Control method for laundry dryer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10161078-B2
Application number	US-201514921580-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2015
Priority date	Apr 24, 2013
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a control method for a laundry dryer. The laundry dryer is a heat-pump type laundry dryer and a compressor of the laundry dryer is a variable-frequency compressor. The control method includes setting a minimum running frequency of the compressor according to an amount of clothes to be dried, where the more the clothes are, the larger the set minimum running frequency is. Specifically, when laundry drying is started, the amount of the clothes being dried is detected. According to the detected information, a minimum running frequency of the compressor, corresponding to the information, is invoked, and the minimum running frequency of the compressor in the current laundry drying process is set.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method for a laundry dryer, the laundry dryer being a heat-pump type laundry dryer and a compressor being a variable-frequency compressor, comprising:
setting a minimum running frequency of the compressor according to an amount of clothes to be dried, wherein the more the clothes are, the larger the set minimum running frequency is;
detecting a primary weight of the clothes, at the beginning;
detecting a weight of the clothes after drying, after working for a set period of time; and
determining a change in the weight of the clothes per unit of time, wherein the smaller the change is, the more the clothes are, and the larger the set minimum running frequency of the compressor is.

2. The control method for the laundry dryer according to claim 1 , comprising: after drying starts, detecting the amount of the clothes being dried, the minimum running frequency of the compressor corresponding to the detected information is set as the minimum running frequency of the compressor in the current drying process.

3. The control method for the laundry dryer according to claim 1 , wherein for a different drying process selected, a set parameter thereof is different.

4. The control method for the laundry dryer according to claim 3 , comprising: within a set range of drying time, determining a time for a condenser surface temperature to reach a set temperature value, wherein the longer the time is, the more the clothes are, or determining a change in a condenser surface temperature within a set period of time, wherein the smaller the change in the condenser surface temperature for per unit of time is, the more the clothes are, and the larger the set minimum running frequency of the compressor is.

5. The control method for the laundry dryer according to claim 3 , comprising: within a set range of drying time, determining a time for humidity of the clothes in the laundry dryer to reach a set humidity value, wherein the longer the time is, the more the clothes are, or determining a change in humidity of the clothes within a set period of time, wherein the smaller the change in the humidity of the clothes, the more the clothes are, and the larger the set minimum running frequency of the compressor is.

6. The control method for the laundry dryer according to claim 3 , comprising: within a set range of drying time, determining a different between a cylinder intake temperature and a cylinder outlet temperature of heated air of the laundry dryer, wherein the larger the difference is, the more the clothes are, and the larger the minimum running frequency of the compressor is.

7. The control method for the laundry dryer according to claim 1 , wherein the laundry dryer provides two or more levels of clothes amount according to the amount of the clothes, and a different level of clothes amount is separately corresponding to a different minimum running frequency of the compressor.

8. The control method for the laundry dryer according to claim 1 , wherein the laundry dryer regulates the frequency of the compressor according to a cylinder intake temperature and/or a cylinder outlet temperature, a temperature detected by one or more temperature sensors disposed on the compressor/an evaporator/a condenser, or a drying time.

9. The control method for the laundry dryer according to claim 8 , wherein the frequency regulation of the compressor adopts staged control, comprising: dividing the running frequency of the compressor into a plurality of stages to establish correspondences with detected temperatures, wherein the higher the temperature is, the lower the running frequency is controlled to be, detecting, in each stage, whether the temperature reaches a set temperature corresponding to the stage, if the temperature reaches the set temperature corresponding to the stage, adjusting and reducing the frequency according to the running frequency to enter a next stage, if the temperature does not reach the set temperature corresponding to the stage, adjusting the running frequency in the stage to be equal to or larger than the frequency corresponding to the temperature in the stage, and controlling the variable frequency to be equal to or larger than the minimum running frequency.

Assignees

• Haier Group Corp
• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

• Xu Sheng
• Song Huacheng
• Tian Shujun
• Shan Shiqiang

Classifications

• D06F2105/26

  Heat pumps · CPC title

• D06F2103/08

  Humidity · CPC title

• D06F58/38

  of drying, e.g. to achieve the target humidity · CPC title

• D06F2103/02

  Characteristics of laundry or load · CPC title

• D06F2103/50

  related to heat pumps, e.g. pressure or flow rate · CPC title