Saturday, August 13, 2011

Students of UCR Develop Solar Powered Clothes Dryer

A team of students from the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside are developing a clothes drying system that could reduce electricity bills up to 16 percent by using heat from the sun and a home's attic. They have been selected for a $15,000 grant from the EPA.

Using a solar-powered attic fan, the system harnesses solar thermal heat from a rooftop solar heat collector and/or heated air from the attic. This heated air is channelled into a box 76 centimetres deep and around 2 metres wide and high that holds the clothes to be dried. When not in use for clothes drying, the heated air can also be directed through air ducts to help heat a home during the cooler months.

Source: UCR Newsroom: Turning Hot Air into Energy Savings

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