Drying method for a household appliance and household appliance for carrying the drying method
First Claim
1. 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:
- 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,the gas phase fluid contacting one of the heat-absorbing part in the household appliance treatment chamber, and a contact plate that is in the treatment chamber and is in thermal contact with the heat-absorbing part.
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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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18 Claims
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1. 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, the gas phase fluid contacting one of the heat-absorbing part in the household appliance treatment chamber, and a contact plate that is in the treatment chamber and is in thermal contact with the heat-absorbing part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A household appliance comprising:
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a washing container subjecting items to a wetting treatment; a container forming a treatment chamber subjecting items that have been wetted 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, the heat-absorbing part being arranged in the household appliance and withdrawing thermal energy from the gas phase fluid of the treatment chamber, and the heat-emitting part being arranged one of in the treatment chamber of the household appliance and in thermal contact with a contact plate in the treatment chamber of the household appliance, the heat-emitting part releasing the thermal energy to the gas phase fluid in the treatment chamber. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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