Medium chain triglyceride spray dryer

By designing a medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer, distilled medium-chain triglycerides are directly conveyed and temperature controlled, solving the problems of low spray drying efficiency and pollution, and realizing a high-efficiency and pollution-free spray drying process.

CN223555515UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-18HUBEI CHUYI NEW MATERIAL CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422937389.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-29
Publication Date
2025-11-18
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-29

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Technical Problem

Medium-chain triglycerides are inefficient and easily contaminated during spray drying, which affects product quality.

Method used

A medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer was designed, comprising a spray can, a distillation unit, a separator, an atomizer, and a feed pipe. The distilled medium-chain triglycerides are directly conveyed to the atomizer through the feed pipe. Combined with a pump, a temporary storage unit, and a heating jacket, the direct delivery of the product and temperature control are achieved.

Benefits of technology

It improves spray drying efficiency, avoids product contamination, ensures product quality, and facilitates temperature control.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a medium chain triglyceride spray dryer, which comprises a spray tank and a distiller, the spray tank is provided with an air inlet pipe, a connecting pipe, a separator and an atomizer, the medium chain triglyceride spray dryer is characterized by further comprising a feed pipe connected with the liquid inlet end of the atomizer, the spray tank is provided with a pump, and the pump is connected with the feed pipe; the pump is used for generating suction force in the feeding pipe, and the feeding pipe is used for conveying liquid medium-chain triglyceride; a temporary storage device is arranged at the liquid outlet end of the distiller, and the end, away from the atomizer, of the feeding pipe extends into the temporary storage device. According to the medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer provided by the utility model, a distilled product can be directly conveyed into the spray dryer to be subjected to spray drying processing and does not need to be transferred additionally, so that the processing efficiency is improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a spray drying technical field, concretely relates to a middle chain glyceride spray drying machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] The middle chain glyceride usually refers to the glyceride formed by the main component of middle chain fatty acid, and the typical middle chain glyceride refers to the saturated octanoic acid glyceride or the saturated decanoic acid glyceride or the mixed glyceride of saturated octanoic acid-decanoic acid, and the middle chain glyceride needs to pass through the steps such as extraction, refining, purification and drying in the process of processing.

[0003] Specifically, the raw material is obtained by physical pressing or solvent extraction method to obtain the oil after extraction, and then the impurities, peculiar smell and free fatty acid in the oil are removed through the steps such as bleaching, deodorization and deacidification, so that the purity and quality of the oil are improved, then the molecular distillation technology is adopted, the impurities and residues in the oil are further removed through distillation under high temperature and high vacuum environment, the high-purity middle chain glyceride is obtained, and finally the powder is dried according to the need, and the spray dryer is generally used for drying to obtain the middle chain glyceride powder in the process of drying.

[0004] But in the actual working process, the purified product needs to be contained in a container, and then the middle chain glyceride containing the container is moved to the spray dryer for processing, and this process is not only low in efficiency, but also easy to contaminate the middle chain glyceride in the moving process, thereby affecting the product quality. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0005] The main purpose of the utility model is to provide a middle chain glyceride spray drying machine, which solves the problem of low middle chain glyceride spray drying efficiency.

[0006] To solve the above technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is:

[0007] A middle chain glyceride spray drying machine, comprising a spray tank and a distiller, the spray tank is provided with an air inlet pipe, a connecting pipe, a separator and an atomizer, and further comprising a feed pipe connected with the liquid inlet end of the atomizer, the spray tank is provided with a pump, and the pump is connected with the feed pipe.

[0008] The pump is used for generating suction in the feed pipe, and the feed pipe is used for conveying liquid middle chain glyceride.

[0009] The liquid outlet end of the distiller is provided with a temporary storage device, and the end of the feed pipe away from the atomizer extends to the inside of the temporary storage device.

[0010] In the preferred scheme, the feed pipe is a hose, the separator is a cyclone separator, and the dust discharge end of the separator is provided with a container.

[0011] In a preferred embodiment, the temporary storage device is in communication with the distiller through a fixed pipe.

[0012] In a preferred embodiment, the temporary storage device comprises a temporary storage box, the feed pipe extends into the inner wall bottom of the temporary storage box from the top end of the temporary storage box; the inner wall bottom of the temporary storage box is provided with a fixing frame, and the bottom end of the feed pipe is fixed through the fixing frame;

[0013] The bottom of the temporary storage box is provided with a discharge pipe, and the discharge pipe is provided with an electromagnetic valve.

[0014] In a preferred embodiment, the top of the temporary storage box is provided with a water inlet pipe, the water inlet pipe is provided with a valve, and the water inlet pipe extends into the interior of the temporary storage box;

[0015] The end of the water inlet pipe is provided with a rotating nozzle.

[0016] In a preferred embodiment, the water inlet pipe is connected with a water source, and the rotating nozzle is used for spraying the water entering the water inlet pipe to flush the inner wall of the temporary storage box.

[0017] In a preferred embodiment, the inner wall of the temporary storage box is provided with a heating sleeve.

[0018] In a preferred embodiment, the heating sleeve is provided with a storage cavity;

[0019] The side of the temporary storage box is provided with a water adding pipe and a water outlet pipe, and the water adding pipe and the water outlet pipe are in communication with the storage cavity;

[0020] The water adding pipe is connected with a hot water source, and is used for adding hot water into the storage cavity to control the temperature in the temporary storage box.

