Appliance R&D Project Portfolio

Current Projects

A Natural Gas-Driven Highly Efficient Thermo-Vacuum Clothes Dryer

Lead Performer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Oak Ridge, TN; Partners: Wilson Engineering Technologies – San Francisco, CA, Gas Technology

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Energy Efficient Clothes Dryer with IR Heating and Electrostatic Precipitator

Lead Performer: GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY

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Electrochemical Compressor (ECC) Refrigerator

Lead Performer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Oak Ridge, TN Partner: Xergy Inc. – Seaford, Delaware

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Ultrasonic Clothes Dryer

Lead Performer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) — Oak Ridge, TN Partner: GE Appliances a Haier Co. — Louisville, KY

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Thermoelectric Clothes Dryer

Lead Performer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Oak Ridge, TN Partner: Samsung Electronics America Inc. – Ridgefield Park, NJ

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Novel Compact Flooded Evaporators for Commercial Refrigeration

Lead Performer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Oak Ridge, TN

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