ES2643402T3 - Equipment for heating a treatment liquid for an apparatus for treating laundry and apparatus for treating laundry - Google Patents
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EQUIPMENT TO HEAT A TREATMENT LIQUID FOR AN APPLIANCE TO TREAT THE COLADA AND APPARATUS TO TREAT THE COLADA
DESCRIPTION
The invention relates to an equipment and a method for heating a treatment liquid for an apparatus for treating laundry and an apparatus for treating laundry, for example an automatic washing machine or a clothes dryer. Appliances for treating laundry, such as automatic washing machines or clothes dryers, are heated with electric heaters.
EP 2 096 203 A1 and WO 2014/094854 A1 certainly refer to heat pumps in domestic appliances. Of course, no distributor device is described there, in order to function in a service state, connect several interfaces with the vaporizer.
The invention formulates the objective of achieving improved equipment and an improved method for heating a treatment liquid for an apparatus for treating laundry and an apparatus for treating improved laundry.
According to the invention, this objective is achieved by means of a device for heating a treatment liquid for an apparatus for treating laundry and an apparatus for treating laundry with the characteristics of the main claim. Advantageous variants and refinements of the invention result from the following secondary claims.
The advantages that can be achieved with the invention are that a treatment liquid for treating laundry can be heated by saving energy using a heat pump blender. This is an advantage over electrically heated devices, in which all the heating energy is taken from the electricity grid, since the electric current is currently the most expensive kind of energy and damages the environment due to the expulsion of CO2 of power plants. The energy efficiency as a whole is in an apparatus that uses the approach described here, rather than in an apparatus that obtains all the necessary heat from an electric heater. An equipment for heating a treatment liquid for an apparatus for treating laundry, in particular an automatic washing machine or a clothes dryer, has the following characteristics:
a circulation interface of the inlet side, to provide the treatment liquid from a laundry treatment chamber of the apparatus for treating the laundry;
a vaporizer configured to vaporize a liquid cooling medium using a fluid to provide thermal energy and provide it as a gas cooling medium;
a blender, configured to heat the treatment liquid using the gas cooling medium and provide it as a heated treatment liquid and
a circulation interface on the outlet side to evacuate the heated treatment liquid into the laundry treatment chamber.
Under an apparatus for treating laundry can be understood as an apparatus in which laundry can be treated, for example textile garments. Under laundry treatment it can be understood, for example, to wash or dry. During operation of the apparatus for treating the laundry, the laundry may be located in the laundry treatment chamber and treated using the treatment liquid. The circulation interface on the inlet side is suitable for receiving the treatment liquid from the laundry treatment chamber or from another tank. Under treatment liquid it can be understood for example a detergent liquid for washing. To heat the treatment liquid a heat pump can be used, which takes the fluid, for example air or liquid, to heat the treatment liquid. The vaporizer, the blender and a cooling medium circuit that includes the cooling medium can be part of such a heat pump. By using the technology of heat pumps for a washing process and / or a drying process, little electrical energy is consumed. According to the invention, the equipment presents a process air interface on the inlet side to provide process air from the laundry treatment chamber. In this regard, the blender or other blender is configured to heat the process air using the gas cooling medium and provide it as heated process air. The equipment also has a process air interface on the outlet side to evacuate the heated process air to the laundry treatment chamber. In this way, the air can be taken from the laundry treatment chamber, heated and returned to the laundry treatment chamber, to heat the laundry treatment chamber.
According to one embodiment, it can be the apparatus for treating laundry a clothes dryer. If a clothes dryer is used for the drying process, then the energy efficiency of the clothes dryer increases. If the heat pump is also used to heat the detergent liquid when washing, it increases the efficiency even more.
For example, such an apparatus can be used to treat the laundry in a first service state to wash the laundry that is in the laundry treatment chamber and in a second service state to dry the laundry that is in the laundry chamber. laundry treatment.
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The equipment includes a fluid interface on the inlet side to provide the fluid and a distributor device on the inlet side. The dispensing device on the inlet side is configured to connect the fluid interface of the inlet side with the vaporizer in a first operating state and in a second operating state to couple the process air interface of the inlet side with the vaporizer. In this regard, the vaporizer is configured to vaporize the liquid cooling medium in the first operating state using the fluid and provide it as a gaseous cooling medium and in the second service state vaporize the liquid cooling medium using the process air and provide it as a gas cooling medium. . In this way, the vaporizer can be used in the first state of service to extract from the fluid the heat necessary to wash the laundry and in the second state of service, used to extract moisture from the process air.
In addition, the device may have a distributor device on the outlet side, which is configured to couple a vaporizer outlet interface with a fluid interface on the outlet side to evacuate the fluid and in the second state of operation in the first operating state. service connect the outlet interface of the vaporizer with an input interface of the blender or other blender. In this way the process air, to which moisture has been extracted in the vaporizer, can be conducted in the second state of service to the blender and reheated in the blender before being brought back to the treatment chamber.
