EP 3255203 B1 20200219 - HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE COMPRISING A HEAT PUMP
Title (en)
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE COMPRISING A HEAT PUMP
Title (de)
HAUSHALTSGERÄT MIT EINER WÄRMEPUMPE
Title (fr)
APPAREIL MÉNAGER COMPORTANT UNE POMPE À CHALEUR
Publication
Application
Priority
- ES 201630790 A 20160609
- EP 16382263 A 20160609
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP3255203A1] A household appliance (1) comprises a heat pump (2), the heat pump (2) comprising a compressor (3), a condenser (4), an expansion device (5), and an evaporator (6) connected in series by a refrigerant circuit, wherein the household appliance (1) further comprises at least one refrigerant redirection device (8, 9) to locally reverse a flow direction of a refrigerant (R) through the condenser and/or through the evaporator (6). A method for operating a household appliance comprising a heat pump, the heat pump comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator connected in series by a refrigerant circuit (7), wherein the household appliance further comprises at least one refrigerant redirection device, the method comprising switching at least one refrigerant redirection device to locally reverse a flow direction of a refrigerant through the evaporator and/or through the condenser. The invention is particularly useful for laundry drying appliances.
IPC 8 full level
D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/30 (2020.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 58/206 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 25/00 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/30 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/50 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/26 (2020.02 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3255203 A1 20171213; EP 3255203 B1 20200219; PL 3255203 T3 20200713
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 17173984 A 20170601; PL 17173984 T 20170601