U.S. patent application number 12/321038 was filed with the patent office on 2009-07-30 for heating apparatus for a household appliance for the care of laundry items and method for operating such a heating apparatus.
This patent application is currently assigned to BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH. Invention is credited to Guenter Steffens.
Application Number | 20090188660 12/321038 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40524537 |
Filed Date | 2009-07-30 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090188660 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Steffens; Guenter |
July 30, 2009 |
Heating apparatus for a household appliance for the care of laundry
items and method for operating such a heating apparatus
Abstract
A household appliance for the care of laundry items, which
heating apparatus is embodied for generating heat by combusting
gaseous media and has a device for supplying the gaseous medium to
a burner, wherein a means is provided which is thermally coupled to
the burner and the device and is embodied for changing a
temperature of the device in order to control the flow of the
medium through the device, in particular the metering unit of the
device. The invention also relates to a method for operating a
heating apparatus for a household appliance for the care of laundry
items, in particular a gas laundry dryer.
Inventors: |
Steffens; Guenter;
(Dallgow-Doeberitz, DE) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION;INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT
100 BOSCH BOULEVARD
NEW BERN
NC
28562
US
|
Assignee: |
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete
GmbH
Muenchen
DE
|
Family ID: |
40524537 |
Appl. No.: |
12/321038 |
Filed: |
January 15, 2009 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
165/253 ;
165/48.1; 165/64; 431/36 |
Current CPC
Class: |
D06F 58/34 20200201;
D06F 2105/00 20200201; D06F 2103/32 20200201; D06F 58/263
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
165/253 ; 431/36;
165/64; 165/48.1 |
International
Class: |
F25B 29/00 20060101
F25B029/00; F23N 1/00 20060101 F23N001/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jan 25, 2008 |
DE |
10 2008 006 112.3 |
Claims
1. A heating apparatus for a household appliance for the care of
laundry items for generating heat by combusting gaseous media, the
apparatus comprising: a device for supplying the gaseous medium to
a burner; and a means, thermally coupled to the burner and the
device, for changing a flow of the medium through the device by
changing a temperature of the device.
2. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means controls a
flow through a metering unit of the device.
3. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means reduces the
flow of the gaseous medium through the device if the temperature of
the device is increased by the means.
4. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means senses the
temperature in a region of a flame of the burner.
5. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means changes the
temperature of the gaseous medium.
6. The heating apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a metering
unit for metering the gaseous medium.
7. The heating apparatus of claim 6, wherein the metering unit
comprises a nozzle or a valve.
8. The heating apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means varies a
flow cross-section of the metering unit by applying heat to the
metering unit.
9. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means comprises a
heating unit which is thermally coupled to the device and can be
controlled electrically as a function of a temperature in a region
of the burner
10. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the temperature in
the region of the burner is a temperature in a region of the burner
flame.
11. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means comprises a
heat exchanger.
12. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means comprises a
heating and cooling element is controlled as a function of a
temperature in a region of the burner for the purpose of heating or
cooling the device, in particular the metering unit, and is
thermally coupled to the device.
13. The heating apparatus of claim 12, wherein the heating and
cooling element comprises a Peltier element.
14. The heating apparatus of claim 12, wherein the heating and
cooling element is controlled as a function of a temperature in a
region of the burner for the purpose of heating or cooling a
metering unit.
15. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means comprises a
heating element, thermally coupled to the device, the heating
element being controlled as a function of a temperature in a region
of the burner for heating the device.
16. The heating apparatus of claim 15, wherein the heating element
comprises a Peltier element.
17. The heating apparatus of claim 15, wherein the heating element
is controlled as a function of a temperature in the region of the
burner for heating a supply line for supplying the gaseous medium
to the burner.
18. The heating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means comprises a
pipe which is thermally coupled to the device and the burner and in
which a medium is disposed which applies heat to the gaseous medium
transported in the device by way of the wall of the pipe as a
function of a separate application of temperature by the
burner.
19. The heating apparatus of claim 18, wherein the pipe applies
heat to the gaseous medium as a function of a temperature by a
burner flame.
20. The heating apparatus of claim 18, wherein the pipe is around a
supply line and extends in a region of a burner flame.
