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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2011
David G. Beers, Elizabeth, IN (US);
Brent Alden Junge, Mt. Washington, KY (US);
Nicholas Okruch, Jr., Mt. Washington, KY (US);
Amelia Lear Hensley, Crestwood, KY (US);
David G. Beers, Elizabeth, IN (US);
Brent Alden Junge, Mt. Washington, KY (US);
Nicholas Okruch, Jr., Mt. Washington, KY (US);
Amelia Lear Hensley, Crestwood, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a heat pump clothes dryer operating on a mechanical refrigeration cycle is disclosed. The method includes partitioning all energy available in the heat pump clothes dryer into a first amount of energy and a second amount of energy; using the first amount of energy to attain a standard parameter performance for the heat pump clothes dryer; and using the second amount of energy to accelerate a dry cycle of the heat pump clothes dryer, wherein using the second amount of energy to accelerate a dry cycle of the heat pump clothes dryer comprises using the second amount of energy to energize an auxiliary heater during a start transient phase of the dry cycle to decrease the start transient phase.