SIST EN 50594:2018
(Main)Household and similar electric appliances - Methods for measuring the performance of tumble dryers intended for commercial use
Household and similar electric appliances - Methods for measuring the performance of tumble dryers intended for commercial use
This European standard is applicable to tumble dryers intended to be used by trained users e.g. in hotels, hospitals, factories, in light industry and on farms. It covers tumble dryers declared for commercial use in public areas and operated by lay persons e.g. in launderettes, apartment houses and communal laundry rooms. This European standard covers tumble dryers which use electricity, gas or steam as a heating source.
The object is to state and define the principal performance characteristics of tumble dryers for non-household use of interest to users and to describe standard methods for measuring these characteristics.
NOTE It does not apply to transfer tumble dryers or tumble dryers with automatic loading and unloading.
Elektrische Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke – Verfahren zur Messung der Gebrauchseigenschaften für Wäschetrockner für den gewerblichen Gebrauch
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude à la fonction pour les sèche-linge à tambour à usage commercial
La présente Norme européenne est applicable aux sèche-linge à tambour destinés à être employés par des utilisateurs formés, par exemple, dans des hôtels, hôpitaux, usines, dans l'industrie légère et dans des exploitations agricoles. Elle couvre les sèche-linge à tambour déclarés pour un usage commercial dans des zones publiques et manipulés par des personnes non expertes, par exemple, dans des laveries automatiques, immeubles collectifs d'habitation et buanderies communales. La présente Norme européenne couvre les sèche-linge à tambour qui utilisent l'électricité, le gaz ou la vapeur comme source de chauffage.
L'objet de la présente norme est d'énumérer et de définir les principales caractéristiques d'aptitude à la fonction des sèche-linge à tambour à usage commercial intéressant les consommateurs et de décrire des méthodes normalisées pour mesurer ces caractéristiques.
NOTE La norme ne s'applique ni aux sèche-linge à tambour de transfert ni aux sèche-linge à tambour permettant uniquement le fonctionnement avec chargement et déchargement automatiques.
Gospodinjski stroji in podobne električne naprave - Metode za merjenje lastnosti sušilnih strojev za komercialno uporabo
Ta evropski standard se uporablja za sušilne stroje, ki so namenjeni usposobljenim uporabnikom, npr. v hotelih, bolnišnicah, tovarnah, lahki industriji in na kmetijah. Obravnava sušilne stroje za komercialno uporabo na javnih mestih, ki jih upravljajo nestrokovne osebe, npr. v samopostrežnih pralnicah, stanovanjskih hišah in skupnih javnih pralnicah. Ta evropski standard obravnava sušilne stroje, ki kot vir segrevanja uporabljajo električno energijo, plin ali paro.
Namen tega standarda je navesti in opredeliti glavne lastnosti delovanja sušilnih strojev za negospodinjsko uporabo ter opisati standardne metode za merjenje teh lastnosti.
OPOMBA: Ta standard se ne uporablja za prenosne sušilne stroje ali sušilne stroje s samodejnim polnjenjem in praznjenjem.
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Household and similar electric appliances - Methods for measuring the performance of
tumble dryers intended for commercial use
Elektrische Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche Zwecke – Verfahren zur
Messung der Gebrauchseigenschaften für Wäschetrockner für den gewerblichen
Gebrauch
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50594:2018
ICS:
97.060 Aparati za nego perila Laundry appliances
SIST EN 50594:2018 en,fr
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50594
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2018
ICS 97.060 Supersedes CLC/TS 50594:2015
English Version
Household and similar electric appliances - Methods for
measuring the performance of tumble dryers intended for
commercial use
Appareils électrodomestiques et analogues - Méthodes de Elektrische Geräte für den Hausgebrauch und ähnliche
mesure de l'aptitude à la fonction pour les sèche-linge à Zwecke - Verfahren zur Messung der
tambour à usage commercial Gebrauchseigenschaften für Wäschetrockner für den
gewerblichen Gebrauch
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2018-04-23. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2018 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 5
1 Scope. 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions and symbols . 6
3.1 Terms and definitions . 6
3.2 List of symbols . 8
4 Requirements . 10
4.1 General. 10
4.2 Rated capacity . 11
4.3 Dimensions . 11
5 Test conditions, materials, equipment and instrumentation. 12
5.1 General. 12
5.2 Ambient conditions . 12
5.2.1 Electricity supply . 12
5.2.2 Water supply . 12
5.2.3 Ambient temperature and humidity . 13
5.3 Test materials . 13
5.3.1 General. 13