21. The heating apparatus of claim 20, wherein the pipe is wrapped
around the supply line.
22. The heating apparatus of claim 20, wherein the pipe is on an
inside surface of a duct around a burner head.
23. A household appliance for the care of laundry items,
comprising: a device for supplying a gaseous medium to a burner;
and a means, thermally coupled to the burner and the device, for
changing a flow of the medium through the device by changing a
temperature of the device.
24. A method for operating a heating apparatus for a household
appliance for the care of laundry items, the method comprising:
supplying a gaseous medium to a burner of the heating apparatus by
way of a device; and varying a flow of the gaseous medium through
the device by changing a temperature of the device by a means that
is thermally coupled to the burner and the device.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the device comprises a metering
unit.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a heating apparatus for a household
appliance for the care of laundry items, which heating apparatus is
embodied for generating heat by combusting gaseous media, and to a
device for supplying the gaseous medium to a burner. The invention
also relates to a method for operating such a heating apparatus for
a household appliance for the care of laundry items.
[0002] A gas laundry dryer is known which is embodied with a
heating apparatus that is designed to provide heating power at one
level only, which means that controlling the generation of heat is
possible only by switching the heating apparatus on and off. In
this case, when the apparatus is in the switched-on state,
essentially the full heating power available is delivered at all
times. By way of bimetal temperature switches or NTC resistors
("NTC" stands for "Negative Temperature Coefficient") it is then
possible to control the switching-on and switching-off of the gas
burner by, if necessary, cyclically repeated opening and closing of
the gas valve. Adjusting the heating power of the gas burner and
thereby reducing the loading on the gas burner, in particular in
critical exhaust air and air resistance situations, such as in the
case of a clogged lint filter for example, is not possible.
[0003] According to conventional practice, controlling the heating
power is only possible by way of a multi-stage gas valve or by way
of a gas control valve operating continuously or on a multi-stage
basis. However, valves of this kind are much too expensive for use
in laundry dryers in the low-price segment and consequently are not
used in such applications.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a
heating apparatus for a household appliance for the care of laundry
items as well as a method for operating such a heating apparatus,
wherein controlling the heating power can be effected on a
multi-stage basis and therefore is possible with greater
flexibility also in the case of household appliances without a
complex gas control valve.
[0005] An inventive heating apparatus for a household appliance for
the care of laundry items is embodied for generating heat by
combusting gaseous media. The heating apparatus includes a device
for supplying the gaseous medium to a burner of the heating
apparatus. In addition, the heating apparatus includes at least one
means which is thermally coupled to the burner and the device and
is embodied for changing a temperature of the device in order to
control the flow of the gaseous medium through the device.
[0006] By means of this embodiment of the heating apparatus it can
be ensured that flexible and hence also multi-stage control of the
heating power can be realized even without a relatively complex gas
control valve. Owing to the means and its thermal coupling to the
burner and the device, the volumetric flow rate of the medium
through the device can therefore be set as a function of
temperature. The invention therefore relates to a self-regulating
burner system of a heating apparatus, in particular a gas burner
system, which can adjust to different resistance situations in the
household appliance and reduce or increase the heating power. In
this case the invention turns to account specific behavioral
characteristics of a flame of the gaseous medium (in particular of
a gas flame, at different volumetric air flow rates across the
burner). Given a high volumetric flow rate over the burner, the gas
burner flame is in this case short and small in diameter. If the
volumetric flow rate across the burner is reduced, due, for
example, to clogging of the lint filter or other air-reducing
influences, a long exhaust air pipe for example, the flame opens
out similar to a tulip and in addition the flame becomes longer. A
further aspect in this connection is given by the fact that the
burner output of a burner, in particular a gas burner, is
determined by the volumetric flow rate of the gaseous medium, in
particular of the combustion gas, or of the molecular weight of the
gaseous medium. If, for example, the temperature of the gaseous
medium increases upstream of a metering unit for metering the
gaseous medium, in particular a pressure control valve, then
although the same volume continues to be supplied to the burner by
way of the metering unit, the molecular mass contained in the
volume is smaller at higher temperature due to the expansion of the
gas, as a result of which the burner loading decreases and the
heating power can be reduced.
