(The Bulletin on Energy Efficiency, Vol. 4, Issue 4, February 2004, pp. 22–27).
The paper reports the studies on evaluation of energy indices of domestic refrigerators of 165 L capacity in India. The specific energy consumption varies between 3.23 and 4.19 kWh/year/L for singledoor manual defrost units and between 3.84 and 4.78 kWh/year/L for double-door auto defrost units. The major technical areas in a modernisation programme are the use of alternatives to HCFC-22, the introduction of more efficient controls and better insulation. Though energy-efficient and eco-friendly domestic refrigerators are cost-effective, forces driving technology upgradation such as energy labelling, minimum efficiency standards and incentives to industries are essential to bring about renovation in the domestic refrigerator technology.
Evaluation, Energy indices, Energy consumption, Efficient, Better insulation, Ecofriendly, Energy labeling, Efficiency standards, Incentives