The equipment may have a switching device, which is configured to drive the cooling medium to the blender in the first service state and in the second service state to drive the cooling medium to the other blender. In this way, completely separate refrigerant media circuits are not necessary.
According to another embodiment, the equipment may present another vaporizer and a switching device. The switching device may be configured to drive the liquid cooling medium to the vaporizer in the first operating state and in the second service state the liquid cooling medium to the other vaporizer. The other vaporizer can then be connected to drive the process air between the process air interface of the inlet side and the blender or the other blender and be configured in the second state of service to vaporize the liquid cooling medium using the air of process and provide it as a gas cooling medium. In this way, for example, a vaporizer that is optimized to extract thermal energy from the fluid and another vaporizer that is optimized to extract moisture from the process air can be provided.
The equipment may have a fluid interface on the inlet side to provide the fluid. In this way, the equipment can be continuously supplied with fluid from the outside, from which heat can be extracted.
For example, the fluid interface of the inlet side may be realized as an interface of the surrounding air of the inlet side, to provide ambient air like the fluid. Advantageously, the surrounding air is constantly available.
The equipment may have a heat accumulator, which includes the fluid as an accumulator medium that can be heated by the treatment liquid, as well as the vaporizer. In this way, for example, thermal energy can be extracted from the treatment liquid which, after a washing process, is no longer needed, accumulated and used to heat the treatment liquid for a subsequent washing process.
An apparatus for the treatment of the corresponding laundry, for example an automatic washing machine or a clothes dryer, has the following characteristics:
a laundry treatment chamber to treat laundry and
a device such as said, the circulation interface of the input side and the circulation interface of the output side of the equipment with the laundry treatment chamber being coupled.
In this way, the approach described advantageously in this context can be used with an apparatus for treating laundry.
A procedure for heating a treatment liquid for an apparatus for treating laundry, in particular an automatic washing machine or a clothes dryer, includes the following steps:
contribution of the treatment liquid from a laundry treatment chamber of the apparatus for treating the laundry through a circulation interface of the inlet side;
vaporization of a liquid cooling medium using a fluid to provide thermal energy and supply of the cooling medium as a gas cooling medium;
heating of the treatment liquid using the gas cooling medium and contribution of the treatment liquid as a heated treatment liquid and
evacuation of the heated treatment liquid to the laundry treatment chamber through a circulation interface on the outlet side.
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Examples of embodiments of the invention are simply schematically depicted in the drawings and will be described in more detail below. It shows in
1 shows a schematic representation of an apparatus for treating laundry with equipment for heating a treatment liquid according to an example of embodiment; Figure 2 a schematic representation of an apparatus for treating laundry with equipment for heating a treatment liquid according to an example of embodiment; 3 shows a representation of an apparatus for treating laundry with an equipment for heating a treatment liquid according to an example of embodiment of the present invention; Figure 4 a representation of the apparatus for treating the laundry shown in Figure 3 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 5 a representation of the apparatus for treating the laundry shown in Figure 3 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
6 shows a representation of an apparatus for treating laundry with equipment for heating a treatment liquid according to an example of embodiment;
figure 7 a representation of the apparatus for treating the laundry shown in figure 6 according to an exemplary embodiment;
figure 8 a representation of the apparatus for treating the laundry shown in figure 6 according to an example of embodiment;
Figure 9 a sequential diagram of a procedure for heating a treatment liquid according to an example of embodiment and
Figure 10 a representation of an apparatus for treating laundry in the form of a clothes dryer.
Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of an apparatus for treating laundry 100 with equipment 102 for heating a treatment liquid according to an embodiment. The apparatus for treating laundry 100 can be for example an automatic washing machine or a clothes dryer with a laundry treatment chamber 104. An operator of the apparatus for treating laundry 100 pieces can enter the laundry treatment chamber 104. of laundry to try. During operation of the apparatus for treating the laundry 100, the treatment liquid is used to treat the laundry pieces that are inside the laundry treatment chamber 104, for example to clean them. As a treatment liquid, for example, a detergent liquid is used for washing.
The equipment 102 is coupled by means of a circulation interface of the inlet side 106 and a circulation interface of the outlet side 108 with the laundry treatment chamber 104. Through the circulation interface of the inlet side 106, it can aspirate the equipment 102 the treatment liquid of the laundry treatment chamber 104. Via the circulation interface of the outlet side 108, the treatment liquid can be returned from the equipment 102 to the laundry treatment chamber 104. Asf can the device 102 is traversed by the treatment liquid.
During operation of the equipment 102, the treatment liquid passes through the equipment 102, then heating, the energy needed to heat the treatment liquid being extracted from the fluid. The fluid can be conducted to the equipment 102 through a fluid interface of the inlet side 110. Additionally or alternatively the fluid may be accumulated in a heat accumulator 111 of the equipment 102.
