CN213570513U

CN213570513U - Constant temperature fermenting installation is used in beverage production

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Publication number: CN213570513U
Application number: CN202022267442.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 闫永付; 翟亚赛
Original assignee: Henan Xinyu & Beverage Co
Current assignee: Henan Xinyu & Beverage Co
Priority date: 2020-10-13
Filing date: 2020-10-13
Publication date: 2021-06-29
Anticipated expiration: 2030-10-13

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of fermentation, and particularly relates to a constant-temperature fermentation device for beverage production, which comprises a bracket, a fermentation tank, a feed inlet, a discharge outlet, a stirring device, a cooling and heating circulator, a sterile air filter and a sterile air breather valve, wherein the fermentation tank adopts a jacketed fermentation tank, a tank body is provided with a millboard or a labyrinth jacket, a heating or cooling medium can be introduced for circulating heating or cooling, and the cooling and heating circulator is arranged outside the tank body; the side wall of the fermentation tank is provided with a thermometer, a pressure gauge, a liquid level meter and an air sensor. The fermentation tank is provided with an aseptic air filter, so that the pollution of microorganisms in the air is avoided and prevented, the shelf life of the product is greatly prolonged, the purity of the product is greatly prolonged, and the tank body is provided with a milo plate or a labyrinth type jacket, so that a heating or cooling medium can be introduced for circulating heating or cooling. The equipment is provided with the sterile air breather valve, the CIP cleaning nozzle and the manhole device, so that the equipment is more convenient and safer to use and maintain.

Description

Constant temperature fermenting installation is used in beverage production

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of fermentation, and particularly relates to a constant-temperature fermentation device for beverage production.

Background

In order to meet the requirement of fermentation environment, the current fermentation process is generally performed in a fermentation tank, when aerobic fermentation (such as production of antibiotics, amino acids, organic acids, vitamins and the like) is cultured, air needs to be introduced into the fermentation tank and the fermentation tank is kept at a proper temperature, the current fermentation tank generally heats the fermentation tank, so that the temperature in the fermentation tank reaches the required fermentation temperature, the temperature control mode has extremely poor temperature control capability, the introduced gas is harmful in the fermentation process, the fermentation process is difficult to control, the taste and quality of products are influenced, heat change may be generated in the fermentation process, the temperature in the fermentation tank is difficult to control, and the fermentation is easily influenced. Uneven bottom layer and upper layer temperatures are easy to occur in the fermentation process, dead angles are often generated, the fermentation effect is inconsistent, and the quality of the fermentation is finally influenced, so that the prior art needs to be improved.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model relates to a constant temperature fermenting installation is used in beverage production, including support, fermentation cylinder, agitator motor, reduction gear, feed inlet, discharge gate, agitating unit, cooling heating circulator, aseptic air cleaner, aseptic air breather valve.

Fermentation cylinder fixed mounting is on the support, and the fermentation cylinder adopts the main formula drum that SUS304 or 316L import stainless steel made, and the upper cover of fermentation cylinder is opened has a plurality of feed inlets, and the lower extreme of fermentation cylinder is opened there is the discharge gate, installs the electric valve on feed inlet and the discharge gate, and it has the manhole to open on the lateral wall of fermentation cylinder for observe the behavior of production and overhaul. The fermentation tank adopts a jacketed type fermentation tank, a milo plate or a labyrinth jacket is arranged on the tank body, heating or cooling media can be introduced for circular heating or cooling, a cooling and heating circulator is arranged outside, and the internal temperature of the fermentation equipment is kept constant by adopting a physical temperature rise and drop mode.

The fermentation tank is externally connected with a sterile air filter, so that the pollution of microorganisms in the air is avoided and prevented, and the quality guarantee period and the purity of the product are greatly prolonged. The fermentation tank upper cover is equipped with aseptic air breather valve, when the fermentation tank internal pressure was too big, is used for the pressure release protection.

The stirring device comprises a stirring motor, a speed reducer, a stirring shaft, a stirring blade and a transverse fixing rod.

A stirring motor and a speed reducer are vertically and fixedly arranged right above the fermentation tank, and a stirring shaft is connected with the stirring motor and the speed reducer and vertically arranged at the central position inside the fermentation tank. Horizontal fixed mounting in the upper cover position level that the (mixing) shaft top is close to the fermentation cylinder has horizontal dead lever, driven (mixing) shaft is installed perpendicularly at horizontal dead lever middle part and both ends, and fixed mounting has the fixed disk on each driven (mixing) shaft, and the stirring leaf passes through connecting rod fixed mounting on the fixed disk.