5.3.2 Test load . 13
5.3.3 Detergent . 13
5.4 Equipment . 13
5.4.1 Equipment for normalization . 13
5.4.2 Equipment for conditioning the test load . 14
5.4.3 Equipment for wetting the test load prior to a test . 14
5.4.4 Equipment for measurement . 14
5.5 Instrumentation and accuracy . 15
6 Preparation for testing. 15
6.1 General. 15
6.2 Test specifications from manufacturers . 15
6.3 Installation of the tumble dryer . 16
6.4 Preparation of the tumble dryer for a test series . 16
6.5 Preparation of the tumble dryer for a test run . 16
6.5.1 General. 16
6.5.2 Preparation requirements for all heating alternatives except for heat pump equipped
tumble dryers . 16
6.5.3 Preparation requirements for heat pump equipped tumble dryers . 16
6.6 Preparation of test loads . 17
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6.6.1 General. 17
6.6.2 Pre-treatment of new test load items prior to use . 17
6.6.3 Requirements regarding the age of test load items . 17
6.6.4 Normalization of test load items . 17
6.6.5 Conditioning of test load items . 18
6.6.6 Test load composition . 18
6.6.7 Wetting . 21
7 Performance measurements – General requirements . 21
8 Tests for performance . 22
8.1 General. 22
8.2 Test procedure for performance tests . 22
8.2.1 Test conditions, materials and preparation for testing . 22
8.2.2 Test programme . 22
8.2.3 Test load . 23
8.2.4 Test procedure . 23
8.2.5 Validity of a test run . 23
8.2.6 Validity of a test series . 23
8.3 Measurements to determine water and energy consumption and cycle time . 24
8.3.1 General. 24
8.3.2 Procedure . 24
8.4 Measurements to determine condensation efficiency . 24
8.4.1 General. 24
8.4.2 Procedure . 24
8.5 Measurements to determine exhaust air volume . 25
8.6 Performance measurement at maximum exhaust duct pressure . 25
8.7 Measurement of the textile drying temperature . 25
9 Assessment of performance . 25
9.1 General. 25
9.2 Final moisture content of the load . 25
9.3 Total energy . 26
9.4 Corrected energy . 26
9.5 Corrected water consumption . 27
9.6 Corrected cycle time . 27
9.7 Condensation efficiency . 28
9.8 Evaporation capacity . 28
9.9 Exhaust air volume . 29
10 Data to be reported . 29
Annex A (normative) Reference list . 30
Annex B (normative) Exhaust ducts for tumble dryer testing . 31
Annex C (informative) Flow diagrams . 35
Annex D (normative) Test report – Data to be reported . 36
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Annex E (normative) Procedure to determine test load size where rated capacity is not
declared . 40
Annex F (normative) Flexible initial moisture content method . 41
Annex G (normative) Performance testing of steam heated tumble dryers . 43
Annex H (normative) Performance testing of gas heated tumble dryers . 50
Annex I (informative) Measurement of exhaust air volume . 53
Annex J (informative) Measurement of the textile drying temperature . 54
Annex K (normative) Test procedure for a performance test of a cotton dry programme
with full load at standard rating conditions . 56
Annex L (normative) Reporting of key parameters . 64
Bibliography . 65
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European foreword
This document (EN 50594:2018) has been prepared by CLC/TC 59X “Performance of household and similar
electrical appliances”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has (dop) 2019-04-23
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2021-04-23
standards conflicting with this document
have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes CLC/TS 50594:2015.
This document is based on portions of EN 61121:2013.
The procedures described in this European Standard are modified substantially compared to the procedures
described in EN 61121. Therefore, results of tests according to this European Standard cannot and are
bound not to be compared to results of similar procedures of EN 61121.
Significant technical differences from EN 61121 are:
a) test procedures for tumble dryers of any size on the market;
b) test procedure for measuring power consumption also for steam heated and gas heated tumble dryers;
c) the introduction of a new type of test load;
d) the introduction of a new initial moisture content level.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission and
the European Free Trade Association.
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1 Scope
This European Standard is applicable to tumble dryers intended to be used by trained users e.g. in hotels,
hospitals, factories, in light industry and on farms. It covers tumble dryers declared for commercial use in
public areas and operated by lay persons e.g. in launderettes, apartment houses and communal laundry
rooms. This European Standard covers tumble dryers which use electricity, gas or steam as a heating
source.
The object is to state and define the principal performance characteristics of tumble dryers for commercial
use of interest to users and to describe standard methods for measuring these characteristics.
