Tumble dryer and method for drying laundry with a tumble dryer

摘要

A tumble dryer has a drum for laundry, a drive motor for the drum, an air supply to the drum and an air discharge from the drum, a fan and fan drive for generating an air flow to the drum through the air supply and away from the drum through the air discharge and Heating means to heat up the air flow. The temperature and the humidity of the air discharged from the drum are recorded. Their course is compared with preset curves for their course, which are stored in a memory, by means of computing means depending on the drying phase of the laundry. In this way, it is determined at which operating point of the default curve the drying program is located. The control influences the further drying program based on the working point by adjusting the temperature and / or the strength of the air flow.