The equipment 102 also includes a vaporizer 112 and a blender 114, which are coupled to each other by means of a refrigerant medium circuit 116. By means of the refrigerant medium circuit 116, refrigerant medium is conducted conducted by the refrigerant medium circuit 116 through the vaporizer 112 , from the vaporizer 112 to the blender 114, through the blender 114 and back to the vaporizer 112. In a conduit of the refrigerant medium circuit 116, by means of which the cooling medium is conducted from the vaporizer 112 to the blender 114, it may be arranged a compressor and in a conduit of the refrigerant medium circuit 116, through which the refrigerant medium is conducted from the blender 114 to the vaporizer 112, an expansion valve may be arranged. The vaporizer 112, the blender 114 and the cooling medium circuit 116 are part of a heat pump system, which is configured to extract thermal energy from the fluid and use it to heat the treatment liquid. For this purpose, it presents the vaporizer 112, in addition to the interfaces for the cooling medium, two other interfaces, through which the surrounding air is conducted through the vaporizer 112. The vaporizer 112 is configured to vaporize the cooling medium in the state liquid using the thermal energy of the surrounding air and provide it as a gas cooling medium. The gas cooling medium is conducted through the refrigerant medium circuit 116 to the blender 114. The blender 114 has, in addition to the interfaces for the cooling medium, two other interfaces, through which the treatment liquid is conducted through the Blender 114, to be heated by absorbing thermal energy provided by the cooling medium. Then the cooling medium inside the blender 114 passes into the fluid state. The fluid cooling medium is conducted through the cooling medium circuit 116 back to the vaporizer 112.
Thus, according to an exemplary embodiment, the fluid interface of the inlet side 110 is connected through a conduit with an interface of the vaporizer 112, the circulation interface of the outlet side 106 through a conduit with an interface of the blender 114 and the circulation interface of the outlet side 108 through a conduit with another interface of the blender 114. To evacuate the fluid it may have
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the equipment 102 a fluid interface of the outlet side 118, which is connected to another vaporizer interface 112 via a line. Thus, the cooled fluid in the vaporizer 112 can be transferred back to the environment of the apparatus for treating the laundry 100 .
If the equipment 102 of the heat accumulator 111 is provided, then the fluid interfaces 110, 118 can be suppressed. For this purpose a conduit can be provided, through which the treatment liquid can be taken to the heat accumulator 111, to heat the fluid existing in the heat accumulator 111. In this case, the fluid can be a storage medium, which can be heated by the treatment liquid, for example after finishing a laundry treatment process and which can store the thermal energy extracted from the liquid. and then transfer it to the vaporizer 112. In a subsequent treatment process, the accumulated thermal energy can be extracted from the fluid by the vaporizer 112. For this purpose, the heat accumulator 111 can be presented by the vaporizer 112 and a heat exchanger, through which the treatment liquid can be conducted, to deliver thermal energy to the fluid that is in the heat accumulator 111. The fluid can be in this case of a liquid, for example water. The vaporizer 112 and the heat exchanger may be surrounded by the fluid.
A corresponding heat accumulator 111 can also be used in relation to the embodiments described on the basis of the following figures, for example additionally or instead of using the surrounding air as a heat source.
According to one embodiment, the vaporizer 112 or other vaporizer is used to dehumidify process air provided by the laundry treatment chamber 104. For this purpose, the process air to be dehumidified can be taken to the vaporizer 112 instead of the fluid. If two vaporizers are used, then the cooling medium can be conducted, to dehumidify the process air, through that of the vaporizers that is intended to dehumidify the process air.
Figure 2 shows a schematic representation of an apparatus for treating laundry 100 with equipment 102 for heating a treatment liquid according to an embodiment. In contrast to the embodiment described on the basis of Figure 1, the equipment 102 shown in Figure 2 shows two blenders 114, 214, as well as next to the interfaces of the treatment liquid 106, 108, in addition to a process air interface from the inlet side 206 to take process air from the laundry treatment chamber 104 and a process air interface from the outlet side 208, through which the process air can be transferred back to the treatment chamber of laundry 104.
The process air taken through the process air interface of the inlet side 206 is conducted directly or, as shown on the basis of the following figures, through the vaporizer 112 or through another vaporizer, to the other blender 214 , is heated in the other blender 214 and is conducted through the process air interface of the outlet side 208 back to the laundry treatment chamber 104.
The cooling medium used within the blenders 114, 214 can be provided by the vaporizer 112, as described on the basis of Figure 1, the same being coupled through an expanded or switchable cooling circuit with the blenders 114, 214. Alternatively an own vaporizer and additionally or alternatively its own cooling circuit can be associated to each blender 114, 214.
Figure 3 shows a representation of an apparatus for treating laundry 100 with equipment 102 for heating a treatment liquid according to an example of embodiment of the present invention. The equipment 102 may correspond to an example of embodiment of the equipment described based on Figure 1. The equipment 102 is configured to, in a first state of service, heat the treatment liquid using a fluid, which according to this example of embodiment is ambient air and in a second state of service, dehumidify process air. Instead of surrounding air, another suitable fluid can be used.
