paper:...
Hi,
In this paper: http://www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/users/papers/engr/ernesto/pastor/MEP/Other/References/Counter%20Flow%20Heat%20Exchanger.pdf
They describe a counter flow heat exchanger that...
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Forum: Conservation
12-15-12, 09:50 AM
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Forum: Conservation
12-11-12, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 100
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Forum: Conservation
12-11-12, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 128,508
Hi,
Went through the 24 pages of stuff on...
Hi,
Went through the 24 pages of stuff on the HRV -- interesting.
Couple of thoughts/questions relative to the dryer heat recovery.
- It seems like the Coroplast HX by Besant that I posted...
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Forum: Conservation
12-10-12, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 100
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Forum: Conservation
12-10-12, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 100
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Forum: Conservation
12-07-12, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 100
Views: 128,508
Hi,
Very interesting stuff on recovering dryer...
Hi,
Very interesting stuff on recovering dryer heat -- pumping all that heat outdoors just seems like such a waste.
I just added a set of DIY plans for an HRV made from Coroplast. Maybe there is...
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