Two scrapers are arranged on the fixed disc at the middle position, one of the scrapers is an L-shaped scraper, the other one of the scrapers is a slender square horizontal scraper, the longer end of the L-shaped scraper is vertically arranged in the direction close to the outer wall of the fermentation tank through a connecting rod, and the shorter end of the L-shaped scraper is arranged close to the bottom surface of the fermentation tank. The horizontal scraper is arranged close to the bottom surface of the fermentation tank through a connecting rod. The number of the stirring blades arranged on the fixed disks positioned at the two ends of the transverse fixed rod is 3 or 4.

Preferably, the method comprises the following steps: the length of connecting rod sets up to co-altitude not, and the direction of stirring leaf sets up to co-ordinate, more is favorable to evenly stirring.

Preferably, the method comprises the following steps: the stirring blades arranged on the fixed disks positioned at the two ends of the transverse fixed rod are in a ladder shape.

Preferably, the method comprises the following steps: the length of the horizontal scraper is larger than the radius of 1/2 fermentation tank and smaller than the radius of the fermentation tank.

Preferably, the method comprises the following steps: the length of the longer end of the L-shaped scraper is greater than 3/4 degrees of the outer wall of the fermentation tank and less than the height of the outer wall of the fermentation tank, and the installation angle of the shorter end of the L-shaped scraper relative to the tangential direction of the outer wall of the fermentation tank is 30-60 degrees or 120-150 degrees.

Preferably, the method comprises the following steps: the fermentation cylinder passes through stabilizer fixed mounting on the support, and stabilizer internally mounted has the spring, reducible equipment noise.

Preferably, the method comprises the following steps: the side wall of the fermentation tank is provided with a thermometer, a pressure gauge, a liquid level meter and an air sensor.

Preferably, the method comprises the following steps: the top of the fermentation tank is provided with a CIP cleaning spray head which is externally connected with a high-pressure water pipe for cleaning the fermentation tank.

Preferably, a filter screen is arranged at the discharge port of the fermentation tank, so that foam or solid particles can be prevented from entering the discharge port.

Preferably, the method comprises the following steps: the thermometer, the liquid level meter, the pressure gauge, the air sensor, the sterile air breather valve, the electric valves on the discharge port and the feed inlet pipeline, the stirring motor, the sterile air filter, the cooling and heating circulator and the PLC (not shown) are electrically connected.

The utility model discloses a work flow is: when the raw materials in the fermentation tank need to be fermented, starting a cooling and heating circulator to ensure that the temperature in the fermentation tank is constant at the temperature (such as about 40 ℃) required by the fermentation, and when air needs to be supplemented into the fermentation tank, starting a sterile air filter to supply sterile air into the fermentation tank; in addition, when necessary, the stirring motor is started to enable the stirring device to stir slowly, and then standing and fermenting are carried out. After the fermentation is completed, the stirring motor is started to help the discharge hole to discharge the feed liquid, and the L-shaped scraper and the horizontal scraper which are arranged in the middle of the stirring device can ensure that the fermentation tank discharges more thoroughly. And after discharging, opening the CIP cleaning spray head to clean the fermentation tank.

The utility model has the advantages that: the fermentation tank is provided with an aseptic air filter, so that the pollution of microorganisms in the air is avoided and prevented, the shelf life of the product is greatly prolonged, the purity of the product is greatly prolonged, and the tank body is provided with a milo plate or a labyrinth type jacket, so that a heating or cooling medium can be introduced for circulating heating or cooling. The equipment is provided with the sterile air breather valve, the CIP cleaning nozzle and the manhole device, so that the equipment is more convenient and safer to use and maintain. The L-shaped scraper and the horizontal scraper at the bottom are arranged on the stirring device, so that raw materials are not attached to the inner wall of the fermentation tank any more, and the waste of the raw materials is reduced. The pressure gauge, the liquid level meter, the thermometer, the air sensor and the control valve are arranged, so that the working state of the fermentation tank can be accurately detected and regulated in real time, the monitoring process is realized, and the product quality is controlled.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the labeling: 1 fermentation cylinder, 2 agitator motors, 3 reduction gears, 4 (mixing) shafts, 5 stirring leaves, 6L type scraper blade, 7 horizontal scraper blade, 8 aseptic air cleaner, 9 cooling heating circulator, 10 elastic stabilizer, 11 discharge gates, 12 electric valve, 13 pressure gauges, 14 level gauge, 15 thermometer, 16 air sensor, 17 feed inlets, 18 cold and hot circulation entry, 19 cold and hot circulation export, 20 aseptic air breather valve, 21 supports, 22 horizontal dead lever, 23 manholes, 24 connecting rods, 25 washing shower nozzles, 26 electric valve, 27 check valves.