The apparatus for treating the laundry 100 has, in addition to the equipment 102, a laundry treatment chamber 104. According to an exemplary embodiment, the laundry treatment chamber 104 is a wash basin. The equipment 102 is coupled through a circulation interface of the input side 106 and a circulation interface of the output side 108, as well as through a process air interface of the input side 206 and an air interface of process of the outlet side 208, with the laundry treatment chamber 104. Through an air interface of the environment of the input side 110 and an air interface of the environment of the output side 118, air from the environment can be conducted to through the team 102.
The device 102 has a vaporizer 112 and a liquor 114, as well as another liquor 214. The vaporizer 112 is configured, depending on the operating status of the equipment 102, either to extract thermal energy from the ambient air provided through the interface of ambient air from the inlet side 110 or to extract thermal energy from the process air provided through the process air interface of the inlet side 206 and thus dehumidify it. To this end, the device 102 presents a distributor device on the input side 320, which is configured to, depending on the service state, connect the
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environment air interface 110 or process air interface 206 with the vaporizer 112. The vaporized cooling medium in the vaporizer 112 is conducted in the first service state through a refrigerant medium circuit 116 to the blender 114 and is used by the blender 114 to heat the treatment liquid. In the second state of service, the vaporized cooling medium in the vaporizer 112 is conducted through the refrigerant medium circuit 116 to the other blender 214 and is used by the other blender 214 to heat the process air. The process air is conveyed for this purpose in the second operating state through the vaporizer 112 to the other blender 214. For this purpose, according to this embodiment, a dispensing device of the outlet side 322 is provided, which is configured for the the first operating state to drive the ambient air carried through the vaporizer 112 to the ambient air interface of the outlet side 118 and in the second service state, the process air carried through the vaporizer 112 through the other blender 214 to the process air interface of the outlet side 208. The distributing devices 320, 322 are made according to an example of embodiment as flappers.
In order to drive the cooling medium in the first service state to the liquefactor 114 and in the second service state to the other liquefactor 214, the switching medium circuit has a switching device 323. For example, the switching device 323 can be realized as a valve commutation.
In the refrigerant medium circuit 116, a compressor 324 is arranged in the direction of the flow to the blenders 114, 214 between the vaporizer 112 and the blenders 114, 214. According to the example of embodiment shown, the refrigerant medium circuit runs from the vaporizer 112 through the compressor 324 to the switching device 323 and in the first service state from the switching device 323 to the blender 114 and in the second service status from the switching device 323 to the other blender 214. In the direction of the flow to the vaporizer 112 is arranged an expansion valve 326 between the blender 114 and the vaporizer 112 and another expansion valve 327 between the other blender 214 and the vaporizer 112 in the refrigerant medium circuit 116. Here a variable throttle valve can also be used (electronic expansion valve).
A process air blower, 328 is arranged in pipes of a process air duct 330, to move the process air between the process air interface of the inlet side 206 and the process air interface of the outlet side 208. An ambient air blower 332 is arranged in the conduits of an ambient air duct 334, to move the surrounding air between the surrounding air interface of the inlet side 110 and the surrounding ambient air interface output 118. A circulation pump 336 is arranged in conduits of a circulation circuit 338, to move the treatment liquid between the circulation interface of the inlet side 106 and the circulation interface of the outlet side 108.
The said first service state of the equipment 102 can be used for a washing process and the second service state can be used for a drying process of an apparatus for treating laundry 100 in the form of a clothes dryer 100. In the dryer Clothes 100 heat is provided on the one hand for the drying process and on the other hand for the washing process. When drying, this is done in the known manner for a dryer: Heat is taken from the wet process air through the vaporizer 112 and "pumped" by the compressor 324 at a higher temperature, whereby heat can be transferred to through the blender 114 back to the process air. When washing, heat is taken from another energy source and transmitted to the washing liquid with a higher temperature. Advantageously, the described heat pump can then have the least possible complexity. This is achieved according to an exemplary embodiment using the structural components that are used where possible to wash and dry.
To control the distribution devices 320, 322, the switching device 323, as well as the transport equipment 324, 328, 332, 336, the control equipment 102 or the apparatus for treating the laundry 100 can be presented with a control equipment, which is configured to controlling the distribution devices 320, 322, the switching device 323, as well as the transport equipment 324, 328, 332, 336 depending on a service state of the apparatus for treating the laundry 100.
The surrounding air is used as a source of heat, which is aspirated, cooled and delivered back to the environment. The heat pump is composed, as already described, by compressor 324, a variable or two throttle valves 326, 327, for example in the form of capillaries or expansion valves, the blenders 114, 214 and the vaporizer 112. When drying, a known process is used for a dryer, the switching device 323 being arranged after the compressor 324, for example in the form of a switching valve, which conducts the cooling medium to another blender 214 in the process air duct 330
For washing, there are in the process air duct 320, for example, flaps 320, 322, which can also connect the air flow to the surrounding air duct 334.
