High-Frequency Laundry Drying Field for Low-Temperature Evaporation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional clothes drying machines are inefficient in terms of power consumption and drying time, and can cause damage to clothes due to high temperatures required for effective drying, leading to increased operational costs and potential denaturalization of fabrics.
Innovation Solution
A laundry treatment machine incorporating a high frequency drying apparatus with an anode and cathode that forms an oscillation electric field to dry clothes, minimizing structural modifications to typical washer and dryer designs, and utilizing a pedestal to support the main body and apply the electric field, which reduces power consumption and drying time while preventing fabric damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If hot air drying method is used to evaporate water from clothes, then water evaporation can be achieved, but power consumption increases and drying efficiency decreases due to heat transfer from low specific heat air to high specific heat water
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the thermal convection system (heater and blower) with a high frequency electromagnetic field system (anode and cathode). Instead of using hot air to transfer heat to water molecules, the invention directly applies high frequency electromagnetic energy to excite water molecules, causing them to vibrate and collide, generating internal heat for evaporation. This substitution of the drying mechanism fundamentally resolves the inefficiency of heat transfer from air to water.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical parameter of energy delivery from thermal convection (hot air at temperatures that can damage fabric) to high frequency electromagnetic oscillation. By changing the drying parameter from temperature-based to frequency-based energy transfer, the system achieves more direct and efficient water molecule excitation, improving drying efficiency while reducing power consumption.
2Productivity
If high temperature hot air is used to reach evaporative temperature of water in clothes, then water evaporation can be achieved, but fabric denaturalization or damage occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the thermal convection system (heater and blower) with a high frequency electromagnetic field system (anode and cathode). Instead of using hot air to transfer heat to water molecules, the invention directly applies high frequency electromagnetic energy to excite water molecules, causing them to vibrate and collide, generating internal heat for evaporation. This substitution of the drying mechanism fundamentally resolves the inefficiency of heat transfer from air to water.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical parameter of energy delivery from thermal convection (hot air at temperatures that can damage fabric) to high frequency electromagnetic oscillation. By changing the drying parameter from temperature-based to frequency-based energy transfer, the system achieves more direct and efficient water molecule excitation, improving drying efficiency while reducing power consumption.
3Productivity
If continuous exhaust of heated air is used to remove evaporated water, then moisture removal can be achieved, but internal drum temperature drops requiring longer heater operation and increased power consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the thermal convection system (heater and blower) with a high frequency electromagnetic field system (anode and cathode). Instead of using hot air to transfer heat to water molecules, the invention directly applies high frequency electromagnetic energy to excite water molecules, causing them to vibrate and collide, generating internal heat for evaporation. This substitution of the drying mechanism fundamentally resolves the inefficiency of heat transfer from air to water.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical parameter of energy delivery from thermal convection (hot air at temperatures that can damage fabric) to high frequency electromagnetic oscillation. By changing the drying parameter from temperature-based to frequency-based energy transfer, the system achieves more direct and efficient water molecule excitation, improving drying efficiency while reducing power consumption.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The high frequency drying method reduces power consumption and drying time, maintains high drying efficiency across varying loads, and prevents fabric denaturalization by drying at lower temperatures compared to traditional hot air methods, enhancing overall performance and fabric protection.
Implementation Method 1
a high frequency drying apparatus comprising an anode to which a high frequency is applied and a cathode electrically insulated from the anode to form an oscillation electric field between the anode and the cathode inside the drying space
Implementation Method 2
The high frequency drying apparatus comprises an anode to which a high frequency is applied and a cathode electrically insulated from the anode to form an oscillation electric field between the anode and the cathode inside the drying space
Implementation Method 3
The high frequency drying method reduces power consumption and drying time, maintains high drying efficiency across varying loads, and prevents fabric denaturalization by drying at lower temperatures compared to traditional hot air methods
Data Source
AI summary
A laundry treatment machine is provided. The laundry treatment machine includes at least one main body, a pedestal, and a high frequency drying apparatus. The at least one main body includes a drum rotatably disposed therein. The pedestal supports the main body and provides a certain drying space for receiving a drying subject. The high frequency drying apparatus includes an anode to which a high frequency is applied and a cathode electrically insulated from the anode to form an oscillation electric field between the anode and the cathode inside the drying space.