Drying apparatus and washing machine having the same

Abstract

A washing machine including a drying apparatus. The washing machine including the drying apparatus quickly dries wet laundry by efficiently condensing and adsorbing vapor from humid air of high temperature flowing from a water tub during a drying-mode operation. The drying apparatus includes a condensing duct and a blower duct respectively mounted on a rear surface and an upper surface of the water tub. The condensing duct has an ultrasonic atomizing unit, a condensing unit and a water adsorption unit therein, while the blower duct has a blower fan and a heater therein. An inner space of the condensing duct is partitioned into a first condensing path, a second condensing path and a third condensing path by a first air guide and a second air guide. The ultrasonic atomizing unit, the condensing unit and the water adsorption unit are installed in the first condensing path, the second condensing path and the third condensing path of the condensing duct, respectively, thus condensing and adsorbing vapor from the humid air which sequentially passes through the first to third condensing paths, thereby dehumidifying the air providing dry air which is fed to the water tub to dry the wet laundry.