Advantageously, the described equipment can be made using known equipment, such as a heat pump 112, 114, 324, 326, 327, a switching valve as a switching device 323, a blender
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separated in the circulation circuit, a process air blower 328 and an air blower of the environment 332, as well as flaps in the distributing devices 320, 322.
In this way, a procedure for the operation of a clothes dryer 100 with heat pump 112, ll4, 324, 326 for washing and drying can be carried out in practice.
In figure 3 the complete structure of the equipment 102 is shown. In this regard the basic structure of the equipment 102 for washing and drying with separate liquor 114 in the circulation circuit 338 for the washing process is shown. In the following figures 4 and 5 both classes of Drying and Washing service are represented. In the Drying service class, the process air is conducted through the vaporizer 112. In the Washing service class the clamps of the distributing devices 320, 322 are placed such that the surrounding air is conducted with the blower 332 through the vaporizer 112. In the wash service class, the process air is not conducted according to an example of embodiment through the equipment 102.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus for treating the laundry 100 or the equipment 102 may have at least one other heating element, by means of which the process air and additionally or alternatively the treatment liquid can be heated. The other heating element can be used as support for the heat pump. This may be appropriate, for example, when the treatment liquid must be heated to high temperatures, for example, to temperatures above 60 ° C. Such additional heating can be carried out, as shown in Figure 10, by means of a heater for the treatment liquid and / or a heating channel for the process air.
Figure 4 shows a representation of the apparatus for treating laundry 100 shown in Figure 3 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The active components of the equipment 102 are shown for the first state of service, which represents the stage of the Washing process.
The distributor device of the input side 320 has two inputs and two outputs and is connected for the washing process stage such that the surrounding air interface 110 is connected through a first inlet and a first outlet of the distributor device on the side of inlet 320 with the vaporizer 112. A junction conduit between the second inlet and the second outlet of the distributor device 320 is interrupted.
The distributor device of the outlet side 322 has two inputs and two outputs and is connected to the washing process stage such that an outlet of the vaporizer 112 is connected through a first inlet and a first outlet of the distributor device on the outlet side 322 with an inlet of the surrounding air blower 332. A junction conduit between the second inlet and the second outlet of the distributor device 322 is interrupted. The air blower outlet of the environment 332 is connected to the process air interface of the outlet side 118.
The switching device 323 is connected such that the refrigerant means, after passing through the vaporizer 112, is compressed in the compressor 324 and is then driven by the switching device 323 to the blender 114. After passing through the blender 114, the cooling medium is conducted through from the throttle valve to the vaporizer 112.
The treatment liquid is transported through the circulating air interface of the inlet side 106 from the circulating air pump 336 to the blender 114, is heated in the blender 114 and then conducted through the circulation interface from the outlet side 108 back to the laundry treatment chamber 104.
The process conduction for the washing process stage is thus according to an example of embodiment as follows:
The switching device 323, which according to an exemplary embodiment is made as a three-way valve, connects the gas cooling medium in the form of a hot gas to the blender 114 in the circulation circuit 338 of the treatment liquid in the form of a washing detergent . The blender 114 may be configured for example as a plate heat exchanger or a coaxial tube. The vaporizer 112 is connected by means of flaps 320, 322 in the air duct out of the process air circuit and is connected in the air path 334 corresponding to the surrounding air. The liquefied cooling medium flows through the throttle valve 326 for washing in the vaporizer 112. The process air circuit is inactive and the surrounding process air is cooled.
According to an exemplary embodiment, equipment 102 may be provided exclusively for the Washing process stage. In this case, passage ducts can be used instead of the switchable distributor devices 320, 322 and the switching device 323.
Figure 5 shows a representation of the apparatus for treating laundry 100 shown in Figure 3 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The active components of the device 102 are shown for the second service state, which represents the stage of the Drying process.
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Only the second inlet and the second outlet are used in this operating state 320 in the operating state, the second inlet being connected to the process air interface of the inlet side 206 and the second outlet to the vaporizer inlet 112. A junction conduit between the first inlet and the first outlet of the distributor device of the input side 320 is interrupted, for example by closing a flap of the distributor device of the input side 320.
From the dispensing device of the outlet side 322, only the second inlet and the second outlet are used in this operating state, the second inlet being connected with the outlet of the vaporizer 112 and the second outlet with the inlet of the process air blower 328 A junction conduit between the first inlet and the first outlet of the distributor device of the outlet side 322 is interrupted, for example by closing a flap of the distributor device of the outlet side 322.
The switching device 323 is connected such that the cooling medium is compressed after passing through the vaporizer 112 by means of the compressor 324 and then is conducted by means of the switching device 323 to the other blender 214. After crossing the other blender 214, the cooling medium is conducted through from the other throttle valve 327 to the vaporizer 112.
