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ENERGY USE OF ICE MAKING IN DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS
Citation:
Meier, A. ENERGY USE OF ICE MAKING IN DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-92/158 (NTIS PB92232206), 1992.
Description:
The report gives results of the development and testing of a procedure to measure the electrical consumption of ice making in domestic refrigerators. he Department of Energy (DOE) test procedure was modified to consider the energy used for ice making in conventional refrigerators and in those equipped with automatic ice makers. he procedure assumed that 500 g of ice per day would be produced. sing the new ice making test procedure and the existing DOE test (as a benchmark), four modern, efficient refrigerators equipped with automatic ice makers were tested for ice making energy use. he test showed that electricity consumption increased about 10% due to ice making. he test also confirmed the viability of establishing procedures for measuring energy use of specific loads and other activities related to domestic refrigerators.
