A method and system for setting parameters of a treatment cycle in a household appliance is provided. First a model establishing a relationship between sets of configuration parameter values of achievable treatment performance is obtained. Then a target treatment performance for the treatment cycle is obtained. Values for a subset of a configuration parameter are fixed, the subset comprising at most all configuration parameters but a remaining configuration parameter. Then, a value for the remaining configuration parameter is determined. For this value, a difference between the target treatment performance and an achievable treatment performance predicted by the model using said value is below a predetermined threshold. Finally, the parameters of the treatment cycle, which can be setting parameters of the treatment cycle in the household appliance are output. The parameters comprise the determined value and the fixed values.

A duty cycle heating portion of a drying cycle is initiated, in which a heating element of the clothes dryer is cycled on and off. An average baseline value is established for one or more of peak exhaust temperature of exhaust temperature of the clothes dryer or peak evaporation rate of evaporation rate of the clothes dryer. The duty cycle heating portion is continued until a peak delta between current exhaust temperature or the evaporation rate and the average baseline value exceeds a predefined threshold difference. The dryer transitions from the duty cycle heating portion to a continuous heating portion of the drying cycle, in which the heating element of the clothes dryer is continuously powered. The heating element is disengaged responsive to one or more criteria indicating completion of the drying cycle.

A method for a dry cycle calibration in a washing machine appliance. The method includes receiving an activation signal of a calibration cycle, performing, the calibration cycle in response to the activation signal. The calibration cycle including analyzing a cycle history of the washing machine appliance, measuring a first line voltage of an electrical supply line, monitoring a temperature via a temperature sensor of the washing machine appliance, measuring a load inertia and a second line voltage of the electrical supply line, and updating operational parameters in response to one or more of a line stiffness between the first line voltage and the second line voltage, the load inertia, and the temperature.