Detailed Description

As shown in fig. 1: a constant-temperature strain storage device for fermented beverages comprises a support 21, a fermentation tank 1, a stirring device, a feeding hole 17, a discharging hole 11, a cooling and heating circulator 9, a sterile air filter 8 and a sterile air breather valve 20.

The fermentation tank 1 is fixedly arranged on the bracket 21 through the elastic stabilizer 10, and the elastic stabilizer 10 is internally provided with a spring, so that the noise of the fermentation tank can be reduced. Fermentation cylinder 1 adopts the main formula drum that SUS304 or 316L import stainless steel made, and fermentation cylinder 1's upper cover is opened has a plurality of feed inlets 17, and fermentation cylinder 1's lower extreme is opened there is discharge gate 11, installs electric valve 12 on the discharge gate 11, and it has manhole 23 to open on fermentation cylinder 1's the lateral wall for observe the production conditions and overhaul. The fermentation tank 1 adopts a jacketed type fermentation tank, a milo plate or a labyrinth jacket is arranged on the tank body, heating or cooling media can be introduced for circulating heating or cooling, the fermentation tank 1 is connected with an external cooling and heating circulator 9 through a cold and hot circulation inlet 18 and a cold and hot circulation outlet 19, and the internal temperature of the fermentation equipment is kept constant by adopting a physical heating and cooling mode.

The fermentation tank 1 is externally connected with a sterile air filter 8, so that the pollution of microorganisms in the air is avoided and prevented, and the quality guarantee period and the purity of the product are greatly prolonged. An electric valve 26 and a check valve 27 are arranged on a pipeline connecting the fermentation tank 1 and the sterile air filter 8; the fermentation tank 1 is provided with a sterile air breather valve 20 on the upper cover, and when the pressure in the fermentation tank 1 is too high, the pressure is released for protection.

The stirring device comprises a stirring motor 2, a speed reducer 3, a stirring shaft 4, a stirring blade 5 and a transverse fixing rod 22.

A stirring motor 2 and a speed reducer 3 are vertically and fixedly arranged right above the fermentation tank 1, and a stirring shaft 4 is connected with the stirring motor 2 and the speed reducer 3 and vertically arranged at the central position inside the fermentation tank 1. Horizontal fixed mounting in upper cover position that (mixing) shaft 4 top is close to fermentation cylinder 1 has horizontal dead lever 22, driven (mixing) shaft is installed perpendicularly at horizontal dead lever 22 middle part and both ends, and fixed mounting has the fixed disk on each driven (mixing) shaft, and stirring leaf 5 passes through connecting rod 24 fixed mounting on the fixed disk at both ends about, stirring leaf 5 sets up to the trapezium, 5 a set of 3 that are in the stirring leaf. The length of connecting rod 24 sets up to co-altitude not, and the direction of stirring leaf 5 sets up to co-ordinate not, more is favorable to the even stirring.

Two scrapers are arranged on the fixed disc at the middle position, one of the scrapers is an L-shaped scraper 6, the other one of the scrapers is a slender square horizontal scraper 7, the longer end of the L-shaped scraper 6 is vertically arranged in the direction close to the outer wall of the fermentation tank 1 through a connecting rod 24, and the shorter end of the L-shaped scraper 6 is arranged close to the bottom surface of the fermentation tank 1. The length of the longer end of the L-shaped scraper 6 is greater than 3/4 the height of the outer wall of the fermentation tank 1 and less than the height of the outer wall of the fermentation tank 1, and the installation angle of the shorter end of the L-shaped scraper 6 relative to the tangential direction of the outer wall of the fermentation tank 1 is 30-60 degrees or 150 degrees.

The horizontal scraper 7 is arranged close to the bottom surface of the fermentation tank 1 through a connecting rod 24, and the length of the horizontal scraper 7 is larger than 1/2 radius of the fermentation tank 1 and smaller than the radius of the fermentation tank 1.

A thermometer 15, a pressure gauge 13, a liquid level meter 14 and an air sensor 16 are arranged on the side wall of the fermentation tank 1; the top of the fermentation tank is provided with a CIP cleaning nozzle 25 which is externally connected with a high-pressure water pipe and used for cleaning the inside of the fermentation tank 1. The discharge port 11 of the fermentation tank 1 is provided with a filter screen, so that foam or solid particles can be prevented from entering the discharge port.

The thermometer 15, the liquid level meter 14, the pressure gauge 13, the air sensor 16, the sterile air breather valve 20, the electric valve 12 on the pipelines of the discharge port 11 and the feed port 17, the stirring motor 2, the sterile air filter 8, the cooling and heating circulator 9 are electrically connected with a PLC (not shown).

