Disclosed is a washing machine and dryer having a condensation unit (700).
A tub (200) is installed in a cabinet (100), and a drum is rotatably
installed within the tub (200). A drying duct (610) has one end connected
with an interior of the tub (200), and a condensation duct (710) connects
the tub (200) with the drying duct (610). A cooling water supply unit
(720) is provided in one side of the condensation duct (710) to supply
cooling water supplied from an outside to the interior of the
condensation duct (710). A cooling water dropping unit (750) collects the
cooling water supplied to an interior of the condensation duct to drop
the collected cooling water to the inner space of the condensation duct.
A heater (620) heats air circulating the tub (200), the condensation duct
(710), and the drying duct (610), and a circulation fan (800) circulates
the air. A drain pump (500) discharges washing water in the tub (200)
outside the cabinet (100). To dry laundry in the drum (300), the drum
(300) rotates, the heater (620) and the circulation fan (800) operate,
and cooling water is fed into the condensation duct (710) through the
cooling water supply unit (720). Moist absorbing moisture while drying
the laundry in the drum (300) exchanges heat with the cooling water
dropped by a cooling water dropping unit (750) while being via the
condensation duct (710), and is condensed to remove moisture, so that dry
performance of the washing machine is enhanced.