Refrigerator Energy Consumption Test Results using the United States Department of Energy and International Organization for Standardization Test Procedures (Revision).

摘要

This investigation compares the energy consumption ratings obtained for refrigerators using the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) HRF-1 test procedure, as adopted by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) equivalent test procedures (ISO 8561 and ISO 7371). Tests were performed on four different units according to both the DOE test procedure and the appropriate ISO test procedure. These units included two household kitchen-type, automatic defrost refrigerator-freezers, one of each body style that is prevalent in the U.S. (one unit with the top mounted freezer compartment and the other unit with the refrigerator and freezer compartments in a side-by-side configuration). A top mount, automatic defrost refrigerator-freezer which employs many novel energy saving devices and techniques was also tested. The final unit tested was a manual defrost refrigerator, as this is a popular design in many European countries.