DEVELOPING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARD AND ITS IMPACT ON REFRIGERATOR FREEZERS IN MALAYSIA
Keywords:
Energy efficiency standards. Refrigerator-freezers, Test procedureAbstract
Refrigerator-freezers are one of the major energy users in the residential sector of Malaysia. In line with the rapid economic growth, the ownership of household refrigerator-freezers increased rapidly for the last 10 years. There has been a tremendous increase in the use of household refrigerator freezers (877749 units) from 1990 to 1999 and by 'he year 2020, there will be about 5623647 units. So, there is a huge saving potential by introducing cost-effective energy policy like energy efficiency standards. Energy efficiency standards are cost-effective approaches thai can help to improve the efficiency of these appliances. In the present study. six household refrigerator-freezers of different models and capacities have been tested in the energy conservation laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering. University of Malaya to investigate the energy consumption behavior of these appliances. The test has been carried out according to the ISO refrigerator-freezers test specifications. Using the experimental data of the ISO test conditions. a baseline standard has been developed by the statistical method. From the baseline standard, 5% and 10% standards as function adjusted volume have been developed. Impacts of energy efficiency standards have also been calculated and presented in this paper.
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