Laundry treatment apparatus and method for controlling a laundry treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9670612-B2
Application number	US-201514820629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2015
Priority date	Aug 13, 2014
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

A laundry treatment apparatus and a method for controlling a laundry treatment apparatus are provided. The method may include supplying alternating current at a predetermined first frequency to a compressor; measuring a first time a temperature of refrigerant discharged from the compressor; measuring a second time a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, when a predetermined first reference time has passed after the measuring the first time of the temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; and controlling the first frequency of the alternating current based on a difference between the temperature measured the first time and the temperature measured the second time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a laundry treatment apparatus, the laundry treatment apparatus comprising a receiver that receives an object to be dried, a circulation flow path that draws air out of the receiver and resupplies the air into the receiver, an evaporator that evaporates a refrigerant via heat exchange with the air introduced to the circulation flow path, a condenser that condenses the refrigerant via heat exchange with the air having passed through the evaporator, and a compressor that compresses the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator and supplies the compressed refrigerant to the condenser, and a controller that controls a flow rate of the compressed refrigerant via adjustment of a frequency of alternating current supplied to the compressor, the method comprising:
supplying alternating current to the compressor at a predetermined first frequency;
measuring a first time a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor;
measuring a second time a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor when a predetermined first reference time has passed after completion of the measuring the first time the temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; and
controlling the first frequency of the alternating current based on a difference between the temperature measured the first time and the temperature measured the second.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling includes continuously supplying the first frequency of the alternating current to the compressor when the difference between the temperature measured the second time and the temperature measured the first time is equal to a predetermined reference value.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further including supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a second frequency when the temperature of the refrigerant measured the second time is greater than or equal to a predetermined target temperature, the second frequency being set to be lower than the first frequency.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling includes changing the first frequency when a difference between the temperature measured the second time and the temperature measured the first time is not equal to a predetermined reference value.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the changing the first frequency includes supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a frequency higher than the first frequency when the difference between the temperature measured the second time and the temperature measured the first time is less than the predetermined reference value.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the changing the first frequency includes supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a frequency lower than the first frequency when the difference between the temperature measured the second time and the temperature measured the first time is eater than the predetermined reference value.

7. The method according to claim 4 , further including measuring a third time a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor after completion of the changing of the first frequency.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further including supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a frequency changed via the changing of the first frequency when a difference between the temperature measured the third time and the temperature measured the second time is equal to the predetermined reference value.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further including supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a second frequency when the temperature of the refrigerant measured the third time is equal to or greater than a predetermined target temperature, the second frequency being set to be lower than the first frequency.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further including supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a frequency higher than the frequency of the alternating current changed via the changing of the first frequency when the temperature measured the third time and the temperature measured the second time is less than the predetermined reference value.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further including supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a frequency lower than the frequency of the alternating current changed via the changing of the first frequency when a difference between the temperature measured the third time and the temperature measured the second time is greater than the predetermined reference value.

12. The method according to claim 1 , further including supplying the alternating current to the compressor at a frequency higher than the first frequency when the temperature of the refrigerant measured the first time is less than a predetermined first temperature.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Sangik
• Jin Taegyu

Classifications

• D06F2103/38

  Time, e.g. duration · CPC title

• D06F2103/50

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

• D06F2105/46

  Drum speed; Actuation of motors, e.g. starting or interrupting · CPC title

• D06F2105/26

  Heat pumps · CPC title

• D06F2103/44

  Current or voltage · CPC title