The utility model discloses a work flow is: when the raw materials in the fermentation tank 1 need to be fermented, the cooling and heating circulator 9 is started to keep the temperature in the fermentation tank 2 constant at the temperature required by fermentation (such as about 40 ℃), and when air needs to be supplemented in the fermentation tank 1, the sterile air filter 9 is started to supply sterile air to the fermentation tank 1; in addition, the stirring motor 2 is turned on when necessary to slowly stir the stirring device, and then the mixture is left to stand for fermentation. After the fermentation is completed, the stirring motor 2 is started to help the discharge hole 11 to discharge the feed liquid, and the L-shaped scraper 6 and the horizontal scraper 7 arranged in the middle of the stirring device can enable the fermentation tank 1 to discharge materials more thoroughly. After discharging, the CIP cleaning nozzle 25 is opened to clean the fermentation tank 1.

It is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", and the like, are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art. The examples are given solely for the purpose of illustration and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. In addition, after reading the teaching of the present invention, the skilled person can make various modifications or changes to the present invention, and these equivalents also fall within the scope defined by the appended claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A constant-temperature fermentation device for beverage production comprises a support, a fermentation tank, a feeding hole, a discharging hole, a stirring device and a cooling and heating circulator, wherein the fermentation tank is fixedly arranged on the support and is a main cylinder made of SUS304 or 316L imported stainless steel; the fermentation tank adopts a jacketed fermentation tank, a milo plate or a labyrinth jacket is arranged on a tank body, heating or cooling media can be introduced for circulating heating or cooling, and a cooling and heating circulator is arranged outside the tank body; the method is characterized in that: the device also comprises a sterile air filter and a sterile air breather valve; the exterior of the fermentation tank is connected with a sterile air filter; the upper cover of the fermentation tank is provided with a sterile air breather valve; the side wall of the fermentation tank is provided with a thermometer, a pressure gauge, a liquid level meter and an air sensor.

2. A constant temperature fermentation apparatus for beverage production as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the stirring device comprises a stirring motor, a speed reducer, a stirring shaft, a stirring blade and a transverse fixing rod; a stirring motor and a speed reducer are vertically and fixedly arranged right above the fermentation tank, and a stirring shaft is connected with the stirring motor and the speed reducer and vertically arranged in the center of the interior of the fermentation tank; a transverse fixing rod is horizontally and fixedly arranged above the stirring shaft and close to the upper cover of the fermentation tank, driven stirring shafts are vertically arranged in the middle and at two ends of the transverse fixing rod, a fixing disc is fixedly arranged on each driven stirring shaft, and the stirring blades are fixedly arranged on the fixing discs through connecting rods; two scraping plates are arranged on the fixed plate at the middle position, one scraping plate is an L-shaped scraping plate, the other scraping plate is a slender square horizontal scraping plate, the longer end of the L-shaped scraping plate is vertically arranged in the direction close to the outer wall of the fermentation tank through a connecting rod, and the shorter end of the L-shaped scraping plate is arranged close to the bottom surface of the fermentation tank; the horizontal scraper is arranged close to the bottom surface of the fermentation tank through a connecting rod; the number of the stirring blades arranged on the fixed disks positioned at the two ends of the transverse fixed rod is 3 or 4.

3. A constant temperature fermentation apparatus for beverage production as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the length of the connecting rod is set to be different heights, and the directions of the stirring blades are set to be different directions; the stirring blades arranged on the fixed disks positioned at the two ends of the transverse fixed rod are in a ladder shape; the length of the horizontal scraper is larger than the radius of the 1/2 fermentation tank and smaller than the radius of the fermentation tank; the length of the longer end of the L-shaped scraper is greater than the height of the outer wall of the 3/4 fermentation tank and less than the height of the outer wall of the fermentation tank, and the installation angle of the shorter end of the L-shaped scraper relative to the tangential direction of the outer wall of the fermentation tank is 30-60 degrees or 150 degrees.

4. A constant temperature fermentation apparatus for beverage production as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the fermentation cylinder passes through elastic stabilizer fixed mounting on the support, and elastic stabilizer internally mounted has the spring.

5. A constant temperature fermentation apparatus for beverage production as claimed in claim 1, wherein: and a CIP cleaning spray head is arranged at the top of the fermentation tank, and the outside of the fermentation tank is connected with a high-pressure water pipe.

6. A constant temperature fermentation apparatus for beverage production as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the temperature gauge, the liquid level gauge, the pressure gauge, the air sensor, aseptic air breather valve, electric valve, stirring motor, aseptic air cleaner, cooling heating circulator and PLC controller electric connection.