Combination laundry appliance and method for spin assisted drying cycle

A combination washer/dryer laundry appliance, comprising:

• a cabinet defining an interior volume;
• a tub mounted within the interior volume of the cabinet;
• a laundry basket rotatably mounted within the tub, the laundry basket defining a chamber for the receipt of laundry articles;
• a dryer system coupled to the tub, the dryer system in fluid communication with the chamber, the dryer system configured to receive a flow of fluid from the chamber and remove moisture from the flow of fluid and provide dried air to the chamber;
• and
• a controller, the controller configured to store instructions that, when executed, causes the controller to execute operations, the operations comprising:
• performing, at the laundry basket, a spin cycle corresponding to a wash cycle, wherein performing the spin cycle comprises rotating the laundry basket up to a wash cycle maximum spin speed greater than a dryer cycle maximum speed;
• determining whether a spin cycle failure has occurred during the spin cycle;
• ceasing the spin cycle after spin cycle failure is determined;
• rotating the laundry basket at a drying cycle speed after ceasing the spin cycle based on the determined spin cycle failure, wherein rotating the laundry basket at the drying cycle speed generates a flow of air through the chamber and the dryer system;
• operating a compressor of the dryer system to heat the flow of air for a predetermined period of time while rotating the laundry basket at the drying cycle speed and without operating a blower of the dryer system;
• completing the spin cycle after the spin cycle failure condition is removed;
• and
• performing a drying cycle after completing the spin cycle, wherein performing the drying cycle comprises operating the compressor and the blower of the drying system.