[0007] Precisely these cited properties are exploited in an
advantageous manner by the inventive heating apparatus, in that
owing, as it were, to the thermal coupling of the means to the
burner and the device the flow control can be precisely ensured as
a function of the temperature applied to the device and as a result
the heating power can be varied very flexibly and on a multi-stage
basis, in particular continuously.
[0008] Preferably the means of the heating apparatus is embodied in
such a way that if the temperature of the device increases due to
the means, the flow of the gaseous medium through the device is
reduced.
[0009] The means is preferably embodied for sensing the temperature
in the region of the flame of the burner. It is thus possible to
establish the temperature effectively in the region of the burner
flame, thereby also enabling inferences to be made about the shape
and widening-out of the burner flame, and consequently also
enabling an undesirable flame profile to be detected. As a function
thereof, the flow of the gaseous medium through the device can then
be varied automatically owing to the thermal coupling of the
device.
[0010] A self-regulation of this kind is embodied to be highly
precise and flexible, and allows a very finely metered setting or
control and consequently also a very finely adjustable change in
heating power.
[0011] Preferably the means is embodied for changing the
temperature of the gaseous medium. What is thus achieved by the
means is effectively also a direct thermal feedback to the gaseous
medium conducted in the device, as a result of which the
aforementioned behavioral characteristics can be exploited
particularly effectively in order to enable the heating power
control of the heating apparatus to be set.
[0012] Preferably the device comprises a metering unit, in
particular a nozzle, for metering the gaseous medium. The metering
unit can also be a pressure control valve. In particular the means
is embodied for changing the flow cross-section of the metering
unit by applying a temperature to the metering unit. In this way it
is possible to enable a direct influence to be exerted on the flow
cross-section of the metering unit, as a result of which the
precise setting and also quick changing of the cross-section and
therefore a fast regulation of the heating power can be
accomplished in this case too.
[0013] Preferably the means comprises a heating unit which is
thermally coupled to the device and can be controlled electrically
as a function of the temperature in the region of the burner. The
central component in this embodiment is therefore an electric
heating unit which can actively heat the device, in particular a
supply line for the gaseous medium to the burner, in the appliance.
The heating unit is preferably monitored by means of a temperature
monitoring device, in particular a temperature controller, which
monitors the burner heater, in particular the gas burner heater,
and switches the heater on or off. The air resistance state in the
household appliance can be detected as a function of the
temperature gradient at the control element. If the air resistance
is high, the heating unit is switched on, the gaseous medium
expands, and the burner loading decreases. When the air resistance
is normal, the heating unit remains switched off.
[0014] It can also be provided that the heating apparatus includes
a heat exchanger as means. The thermal coupling to the burner and
the device can also be provided by the heat exchanger to the extent
that a change in temperature of the device can be effected in order
to control the flow of the medium through the device by means of
the heat exchanger.
[0015] In a preferred embodiment the means is at least a heating
and cooling element, in particular a Peltier element, which can be
controlled as a function of the temperature in the region of the
burner for the purpose of heating or cooling the device, in
particular the metering unit, and is thermally coupled to the
device. In this embodiment a central component is given by the
heating and cooling element which is coupled to the device, in
particular a supply line for supplying the gaseous medium to the
burner. A heating and cooling element of the kind is disposed in
such a way that it can actively heat the device, in particular the
supply line, but can also actively cool it by polarity reversal. A
system of the kind, in particular a Peltier system, is controlled
by way of a temperature controller which monitors the burner
heater, in particular the gas burner heater. The air resistance
state in the appliance can be detected as a function of the
temperature gradient at the control element. If the air resistance
is high, the heating and cooling element is switched to "heating",
the gaseous medium expands in the device upstream of the burner,
and the burner output decreases. If the air resistance is normal,
the system, in particular a Peltier system, is switched off.
[0016] Since the burner output in such a household appliance for
the care of laundry items, in particular a laundry dryer, basically
decreases (approx. 5 to 10% loss in power) with the process time
due to the heating-up of the gas-conducting components, which
include, for example, the valve, a nozzle and piping, this behavior
can be compensated for by active cooling on the side of the Peltier
system. It is even possible to increase the heating power above the
nominal value of the burner loading, which leads to a shortening of
the drying time.
