Efficient energy usage for a laundry appliance

摘要

A laundry treating appliance has a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving a laundry load for treatment according to at least one cycle of operation and operated such that the extraction of liquid from the laundry load is controlled based on the inertia of the laundry load so that the total energy usage by the laundry treating appliance and a laundry drying appliance with which it is operably coupled may be minimized.

主权项

1. A laundry treating appliance configured to implement at least one cycle of operation to treat a laundry load, comprising:
a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber in which a laundry load is received for treatment; a motor rotatably driving the drum; a moisture sensor providing a moisture signal indicative of a remaining moisture content of the laundry load; and a controller operably coupled to the motor and receiving the moisture signal, and configured to extract moisture from the laundry load by rotating the drum to apply a centrifugal force to the laundry load, determine at least one of an amount of energy or a cost of energy required to extract at least a portion of the remaining moisture content from the laundry load, and ending the at least one cycle of operation when the at least one of the amount of energy or the cost of energy to extract the at least a portion of the remaining moisture content satisfies a threshold.