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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2010
David G. Beers, Elizabeth, IN (US);
Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US);
Nicholas Okruch, Jr., Mt. Washington, KY (US);
Amelia Lear Hensley, Crestwood, KY (US);
David G. Beers, Elizabeth, IN (US);
Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US);
Nicholas Okruch, Jr., Mt. Washington, KY (US);
Amelia Lear Hensley, Crestwood, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement in turn including an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, and an expansion device, cooperatively interconnected. A drum is provided to receive clothes to be dried. An auxiliary heater is included, as is a duct and fan arrangement configured to pass air over the condenser and the heater, and through the drum. A sensor is located to sense high side temperature and/or high side pressure of the mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement. A controller is coupled to the sensor and the auxiliary heater, and is operative to: activate the auxiliary heater during a startup transient of the mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement; monitor the high side temperature and/or high side pressure, during the startup transient; and de-activate the auxiliary heater in response to the high side temperature and/or high side pressure reaching a first predetermined value.