The process air is transported from the process air interface of the inlet side 206 by the process air blower 328 to the vaporizer 112, in which moisture is extracted from the process air. The process air is then transported by the process air blower 328 to the other blender 214, in which the process air is heated and then returned through the process air interface of the outlet side 208 to the laundry treatment chamber 104.
The process conduction for the drying process stage is thus, according to an example of embodiment, as follows:
The switching device 323, which according to an embodiment is made as a three-way valve, connects the cooling circuit 116 to the other blender 214 in the process air. The flaps of the distributing devices 320, 322 are positioned such that the process air is conducted through the vaporizer 112. The drying process takes place as in a heat pump dryer. The surrounding air flow is disconnected.
Figure 6 shows a representation of an apparatus for treating laundry 100 with equipment 102 for heating a treatment liquid according to an example of embodiment of the present invention. The equipment 102 may be an example of the embodiment of the equipment described based on Figure 1. The equipment 102 is configured to, in a first operating state, heat the treatment liquid using a fluid, which according to this embodiment is air from the environment and in a second state of service, dehumidify process air. Instead of surrounding air, another suitable fluid can be used.
The apparatus for treating the laundry 100 has, in addition to the equipment 102, a laundry treatment chamber 104. According to an exemplary embodiment, the laundry treatment chamber 104 is a wash basin. The equipment 102 is coupled through a circulation interface of the input side 106 and a circulation interface of the output side 108, as well as through a process air interface of the input side 206 and an air interface of process of the outlet side 208, with the laundry treatment chamber 104. Through an air interface of the environment of the input side 110 and an air interface of the environment of the output side 118, air from the environment can be conducted to through the team 102.
The equipment 102 has a vaporizer 112, another vaporizer 612, a liquefactor 114, as well as another liquor 214. The vaporizer 112 is configured to extract thermal energy from the surrounding air provided through the air interface around the inlet side 110 and yield it to a cooling medium. The other vaporizer 612 is configured to extract thermal energy from the process air supplied through the process air interface of the inlet side 206 and thus dehumidify it. For this purpose, the surrounding air interface 110 is connected with an inlet of the vaporizer 112 and the process air interface 206 with an inlet of the other vaporizer 612. The vaporized cooling medium in the vaporizer 112 is conducted through a circuit of cooling medium 116 to the blender 114 and is used by the blender 114 to heat the treatment liquid. The vaporized cooling medium in the vaporizer 112 is conducted through the refrigerant medium circuit 116 to the other blender 214 and is used by the other blender 214 to heat the process air, once it has passed through the other vaporizer 612. To driving the cooling medium in a first service state, in which the treatment liquid is heated, to the blender 114 and in a second service state, in which the process air is dehumidified and then heated again, to the other Blender 214, the cooling medium circuit 116 has a switching device 323. For example, the switching device 323 can be made as a switching valve.
In the refrigerant medium circuit 116, a compressor 324 is arranged in the direction of the flow towards the blenders 114, 214 between the vaporizers 112, 612 and the blenders 114, 214. According to the example of embodiment shown, the refrigerant medium circuit runs in a first operating state from the vaporizer 112 through the compressor 324 to the switching device 323 and from the device
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switch 323 towards the blender 114 and in the second operating state from the other vaporizer 612 through the compressor 324 to the switching device 323 and from the switching device 323 to the other blender 214. In the direction of the flow to the vaporizer 112, a throttle valve 326 between the blender 114 and the vaporizer 112 and another throttle valve 327 between the other blender 214 and the other vaporizer 612 in the refrigerant medium circuit 116.
A process air blower, 328 is arranged in pipes of a process air duct 330, to move the process air between the process air interface of the inlet side 206 and the process air interface of the outlet side 208. An air blower of the environment 332 is arranged in pipes of an air duct of the environment 334, to move the surrounding air between the surrounding air interface of the inlet side 110 and the surrounding air interface of the outlet 118. A circulation pump 336 is arranged in ducts of a circulation circuit 338, to move the treatment liquid between the circulation interface of the inlet side 106 and the circulation interface of the outlet side 108.
The said first service state of the equipment 102 can be used for a washing process and the second service state can be used for a drying process of an apparatus for treating laundry 100 in the form of a clothes dryer 100. In the dryer Clothes 100 heat is provided on the one hand for the drying process and on the other hand for the washing process. When drying, this is done in the known manner for a dryer: Heat is taken from the wet process air through the vaporizer 112 and "pumped" by the compressor 324 at a higher temperature, whereby heat can be transferred to through the blender 114 back to the process air. When washing, heat is taken from another energy source and transmitted to the detergent for washing at a higher temperature. Advantageously, the described heat pump can then have the least possible complexity. This is achieved according to an exemplary embodiment using the structural components that are used where possible to wash and dry.
To control the distributing devices 320, 322, the switching device 323, as well as the transport equipment 324, 328, 336, the control equipment 102 or the apparatus for treating the laundry 100 can be presented with a control equipment, which is configured to control the distributor devices 320, 322, the switching device 323 as well as the transport equipment 324, 328, 336 depending on a service state of the apparatus for treating laundry 100.
