Residential/Commercial Appliances Laboratory

Residential/Commercial Appliance Laboratory

Summary

GTI's Residential/Commercial Appliance Laboratory is designed to foster the development and advancement of gas appliances in terms of efficiency, safety and performance.

Capabilities

Some of the applications for both residential and commercial markets that have been developed within this laboratory include:

Deep Fat Fryers
Water Heaters
Conveyor Pizza Ovens
Bakery Ovens
Steam Cookers
Griddles
Desiccant Space Conditioning Systems
Combination Water and Air Heaters
Steam Generators
Combi Ovens
Building Humidfiers
Charbroilers
Range Tops

Examples of commercialized products include the Pitco Fryer, Victory Refrigeration Stellar Sirius Countertop Boilerless Steamer, Avantec Cross Flow and Dual Conveyor Ovens, MagiKitch'n Charbroiler, NovelAire Cost-Reduced Desiccant,
and A. O. Smith Combo Water/Air Heater.

Equipment

The Laboratory is equipped with testing platforms for:

Combustion system design and troubleshooting services
Appliance design and development
Commercial kitchen environment testing
Environmental chamber testing for appliances and components
Automated Data Acquisition
ANSI/ASTM functional and performance testing
Basic cooling research
Cooling system development and testing
Solid modeling for concept generation and design
System performance modeling for energy usage
Third-party validation testing

The Residential/Commercial Appliances Laboratory provides a variety of opportunities for the gas industry and appliance manufacturers to work with GTI to design, fabricate, and test new equipment.

Go to Energy Utilization Center

Interested in discussing potential design, fabrication, and testing opportunities?
Contact energyutilization@gastechnology.org