Efficient energy usage for a laundry appliance
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1. A method of controlling an operation of a laundry treating appliance having a rotating drum defining a treating chamber in which a wet laundry load is present, the method comprising:
- extracting a portion of moisture present in the laundry load from the laundry load by rotating the drum to apply a centrifugal force to the laundry load;
monitoring a value representative of a remaining amount of the moisture present in the laundry load during the extracting;
determining, based on the value, at least one of an amount of energy, or a cost of energy to extract a portion of the remaining amount of the moisture present in the laundry load during the extracting; and
terminating the extracting when the at least one of the amount of energy satisfies a first threshold, or the cost of energy satisfies a second threshold.
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Abstract
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.
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1. A method of controlling an operation of a laundry treating appliance having a rotating drum defining a treating chamber in which a wet laundry load is present, the method comprising:
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extracting a portion of moisture present in the laundry load from the laundry load by rotating the drum to apply a centrifugal force to the laundry load; monitoring a value representative of a remaining amount of the moisture present in the laundry load during the extracting; determining, based on the value, at least one of an amount of energy, or a cost of energy to extract a portion of the remaining amount of the moisture present in the laundry load during the extracting; and terminating the extracting when the at least one of the amount of energy satisfies a first threshold, or the cost of energy satisfies a second threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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