Performance analysis of indirect clothes dryer using solar photovoltaic energy
Safri Gunawan(a*), Binsar Maruli Tua Pakpahan(b), Dwiki Muda Yulanto(a), Liana Atika(c), Sapitri Januariyansah(d)

(a) Automotive Engineering Education Department, Engineering Faculty, Universitas Negeri Medan, Jl. William Iskandar, Indonesia
*safri_gunawan[at]unimed.ac.id
(b) Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Universitas Negeri Medan, Jl. William Iskandar, Indonesia
(c) Building Engineering Education Department, Engineering Faculty, Universitas Negeri Medan, Jl. William Iskandar, Indonesia
(d) Mechanical Engineering Education Department, Engineering Faculty, Universitas Negeri Medan, Jl. William Iskandar, Indonesia

Abstract

This study discusses the indirect clothes dryer using solar photovoltaic energy. The dryer is used to dry clothes and designed to be practical, safe and friendly. The purpose of this study was to test the performance of an indirect clothes dryer in drying clothes. The results of drying clothes produced in the form of clothes that are ready to be ironed. The clothes dryer under study uses a solar thermal energy source which is converted from solar photovoltaic to charge electric current into the battery. The electric current is changed from DC to AC to turn on the 6 units heater fan which is installed in a drying cabinet. The research showed that the solar photovoltaic dryer clothes dryer run well with an average drying room temperature of 40 to 41 Degree Celsius and could desiccate clothes made of polyester within 45 minutes of drying time

Keywords: solar energy- photovoltaic- clothes dryer- thermal energy- heater

Topic: Applied Sciences and Information Technology