[0017] In a further advantageous embodiment, a central component is
the metering unit of the heating apparatus, in particular a gas
burner nozzle, which is thermally coupled from at least two sides
to heating and cooling elements of the kind. The metering unit can
thus be either cooled or heated by polarity reversal. This system,
too, can be controlled by way of a temperature controller which
monitors the gas burner heater. The air resistance state in the
appliance can be detected as a function of the temperature
gradients at the control element. In this case, too, in the event
of a high air resistance the Peltier system can be switched to
"cooling", with the result that the diameter and consequently the
flow cross-section of the metering unit, in particular of the
nozzle, is reduced in size, and the volumetric flow rate lowered,
thereby reducing the burner output. If the air resistance is
normal, the Peltier system is simply switched off.
[0018] Since the burner output in a household appliance for the
care of laundry items, in particular a laundry dryer, basically
decreases, as has also already been cited above, with the process
time due to the heating-up of the gas-conducting components, as
have likewise already been cited above, this behavior can be
compensated for by active heating of the metering unit, whereby
this leads to a greater diameter and hence a larger flow
cross-section of the metering unit and as a result a higher
volumetric flow rate of the gaseous medium through the metering
unit is ensured. It is even possible to increase the heating output
therewith above the nominal value of the burner loading, thereby
leading to a shortening of the drying time.
[0019] The means can have at least one heating element, in
particular a Peltier element, which can be controlled as a function
of the temperature in the region of the burner for heating the
device, in particular a supply line for supplying the gaseous
medium to the burner, and is thermally coupled to same. In this
embodiment, therefore, in addition to or instead of the
aforementioned approach, it is not, or not only, the metering unit
that can accordingly be subjected to a temperature, but a further
component of the device, in particular the supply line, can be
accordingly thermally coupled. The means preferably includes a pipe
which is thermally coupled to the device for supplying the gaseous
medium to the burner and to the burner, and in which a medium is
disposed which is embodied for applying a temperature to the
device, in particular the gaseous medium transported therein, by
way of the pipe wall as a function of a separate application of
temperature by the burner, in particular the burner flame. In this
embodiment a central component is to be seen in the fact that the
pipe is provided which in particular is at least partially filled
with a gaseous medium. The pipe is preferably embodied around a
supply line assigned to the device for the purpose of supplying the
gaseous medium to the burner and additionally extends in the region
of the burner flame. In particular the pipe is wrapped around the
supply line. Furthermore it is preferably provided that the pipe is
disposed on the inside of a duct arranged around the burner head.
The pipe is preferably embodied from a material that conducts heat
well, for example copper. The medium present in the pipe can be a
fluid which is a good conductor of heat.
[0020] During normal operation of the household appliance the
burner flame is relatively tightly concentrated and the
heat-conducting medium disposed in the pipe assumes the temperature
of the wall of the heating duct at the burner head. The temperature
is typically below 40.degree. C.
[0021] If increased air resistance conditions now arise in the
household appliance, the gas flame opens out and the temperature of
the heat-conducting medium disposed in the pipe increases
significantly. The medium then conducts the heat as far as the
supply line of the device, to which it is thermally coupled, and
thereby heats the gaseous medium that has flowed through in the
supply line. The gaseous medium in the supply line then expands and
the burner output decreases in accordance with the principles
explained above. In that way also the heating power of the heating
apparatus can be realized in a precise and continuous
self-regulating manner.
[0022] A further aspect of the invention relates to a household
appliance for the care of laundry items, in particular a gas
laundry dryer, which has a heating apparatus according to the
invention or an advantageous embodiment thereof.