NOTE It does not apply to transfer tumble dryers or tumble dryers only possible to operate with automatic
loading and unloading.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 437:2003+A1:2009, Test gases — Test pressures — Appliance categories
CEN/TR 1749:2014, European scheme for the classification of gas appliances according to the method of
evacuation of the combustion products (types)
EN 12953-10, Shell boilers — Part 10: Requirements for feedwater and boiler water quality
EN 50570:2013, Household and similar electrical appliances — Safety — Particular requirements for
commercial electric tumble dryers
EN 50640:2018, Clothes washing machines for commercial use — Methods for measuring the performance
EN 60456:2016, Clothes washing machines for household use — Methods for measuring the performance
(IEC 60456:2010, modified)
EN 60734, Household electrical appliances — Performance — Water for testing (IEC 60734)
EN 62053-21, Electricity metering equipment (a.c.) — Particular requirements — Part 21: Static meters for
active energy (classes 1 and 2) (IEC 62053-21)
ISO 80000-1:2009, Quantities and units — Part 1: General
3 Terms, definitions and symbols
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1.1
tumble dryer
appliance in which textiles are dried by tumbling in a rotating drum, through which air is passed
3.1.2
air vented tumble dryer
tumble dryer that draws in fresh air which is passed over the textiles and where the resulting moist air is
exhausted into the room or vented outside
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3.1.3
condenser tumble dryer
tumble dryer which includes a device for removing moisture from the air used for the drying process
3.1.4
automatic tumble dryer
tumble dryer which switches off the drying process when a certain moisture content of the load is reached
Note 1 to entry: This may include systems that use conductivity or temperature sensing.
3.1.5
non-automatic tumble dryer
tumble dryer which does not switch off the drying process when a certain moisture content of the load is
reached, usually controlled by a timer, but may also be controlled manually
3.1.6
transfer tumble dryer
tumble dryer with automatic loading and unloading via conveyors or by other means
Note 1 to entry: The loading and unloading conveyers are often located on opposite sides of the drying basket.
3.1.7
test load
textile load used for testing
3.1.8
pre-treatment
processing of a new test load prior to its first use to avoid rapid changes of characteristics during the tests
3.1.9
conditioning
bringing the test load into thermodynamic equilibrium with the defined ambient air conditions of temperature
and humidity
Note 1 to entry: The process of conditioning is not the same as ‘wetting’ which is described in 6.6.7.
3.1.10
test run
single performance assessment
3.1.11
test series
group of test runs on a tumble dryer which, collectively, are used to assess the performance of that tumble
dryer
3.1.12
operation
performance of a function that occurs during the tumble dryer drying process such as heating up, drying,
cooling, anti-creasing
3.1.13
programme
series of operations which are pre-defined within the tumble dryer and which are declared by the
manufacturer as suitable for drying certain types of textiles
3.1.14
end of cycle
when the load is accessible to the user and next programme can be started
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3.1.15
cycle
complete drying process until the load is accessible to the user, as defined by the selected programme,
consisting of a series of operations
3.1.16
cycle time
time from the initiation of the programme (excluding any user programmed delay) until the end of the cycle
3.1.17
normalization
processing of a test load after a pre-determined number of cycles to bring the test load to a normal state
prior to testing
3.1.18
rated capacity
maximum mass in kilograms of dry textiles of a particular defined type, which the manufacturer declares can
be treated in a specific programme
3.1.19
test load mass
actual mass of the test load
3.1.20
conditioned test load mass
mass of the test load when conditioned to correct humidity and temperature defined in 5.2.3.2
3.1.21
nominal test load mass
mass of dry textiles of a particular type for which the performance of the tumble dryer will be tested (rated
capacity or part load)
Note 1 to entry: Target value toward which the conditioned test load mass will be adjusted.
3.1.22
moisture content
ratio of the difference between test load mass and the conditioned test load mass to the conditioned
test load mass expressed in percent
3.1.23
initial moisture content
moisture content of a test load prior to a test run
3.1.24
final moisture content
moisture content of a test load at the end of a test run
3.1.25
rated voltage
voltage assigned to the appliance by the manufacturer
3.2 List of symbols
The symbols are listed in Table 1.
