A clothes dryer with improved heat dissipation efficiency of electronic components. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet having a clothes inlet, a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet, a drying fan configured to circulate air for drying supplied to the drum, and a heat dissipation duct. Wherein the heat dissipation plate includes a lower case fixed to the cabinet and provided with an airflow guide portion protruding toward the printed circuit board and an upper case coupled to an upper portion of the lower case and to which a printed circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components is mounted is fixed.

Disclosed is a dryer operating method that is useful in a 5G environment provided for the Internet of Things. The dryer of the disclosure includes a heating device, a tumbler connected to the exit of the heating device, a fan connected to the exit of the tumbler, a heat exchanger disposed in a flow line of a working fluid connected to the exit of the fan, and a compressor having an entrance connected to the flow line connected to the exit of the fan and an exit connected to the entrance of the heat exchanger. The method of the disclosure includes heating the working fluid using the heating device, reducing the pressure in the tumbler by discharging a portion of the working fluid in a circulation line to outside using the compressor, drying an object to be dried received in the tumbler, and cooling the object to be dried.

A dryer including: a drum; a duct connected to the drum; a compressor connected to an evaporator and a condenser provided inside the duct; a heater provided inside the duct; a fan provided inside the duct; a motor to rotate the fan; and a controller configured to perform a first operation of operating the compressor, the heater, and the motor based on no object being inside the drum, and a second operation of operating the heater and the motor without operating the compressor. The dryer may sterilize the inside of the dryer, particularly, a flow path through which humid air passes.

A clothes dryer configured to improve a drying performance by facilitating discharge of condensed water. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably arranged inside the cabinet, a support plate provided in a lower portion of the cabinet, the support plate including an evaporator mounting member and a condenser mounting member adjacent to the evaporator member, an evaporator mounted in the evaporator mounting member, and a condenser mounted in the condenser mounting member, and a fan configured to generate a circulation airflow to circulate air through the evaporator, the condenser, and the drum. The evaporator member includes a plurality of drain holes to drain water collected on the first region therethrough, extending in a widthwise direction which is perpendicular to a direction of the circulation airflow, and each of the plurality of drain holes is spaced apart from one another along the direction of the circulation airflow.

An apparatus and method for a low pressure laundry treating appliance having a cabinet defining an interior, and a drum provided within the interior, the drum including at least an inner wall and an outer wall. Pressure differentiations and flash evaporation can enable drying without excess use of conventional heating methods.

A dehumidification mechanism for an appliance includes a blower that delivers humid process air along an airflow path. A drum is positioned along the airflow path. A condensing apparatus dehumidifies the humid air to define dehumidified air. A membrane has a plurality of nanopores that define a portion of the airflow path within the condensing apparatus. The humid air is delivered along the membrane having the plurality of nanopores and the nanopores operate through capillary condensation to dehumidify the humid air and separate condensate away from the humid air to define the dehumidified air. The condensate removed by the nanopore membrane is delivered away from the airflow path and to a condensate collection area within the appliance.

The present disclosure relates to a clothing treating apparatus comprising: an outer case which includes a first opening formed at the front side thereof; an inner case which is provided inside the outer case and has a space formed therein to receive clothes; an inner case bottom surface which forms the bottom of the inner case; a first penetrating part which extends through the inner case bottom surface; and a first machinery room forming surface which forms a machinery room disposed under the inner case and separated from the inner case, and provides a holding surface that protrudes to enable a steam nozzle to be installed thereon.

The present specification relates to a clothing treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, the clothing treatment apparatus comprising: a plurality of inverters for controlling the motors of a drum, a compressor, and a blowing fan; a converter for converting input power input from an external source and outputting the converted power to the inverters; and a control unit for controlling the plurality of inverters and the converter.

A front-load laundry appliance including an in-door condensing system with an air-to-air condenser that forms an air cooling loop inside an in-door cavity. The air cooling loop is a tube that extends in a flat spiral to form multiple loops that gradually increase in radius. The in-door condensing system includes an in-door circulation fan and a heat exchanger fan. The in-door circulation is positioned in the in-door cavity and is arranged to pull moist air from inside the laundry compartment into the in-door cavity where it condenses. The heat exchanger fan is also positioned in the in-door cavity and is arranged to pull cooling air from outside the laundry appliance into the air cooling loop. The air cooling loop of the in-door condenser may alternatively receive a cooling air flow from a chiller located inside the laundry appliance.

A clothes dryer includes a housing, a tumbler and a heat exchange component. The housing has an air cavity therein. The air cavity and the tumbler form a closed-loop air duct. A blower impeller for driving air to flow is provided in the housing. The heat exchange component comprises a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator. The compressor is used to compress a working medium into a high temperature and high pressure state, and the condenser communicates with the evaporator through a throttle capillary. The heat exchange component further includes a reversing valve. The reversing valve can switch between two modes through a remote control program. The clothes dryer can perform self-cleaning.