[0023] In the case of an inventive method for operating a heating
apparatus for a household appliance for the care of laundry items,
a gaseous medium is supplied to a burner of the heating apparatus
by way of a device for supplying the gaseous medium. A means is
thermally coupled to the burner and the device, the temperature of
the device being changed by the means in accordance with specific
operating phases and the flow of the medium through the device
being varied in accordance with specific operating phases as a
function of the change in temperature. In that way, too, the
heating power can be controlled very precisely and on a multi-stage
basis, in particular continuously, and this can be realized in
particular in the case of household appliances which do not have a
gas valve that is embodied for multi-stage control.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0024] Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in more
detail below with reference to schematic drawings, in which:
[0025] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an inventive heating
apparatus according to one exemplary embodiment;
[0026] FIG. 2 shows a schematic sectional view of a portion of the
heating apparatus according to FIG. 1; and
[0027] FIG. 3 shows a schematic sectional view of a further
exemplary embodiment of a specific detail of an inventive heating
apparatus.
[0028] Identical or functionally identical elements are labeled
with the same reference signs throughout the figures.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT
INVENTION
[0029] FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a heating
apparatus 1 which is disposed in a gas laundry dryer. The heating
apparatus 1 is embodied for generating heat by combusting a gaseous
medium. The heating apparatus 1 additionally includes a device 3
for supplying the gaseous medium to a burner 2. The device 3
comprises a supply line 4 for supplying the gaseous medium to the
burner 2 and in addition has a metering unit which, in the
exemplary embodiment, is embodied as a nozzle 5. The nozzle 5 is
preferably a simple low-cost component which is not embodied as a
multi-stage gas control valve.
[0030] The nozzle 5 is disposed in the flow direction of the
gaseous medium in the supply line 4 upstream of the burner 2. The
heating apparatus 1 further includes a heating duct 6 which is
embodied in the manner of a pipe and into which the burner 2
extends at least for a section.
[0031] The heating apparatus 1 also includes a means which is
thermally coupled to the burner 2 and the device 3 and is embodied
for changing a temperature of the device 3 in order to control the
flow of the gaseous medium through the device 3.
[0032] In this regard FIG. 1 shows an exemplary embodiment in which
the means has a pipe 7 which is mounted at least partially around
the outside of the supply line 4 or is disposed surrounding the
latter. In particular the pipe 7 is wrapped around the supply line
4. Furthermore, the pipe 7 also extends in the region up to the
burner 2. In particular the pipe 7 is disposed in the region of the
burner head 8 (FIG. 2) on an inside surface of the heating duct 6.
Preferably the portion of the pipe 7, which is disposed adjacent to
the burner head 8, extends around the burner head 8, and encircles
the latter at least partially in an annular manner. As can be seen
in this regard from the view according to FIG. 2, the portion of
the pipe 7 is positioned adjacent to the burner flame 9 or 10. The
thermal coupling to the burner 2 or burner head 8 and in particular
to the burner flame 9 or 10 is established particularly effectively
thereby.
[0033] The means forming the pipe 7 is therefore thermally coupled
to the device 3 and the burner 2 and is embodied in such a way that
a medium which conducts heat well, in particular a heat-conducting
fluid, is disposed in the pipe 7. The heat-conducting medium is
embodied for the purpose of applying a temperature to the device 3,
in particular the gaseous medium transported in the supply line 4.
The temperature is applied via the walls of the pipe 7 and the
supply line 4, the application of temperature being dependent on a
separate application of temperature to the heat-conducting medium
disposed in the pipe 7 by means of the burner 2, in particular the
burner flame 9, 10.
[0034] The pipe 7 is embodied as a tubular pipe and formed from a
material containing copper. A different heat-conducting material
may also be provided as the pipe material.