The surrounding air is used as a source of heat, which is aspirated, cooled and delivered back to the environment. The heat pump is composed, as already described, by compressor 324, two throttle valves 326, 327, for example in the form of capillaries or expansion valves, the blenders 114, 214 and the vaporizers 112, 612. performing a drying process is known by a dryer, the switching device 323 being arranged after the compressor 324, for example in the form of a switching valve, which conducts the cooling medium to the other blender 214 in the process air duct 330 For washing the cooling medium is conducted through the blender 114 in the circulation circuit of the detergent for washing and then through a separate vaporizer 112.
Advantageously, the described equipment can be made using known equipment, such as a heat pump 112, 114, 324, 326, 327, a switching valve as a switching device 323, a separate liquefactor in the circulation circuit, a separate vaporizer 612 for air of the environment, as well as a blower for process air 328 and a blower for air of the environment 332.
In this way, a procedure for operating a clothes dryer 100 with heat pump 112, 114, 324, 326 for washing and drying can be performed.
Figure 6 shows the complete structure of the equipment 102. In this regard, the basic structure of the equipment 102 for washing and drying with a blender 114 in the circulation circuit 338 and a separate vaporizer to obtain heat from the surrounding air is shown. In the following figures 7 and 8 both classes of Drying and Washing service are represented. In the Drying service class the process air is conducted through the other vaporizer 612. In the Washing service class the surrounding air is conducted through the vaporizer 112. In the Washing service class the process air is not conducted , according to an exemplary embodiment, through equipment 102.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus for treating the laundry 100 or the equipment 102 may have at least one other heating element, by means of which the process air and additionally or alternatively the treatment liquid can be heated. The other heating element can be used as support for the heat pump. This may be appropriate, for example, when the treatment liquid must be heated to high temperatures, for example, to temperatures above 60 ° C. Such additional heating can be carried out, as shown in Figure 10, by means of a heater for the treatment liquid and / or a heating channel for the process air.
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Figure 7 shows a representation of the apparatus for treating laundry 100 shown in Figure 6 according to an exemplary embodiment. The active components of the equipment 102 are shown for the first service state, which represents the stage of the washing process.
The surrounding air interface of the inlet side 110 is connected to an inlet of the surrounding air blower 332. An outlet of the surrounding air blower 332 is connected to an inlet of the vaporizer 112. An outlet of the vaporizer 112 is connected to the air interface of the outlet side environment 118.
The switching device 323 is connected such that the refrigerant means, after passing through the vaporizer 112, is compressed in the compressor 324 and is then driven by the switching device 323 to the blender 114. After passing through the blender 114, the cooling medium is conducted through from the throttle valve to the vaporizer 112. The treatment liquid is transported through the circulation interface of the inlet side 106 by the circulation pump 336 to the blender 114, is heated in the blender 114 and then conducted through from the circulation interface of the outlet side 108 back to the laundry treatment chamber 104.
The process conduction for the washing process stage is thus, according to an example of embodiment, as follows:
The switching device 323, which according to an exemplary embodiment is made as a three-way valve, connects the gas cooling medium in the form of a hot gas to the blender 114 in the circulation circuit 338 of the treatment liquid in the form of a washing detergent . The blender 114 may be made, for example, as a plate heat exchanger or a coaxial tube. The cooling medium passes through the throttle valve and flows through the vaporizer 112 for the surrounding air. The process air circuit is inactive and the surrounding air flow cools.
According to an exemplary embodiment, equipment 102 may be provided exclusively for the Washing process stage. In that case a passageway can be used instead of the switching device 323.
Figure 8 shows a representation of the apparatus for treating laundry 100 shown in Figure 6 according to an exemplary embodiment. The active components of the device 102 are shown for the second service state, which represents the stage of the Drying process.
The process air interface of the inlet side 206 is connected to an inlet of the other vaporizer 612. The outlet of the other vaporizer 612 is connected to the inlet of the process air blower 328. The output of the process air blower 328 is connected to an inlet of the other blender 214. An outlet of the other blender 214 is connected to the process air interface of the outlet side 206.
The switching device 323 is connected such that the cooling medium is compressed after passing through the other vaporizer 612 by means of the compressor 324, and then the switching device 323 is driven to the other blender 214. After crossing the other blender 214, the cooling medium is conducted through the other throttle valve 327 to the other vaporizer 612.
The process air is transported from the process air interface of the inlet side 206 by the process air blower 328 to the other vaporizer 612, in which moisture is extracted from the process air. The process air is then transported from the process air fan 328 to the other blender 214, in which the process air is heated and then returned through the process air interface of the outlet side 208 to the laundry treatment chamber 104.
The process conduction for the drying process stage is thus, according to an example of embodiment, as follows:
The switching device 323, which according to an embodiment is made as a three-way valve, connects the cooling circuit 116 to the other blender 214 in the process air. The cooling medium passes through the throttle valve and flows to the other vaporizer 612 for the process air. The drying process takes place as in a heat pump dryer.
