Method for regulating quantity of condensing medium according to change in air temperature at outlet of barrel of dryer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11053634-B2
Application number	US-201716311930-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2017
Priority date	Jun 27, 2016
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

A method for regulating a quantity of a condensing medium according to change in air temperature at an outlet of a barrel of the dryer comprises the following steps: Step 1, Starting drying, detecting an air temperature at the outlet of a barrel of a dryer, and determining that the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel reaches a set temperature; Step 2, calculating the time value from the start of drying to the temperature at the outlet of the barrel reaching the set temperature; Step 3, determining the supplying tempo of the condensing medium at least according to the time value calculated in step 2; and Step 4, supplying the condensing medium with the supplying tempo of the condensing medium determined in step 3.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for regulating a quantity of a condensing medium according to change in air temperature at an outlet of a barrel of a dryer, comprising following steps:
step 1, starting drying, detecting an air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer, and determining that the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel reaches a set temperature,
step 2, calculating a time value from a start of drying to the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel reaching the set temperature,
step 3, determining a supplying tempo of the condensing medium at least according to the time value calculated in step 2, and
step 4, supplying the condensing medium with the supplying tempo of the condensing medium determined in step 3.

2. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 1 , wherein no condensing medium is supplied during a process from the start of drying until the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer reaches the set temperature.

3. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 2 , wherein the supplying tempo of the condensing medium in step 3 includes at least two periods, and each period includes at least a duration of supplying the condensing medium determined according to the time value.

4. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 2 , wherein the supplying tempo of the condensing medium in step 3 includes at least two periods, and each period includes a unit duration and a time interval for supplying the condensing medium which are determined according to the time value.

5. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 2 , wherein a drying process after the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel reaches the set temperature is divided into at least two stages, including a first stage and a last stage, and the supplying tempo of the condensing medium changes with the drying stages.

6. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 1 , wherein the supplying tempo of the condensing medium in step 3 includes at least two periods, and each period includes at least a duration of supplying the condensing medium determined according to the time value.

7. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 6 , wherein the longer the time value for the air temperature at the outlet of the dryer to reach the set temperature is, the longer the duration of supplying the condensing medium is in at least one period.

8. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 1 , wherein the supplying tempo of the condensing medium in step 3 includes at least two periods, and each period includes a unit duration and a time interval for supplying the condensing medium which are determined according to the time value.

9. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 8 , wherein the longer the time value for the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer to reach the set temperature is, the larger a proportion of the unit duration for supplying the condensing is in at least one period.

10. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 1 , wherein a drying process after the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel reaches the set temperature is divided into at least two stages, including a first stage and a last stage, and the supplying tempo of the condensing medium changes with the drying stages.

11. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 10 , wherein drying stages are divided according to a changing rate of the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel,
a stage in which the changing rate of the air temperature determined at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer is less than a set changing rate in the dryer is the first stage,
a stage in which the changing rate of the air temperature determined at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer is greater than the set changing rate in the dryer is the last stage, and
each stage includes a unit duration and a time interval of supplying the condensing medium.

12. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 11 , wherein when the changing rate of the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer is less than the set changing rate in the dryer, the unit duration of supplying the condensing medium is increased,
and when the changing rate of the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer is greater than the set changing rate in the dryer, the unit duration of supplying the condensing medium is reduced.

13. The method for regulating the quantity of the condensing medium according to change in air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer according to claim 11 , wherein the longer the time value for the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel of the dryer to reach the set temperature is, the larger a proportion of a duration for an initial supply of the condensing medium to a duration for a later supply of the condensing medium is.

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Huacheng
• Xu Sheng
• Tian Shujun
• Xu Yonghong
• Zhang Lijun

Classifications

• D06F2103/58

  related to condensation, e.g. condensate water level · CPC title

• D06F2103/32

  Temperature · CPC title

• D06F2103/08

  Humidity · CPC title

• D06F58/38 Primary

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

• D06F2103/38

  Time, e.g. duration · CPC title