HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE COMPRISING A FIRST AIR CONDUIT AND A HEAT PUMP

摘要

A household appliance including a housing; a drying chamber to dry wet articles in the drying chamber; and a first air conduit to guide process air drawn into the housing to dry the wet articles. The household appliance also has a heat pump that includes a heat sink to transfer heat into the heat pump; a heat source coupled to the first air conduit to transfer the heat from the heat pump into the process air; and a heat transfer device to transfer the heat from the heat sink to the heat source. A second air conduit is coupled to the heat sink to guide secondary air drawn into the housing. The heat sink transfers the heat from the secondary air into the heat pump.