Method of operating a dishwasher
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsAlvaro Vallejo, Sylvan J. Amos
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Abstract
A method for removing moisture from moist air in an appliance, such as a treating chamber of a dishwasher, wherein a drying system includes a condensing system and heat exchange systems that enhance condensation with both ambient air and cold water. Optionally, the method can also include a charge or charges of warm, ambient air or ambient air with moist air during recirculation of moist air.
Claims20
A method of removing moisture from moist air within a treating chamber of a dishwasher, the method comprising:
- recirculating the moist air in the treating chamber through a condenser;
- wherein at least a portion of the recirculating the moist air is conducted without addition of ambient air to the moist air;
- during the recirculating, flowing ambient air over the condenser;
- during the recirculating and after the flowing ambient air, flowing cold water over the condenser;
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- adding ambient air with the moist air to form a mixture of moist air and ambient air.
A method of removing moisture from moist air within a treating chamber of a dishwasher, the method comprising:
- recirculating the moist air in the treating chamber through a condenser;
- during the recirculating, flowing ambient air over the condenser until a threshold is satisfied for at least one of a time, a moisture content of the moist air, or a temperature difference between the moist air and the ambient air;
- and
- during the recirculating and after the flowing ambient air, flowing cold water from a household water supply over the condenser until a threshold is satisfied by at least one of a time, a moisture content of the moist air, or a temperature difference between the moist air and the ambient;
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- storing the cold water for reuse during a cycle of operation of the dishwasher.
A method of removing moisture from moist air within a treating chamber of a dishwasher, the method comprising:
- storing cold water from a household cold water supply in a reservoir within the dishwasher;
- recirculating the moist air in the treating chamber through a condenser;
- during the recirculating, flowing ambient air over the condenser;
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- during the recirculating and after the flowing ambient air, flowing cold water from the household water supply stored in the reservoir over the condenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.