Figure 9 shows a sequential diagram of a procedure for heating a treatment liquid for an apparatus for treating laundry according to an example of embodiment. The procedure can be performed using one of the equipment or apparatus for treating the laundry described based on the preceding embodiments.
In a step 901 treatment liquid is provided from a laundry chamber of the apparatus for treating the laundry through a circulation interface of the inlet side. In a step 903 a liquid cooling medium is vaporized using a fluid and is provided as a gas cooling medium. In a step 905 the treatment liquid is heated using the gas cooling medium and is supplied as a heated treatment liquid. In a step 907 the liquid is evacuated from
heated treatment through a circulation interface from the outlet side to the laundry treatment chamber. The steps 901, 903, 905, 907 can be carried out continuously and both in parallel in time, to be able to continuously provide heated treatment liquid.
5 Figure 10 shows a representation of an apparatus for treating laundry in the form of a clothes dryer, which is made with an electric heater. The clothes dryer has a laundry tray 104, a heater 1002 for the detergent liquid, a heating channel 1003 for the process air, a blower 1004, a condensate channel 1005, a cooling water valve 1006, a liquid detergent pump 107 and a drain 1008.
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One such clothes dryer is heated by two electric heaters 1002, 1003, a heater 1002 for washing, as in traditional automatic washing machines and another for heating the process air for drying. A more energy efficient variant is a heat pump, which in the drying process functions as a heat pump dryer, as described for example 15 based on the preceding figures.
At least one of the electric heaters 1002, 1003 can also be used together with an equipment as described based on the previous figures.
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- 510fifteentwenty25303540Four. Fivefifty5560651. Equipment (102) for heating a treatment liquid for an apparatus for treating laundry (100), in particular an automatic washing machine or a clothes dryer, with the following characteristics:a circulation interface of the inlet side (106), to provide the treatment liquid from a laundry treatment chamber (104) of the apparatus for treating the laundry (100); a vaporizer (112) configured to vaporize a liquid cooling medium using a fluid to provide thermal energy and provide it as a gas cooling medium; a blender (114), configured to heat the treatment liquid using the gas cooling medium and provide it as a heated treatment liquid anda circulation interface of the outlet side (108) to evacuate the heated treatment liquid into the laundry treatment chamber (104),including a process air interface on the inlet side (206) to provide process air from the laundry treatment chamber (104), the blender (114) or other blender (214) being configured to heat the air of process using the gas refrigerant medium and provide it as heated process air and with a process air interface on the outlet side (208) to evacuate the heated process air into the laundry treatment chamber (104),characterized by a fluid interface of the inlet side (110) to provide the fluid and with a distributor device by the inlet side (320), which is configured for a first service state to couple the fluid interface to the inlet side (110) with the vaporizer (112) and in a second operating state, connect the process air interface of the inlet side (206) with the vaporizer (112), the vaporizer (112) being configured to vaporize in the first state service the liquid cooling medium using the fluid and provide it as a gas cooling medium and in the second state of service vaporize the liquid cooling medium using the process air and provide it as a gas cooling medium.
- 2. Equipment (102) according to claim 1,with a distributor device on the outlet side (322), which is configured to couple a vaporizer outlet interface (112) with a fluid interface on the outlet side (118) to evacuate the fluid and in the first operating state the second operating state, to connect the outlet interface of the vaporizer (112) with an input interface of the blender (114) or the other blender (214).
- 3. Equipment (102) according to claim 1 or 2,with a switching device (323), which is configured to drive the cooling medium to the blender (114) in the first service state and in the second service state to drive the cooling medium to the other blender (214).
- 4. Equipment (102) according to claim 1,with another vaporizer (612) and a switching device (323), which is configured to drive the cooling medium to the vaporizer (112) in a first service state and in the second service state the cooling medium to the other vaporizer (612), the other vaporizer (612) being connected to conduct the process air between the process air interface of the inlet side (206) and the blender (114) or the other blender (214) and is configured for in the second state of service vaporize the cooling medium using the process air and provide it as a gas cooling medium.
- 5. Equipment (102) according to one of the preceding claims, with a fluid interface of the inlet side (110) for supplying the fluid.
- 6. Equipment (102) according to claim 5,in which the fluid interface of the inlet side (110) is made as an air interface of the inlet side environment, to provide ambient air such as fluid.
- 7. Equipment (102) according to one of the preceding claims,with a heat accumulator (111) that includes the fluid as an accumulator medium that can be heated by the treatment liquid and the vaporizer (112).
- 8. Apparatus for the treatment of laundry (100), in particular an automatic washing machine or a clothes dryer, with the following features:a laundry treatment chamber (104) to treat laundry andan equipment (102) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the circulation interface of the input side (106) and the circulation interface of the output side (108) of the equipment (102) are coupled with the chamber for laundry treatment (104)
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