Drying Method For A Household Appliance And Household Appliance For Carrying The Drying Method
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Abstract
A drying method for a household appliance such as a dishwasher comprises a Peltier-element in addition to a heat-emitting part and also a heat-absorbing part for drying the washed items in the treatment area of the dishwasher. The heater-absorbing part cools a lateral wall of the washing container, which guides condensation of humidity into the air of the treatment area. Also, the air of the treatment area is circulated about an air channel by a blower and the air in the air channel is simultaneously heated with the aid of the heat-emitting part of the Peltier-element. The relative humidity of the air is reduced and the capacity of the air of the absorbing humidity is increased.
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32 Claims
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17. A drying method for drying items to be treated in a household appliance treatment chamber filled with a fluid in a gas phase, the drying method comprising:
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guiding the gas phase fluid in the household appliance treatment chamber into contact with a heat-absorbing part of a Peltier element for removal of thermal energy from the gas phase fluid by the heat-absorbing part of the Peltier element, thereby resulting in corresponding condensation of moisture in the gas phase fluid; and
supplying thermal energy to the gas phase fluid in the household appliance treatment chamber via a heat-emitting part of the Peltier element in order to increase the moisture-absorbing capacity of the gas phase fluid in the household appliance treatment chamber. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, a washer drier, or laundry drier, the household appliance comprising
a washing container for items to be subjected to a wetting treatment; -
a container forming a treatment chamber in which items that have been wetted can be subjected to a drying treatment, the treatment chamber being filled with a fluid in a gas phase; and
a Peltier element having a heat-absorbing part and a heat-emitting part, wherein the heat-absorbing part is arranged in the household appliance in such a manner that thermal energy is withdrawn from the gasz of the treatment chamber and the heat-emitting part is arranged in the household appliance in such a manner that the thermal energy is released to the gasz of the treatment chamber. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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