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Table 1 — List of symbols
Symbol Unit Definition
a - constant part of the regression line
b - slope part of the regression line
C % arithmetical average of the condensation efficiency of all valid test runs
C
% condensation efficiency for test run j
j
d Kg/l density of water
E kWh arithmetical average of the corrected energy consumption of all valid test runs
E
kg/min evaporation capacity
c
3
HS,n heating value referred to standard conditions
kWh/m
V 3
measured gas volume
m M
W kWh average corrected energy consumption
W
kWh corrected consumption for test run j
j
W
kWh measured consumption for test run j
mj
W
kWh corrected electric energy consumption for test run j
ej
W
kWh corrected steam energy consumption for test run j
sj
W
kWh corrected gas energy consumption for test run j
gj
W
kWh measured electric energy for test run j
mej
W
kWh measured steam energy for test run j
msj
W
kWh measured gas energy for test run j
mgj
Wcs kWh energy of the recovered condensate
W
kWh total gas energy consumption
gt
W
kWh/kg specific corrected energy consumption
s
F 3
volumetric flow rate
v m /min
F
- Gas factor according to H.6.1
j test run number
-
L l arithmetical average of the corrected water consumption of all valid test runs
L
l corrected water consumption for test run j
j
L
l measured water consumption for test run j
mj
L
l/kg Specific water consumption
s
M
kg mass of supplied steam to the tumble dryer during a test run
dst
n - number of test runs
p Pa static pressure
S - standard deviation of measured results
S
- standard deviation of the measured final moisture content for all valid test runs
b
T min arithmetical average of the corrected cycle time of all valid test runs
T
min/kg specific corrected cycle time
s
T
min corrected cycle time for test run j
j
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Symbol Unit Definition
T
min measured cycle time for test run j
mj
T
°C the condensate temperature
c
T
°C the temperature recorded by the steam temperature sensor
cs
t
°C maximum drying temperature
max
t
°C maximum ambient temperature during a test run
amax
t
°C minimum ambient temperature during a test run
amin
t
°C average ambient temperature during a test run
amean
V
l clothes container volume
c
3
V exhaust air volume
m
M g rated capacity for the type of load tested
M
g mass of the conditioned test load
0
M
g mass of the test load after drying
f
M
mass of the test load after drying for test run j
g
fj
M
g mass of the test load after wetting
i
M kg mass of the test load used after wetting but before drying
ij
M
g mass of water collected
w
M
g mass of water collected during test run j
wj
M
kg mass of the small sheet in a test load
S
M
kg mass of the large sheet in a test load
L
M
kg desired mass of the test load
T
x
i-th term of parameter x
-
i
- mean of all terms of parameter x
x
i
X
- number of small sheets in a test load
S
X
- number of large sheets in a test load
L
Y - performance parameter (energy consumption or cycle time)
μ % average measured final moisture content for a test series
μ
% target final moisture content
f0
μ
% measured final moisture content after test run j
fj
μ
% measured initial moisture content for test run j
ij
μ
% nominal initial moisture content
i0
4 Requirements
4.1 General
This European Standard does not specify minimum performance requirements for tumble dryers. This
European Standard does however set methods for the measurement of following performance parameters:
• electric energy consumption;
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• steam energy consumption;
• gas energy consumption;
• water consumption;
• cycle time;
• condensation efficiency;
• drying temperature of the textiles;
• volumetric flow rate of exhaust air.
Any claims of performance referring to this European Standard for these parameters shall be measured in
accordance with the requirements of this European Standard. Any claims of performance referring to this
document at other than rated capacity shall be qualified with load type and capacity used for the test (refer
to Clause 7 for details).
4.2 Rated capacity
The manufacturer or supplier shall declare the rated capacity at 0,5 kg intervals
The rated capacity for any textile type shall not exceed the maximum mass of dry laundry, to be used in the
appliance in accordance with EN 50570:2013, 3.1.9.
If the rated capacity is not declared by the manufacturer, the rated capacity shall be deduced from the
clothes container volume (see 4.3) as described in Annex E.
Where the manufacturer gives a range of values for the rated capacity for a particular textile type, the
maximum value shall be used.
For different textiles the rated capacity of an appliance may be different.
4.3 Dimensions
Where a manufacturer declares dimensions, these shall be in accordance with the following requirements,
as applicable. The dimensions shall be given in mm and shall be rounded up to the nearest higher mm.
• Height = vertical dimension measured from the lower edge (on the floor) to the upper edge of the top,
with the door/lid closed: if adjustable levelling feet are provided, they shall be moved to determine
maximum possible height.
• Max height = maximum vertical dimension measured from the lower edge (on the floor) to a horizontal
plane at the maximum height of the tumble dryer with the door/lid open: if adjustable levelling feet are
provided, they shall be moved up and down to determine minimum and maximum possible heights.
• Width = horizontal dimension, between the sides, as measured between two parallel vertical planes
against the sides of the tumble dryer, including all projections.
• Depth = horizontal dimension as measured from a vertical rear plane against the tumble dryer and the
most prominent part of the front, knobs and handles not being taken into account, with the door/lid
closed, including all projections.
• Max depth = horizontal dimension as measured from a vertical rear plane against the tumble dryer
and the most prominent part of the front knobs and handles not being taken into account, with the
door/lid open (generally when at right angles to the machine front), including all projections.
• Clothes container volume = the volume of the container in which textiles are placed, where required,
shall be determined in accordance with Annex E.
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5 Test conditions, materials, equipment and instrumentation
5.1 General
The tolerances specified for parameters within this European Standard, using the symbol ‘ ± ’, indicate the
allowable limits of variation from the specified parameter outside which the test or results shall be invalid.
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