[0035] The embodiment according to FIG. 1 of the heating apparatus
1 turns to account behavioral characteristics of the gas flames or
burner flames 9 or 10 for different volumetric air flows over the
burner 2. In this connection, if the volumetric flow over the
burner 2 is high, the gas burner flame 9 or 10 is short and small
in diameter. If the volumetric flow over the burner 2 is reduced
due to clogging of the lint filter (not shown) of the gas laundry
dryer or to other air-reducing factors such as, for example, a long
exhaust air pipe, etc., the burner flame 9 or 10 opens out like a
tulip and the flame additionally becomes longer. A further
behavioral characteristic is characterized in that the burner
output of the gas burner 3 is determined by the volumetric rate of
flow of the combustion gas or the molecular weight of the
combustion gas. If, for example, the temperature of the combustion
gas increases upstream of the pressure control valve or the nozzle
5, then although the same volume continues to be supplied to the
gas burner 2 by way of the pressure controller, the molecular mass
contained in the volume is smaller at higher temperature due to the
expansion of the gas, and the burner loading decreases. By
combining these two behavioral characteristics it is possible to
realize a self-regulating system according to FIG. 1. In the
system, during normal operation of the gas laundry dryer the burner
flame is tightly concentrated and the fluid in the pipe 7 takes on
the temperature of the walls of the heating duct 6 at the burner
head 8. This temperature is generally less than 40.degree. C. If
increased air resistances now occur in the gas laundry dryer, the
gas flame 9 opens outward, with the result that the gas flame 10 is
produced and the temperature of the fluid in the pipe 7 increases
significantly. The fluid in the pipe 7 conducts the heat as far as
the gas supply pipe or, as the case may be, to the supply line 4
and thereby heats the gaseous medium flowing through in the supply
line 4 upstream of the nozzle 5. The gaseous medium in the supply
line 4 expands and the burner output decreases on account of the
above-explained behavioral characteristics.
[0036] It can also be provided that in addition to or instead of
the embodiments explained with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 with
the pipe 7 as a central component, the means has an electric heater
which can actively heat the supply line 4. The electric heating
unit is preferably switched on or switched off by way of a
temperature controller which monitors the gas burner heater. The
air resistance state in the appliance can be detected as a function
of the temperature gradient at the control element. If the air
resistance is high, the electric heating unit is switched on, the
gaseous medium in the supply line 4 expands, and the burner output
decreases. If the air resistance is normal, the electric heating
unit remains switched off.
[0037] In a further embodiment which is not shown explicitly, it
can be provided that the means for changing a temperature of the
device in order to control the flow of the medium through the
device 3 has at least one Peltier element which is disposed in such
a way that it can actively heat the supply line 4 or, by polarity
reversal, also actively cool same. The Peltier system is controlled
by way of a temperature controller which monitors the gas burner
heater. The air resistance state in the appliance can be detected
as a function of the temperature gradient at the control element.
If the air resistance is high, the Peltier system is switched to
"heating", the gaseous medium transported in the supply line 4
expands, and the burner output decreases. If the air resistance is
normal, the Peltier system is switched off.
[0038] Since the burner output in gas laundry dryers basically
decreases (approx. 5 to 10% loss in power) with the process time
due to the heating-up of the gas-conducting components (valve,
nozzle, pipework, etc.), this behavior can be compensated for by
active cooling of the Peltier system, or it is even possible to
increase the heating power thereby above the nominal value of the
burner loading, which leads to a shortening of the drying time.
[0039] FIG. 3 shows a schematic sectional view of a detail of a
further exemplary embodiment of the heating apparatus 1. In this
embodiment the means includes at least two heating and cooling
elements, in particular two Peltier elements 11 and 12, which are
disposed adjacent to the metering unit. In this embodiment the
metering unit is designed as a nozzle 5, though in the other
already explained embodiments it can also be embodied as a pressure
control valve.
[0040] The nozzle 5 is fitted with the Peltier elements 11 and 12
on two sides, such that they can either cool or heat the nozzle 5,
which can be effected by polarity reversal. The Peltier system can
be controlled by way of a temperature controller which monitors the
gas burner heater. Here, too, the air resistance state in the
appliance can be detected as a function of the temperature gradient
at the control element. If the air resistance is high, the Peltier
system is switched to cooling, with the result that the diameter of
the nozzle 5 and hence the flow cross-section of the nozzle 5 is
automatically reduced, and the volumetric rate of flow across the
nozzle 5 is lowered, which also leads to a decrease in the burner
output. If the air resistance is normal high, the Peltier system is
simply switched off.
[0041] Since the burner output in laundry dryers basically drops by
a certain percentage, as already explained above, with the process
time due to the heating-up of gas-conducting components, as
likewise already cited above, this behavior can be compensated for
by active heating of the nozzle 5, which results in the nozzle 5
having a greater diameter and consequently leads to a higher gas
volume flow; alternatively, it is even possible to increase the
heating power thereby above the nominal value of the burner
loading, which leads to a shortening of the drying time.
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