Investigation of Energy Impacts of Whole-House Ducted Dehumidifier Location

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Charles Withers, Jr., Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Secondary Author(s)

Vieira, Robin; Nigusse, Bereket

Report Number

FSEC-CR-2038-18

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/FSEC-CR-2038-18.pdf

Keywords

Dehumidification; Buildings; Ducts; Ducted Dehumidifier; Energy Impacts; Duct Configurations; Conductive Energy; Lab Testing

Abstract

This report discusses energy impacts related to how ducted dehumidifier ducts are configured as well as where they are located. Lab controlled testing evaluated three different duct configurations. The three DHU lab test configurations were: 1) DHU air ducted directly from/to room, 2) DHU ducted from/to the central air return duct, and 3) DHU from/to the central air supply duct. Simulation effort evaluated conductive energy gains/losses through dehumidifier and its ducts for 1) conditioned space, 2) attic, and garage locations.

Date Published

6-7-2018

Identifiers

54

Subjects

Energy consumption; Diagnosis, Laboratory; Simulation methods

Local Subjects

Buildings - Dehumidification; Buildings - Ducts

Type

Text; Document

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Withers, Jr., Charles, "Investigation of Energy Impacts of Whole-House Ducted Dehumidifier Location" (2018). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 54.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/54