Role of ambient temperature, door opening, thermostat setting position and their combined effect on refrigerator-freezer energy consumption

• Main Authors: Saidur, Rahman, Masjuki, Haji Hassan, Choudhury, I.A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2002
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/6914/; http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0196890401000693/1-s2.0-S0196890401000693-main.pdf?_tid=f6dc76fe-4024-11e2-b9ba-00000aab0f01&acdnat=1354854008_3312234b6bd5bc5f32df4afe79a509c3

Refrigerator-freezers energy consumption is greatly affected by room temperature, door opening and thermostat setting position. Two frost free household refrigerator freezers of the same capacity were tested in the laboratory to determine the sensitivity of their energy consumption to various usage...