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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd., Suwon Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Guolian Wu, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for an adaptive heat pump clothes dryer is provided. The clothes dryer includes an air flow path, a plurality of sensors, a bypass and a hardware controller. The air flow path is configured to circulate air through the clothes dryer. The sensors are located at multiple points on the air flow path and are configured to detect a plurality of measurements. The bypass is located on the air flow path between an outlet of a drum and an inlet of a heat pump and is configured to divert an amount of the water vapor from the air flow path. The hardware controller is configured to control the amount of water vapor expelled from the air flow path by adjusting the bypass using a partial condensation fraction based on the plurality of measurements.