[0021] In a preferred embodiment, the box wall of the temporary storage box is provided with a vacuum cavity.

[0022] The utility model provides a kind of middle-chain triglyceride spray dryer, by using above scheme, with following beneficial effect:

[0023] 1, the product after distillation can be directly conveyed to spray dryer and processed, without additional transfer, thereby increasing processing efficiency.

[0024] 2, transmission process is not exposed to air, thereby avoiding pollution, and ensuring product quality.

[0025] 3, the temperature of product can be controlled to ensure the efficiency and effect of spray drying, and it is more convenient for user to carry out spray drying processing. DRAWINGS

[0026] The utility model will be further described below in connection with drawings and examples:

[0027] Figure 1 it is the structure diagram of a kind of middle-chain triglyceride spray dryer of the utility model;

[0028] Figure 2 is a side view of a medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the temporary storage device of the utility model;

[0030] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the embodiment structure of the temporary storage device of the utility model.

[0031] In the figure:

[0032] The spray tank 1, the air inlet pipe 101, the separator 102, the connecting pipe 103, the atomizer 2, the pump 3, the feed pipe 4, the distiller 5, the fixed pipe 501, the temporary storage device 6, the temporary storage box 601, the fixing frame 602, the discharge pipe 603, the water inlet pipe 604, the valve 605, the rotary spray head 606, the heating sleeve 701, the storage cavity 702, the water feeding pipe 703, the water outlet pipe 704, and the vacuum cavity 705. Specific implementation

[0033] Embodiment 1:

[0034] A medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer comprises a spray tank 1 and a distiller 5, the spray tank 1 is provided with an air inlet pipe 101, a connecting pipe 103, a separator 102 and an atomizer 2, wherein the spray tank 1 and the distiller 5 refer to the commonly used equipment in the distillation and spray drying engineering of the existing medium-chain triglyceride, the internal structure of the present application is not improved, and therefore it is not described again, the separator 102 is preferably a cyclone separator, the air inlet pipe 101, the connecting pipe 103, the separator 102 and the atomizer 2 are the commonly used auxiliary structures of the existing spray dryer, the present application is not modified, and therefore the present application also does not describe again.

[0035] The specific spray drying process is that the liquid product enters the atomizer 2, the liquid product is sprayed out through the atomizing spray disc of the atomizer 2 after being atomized by the existing method, at the same time, the high-temperature gas enters the air inlet pipe 101 to heat the atomized product, the atomized product is quickly dehydrated after being heated, powder product is obtained, the powder product mixed gas enters the cyclone separator, and the powder product is discharged from the dust discharge end of the separator 102, so that the user can take the powder product by using a container.

[0036] As shown in Figure 1 , 2 , the spray tank 1 is provided with a pump 3, the pump 3 is connected with the feed pipe 4.

[0037] The pump 3 is used to generate suction in the feeding pipe 4 for conveying the liquid medium-chain triglyceride; wherein the pump 3 is preferably a peristaltic pump, and the feeding pipe 4 is preferably a hose, which is convenient for the operation of the atomizer 2 through slow conveying of the peristaltic pump and convenient for connection while matching the peristaltic pump.

[0038] The distiller 5 is provided with a temporary storage device 6 at the liquid outlet end, and the end of the feeding pipe 4 away from the atomizer 2 extends to the inside of the temporary storage device 6.

[0039] In use, the medium-chain triglyceride purified through distillation directly enters the temporary storage device 6, and then the pump 3 is started, the medium-chain triglyceride in the temporary storage device 6 directly enters the atomizer 2 through the feeding pipe 4, and then the existing mode is used for spray drying operation, which is simple in operation, does not need to be transferred, and is higher in efficiency; and the product obtained through distillation still has a certain temperature, which can be more convenient for rapid drying when sprayed through atomization, thereby ensuring the drying effect.

[0040] In the preferred scheme, the temporary storage device 6 is communicated with the distiller 5 through a fixed pipe 501, and the medium-chain triglyceride product purified by the distiller 5 enters the temporary storage device 6 through the fixed pipe 501.

[0041] Embodiment 2:

[0042] As shown in Figure 1 and 3 , the temporary storage device 6 includes a temporary storage box 601, and the feeding pipe 4 extends into the inner wall bottom of the temporary storage box 601 from the top end of the temporary storage box 601; the inner wall bottom of the temporary storage box 601 is provided with a fixing frame 602, and the bottom end of the feeding pipe 4 is fixed through the fixing frame 602.

[0043] The bottom of the temporary storage box 601 is provided with a discharge pipe 603, and the discharge pipe 603 is provided with an electromagnetic valve; the electromagnetic valve is controlled by the existing mode, and can also be replaced by a manual valve.

[0044] In use, the medium-chain triglyceride product purified by the distiller 5 first enters the temporary storage box 601 through the fixed pipe 501, if only liquid material is needed without dust material, the electromagnetic valve is directly opened, the liquid medium-chain triglyceride can be discharged through the discharge pipe 603, and the user can directly take it; and when the dust material is needed, the electromagnetic valve is not opened, the peristaltic pump is started to suck the liquid medium-chain triglyceride into the atomizer 2 through the feeding pipe 4, and then the existing mode is used for processing, which is simple in operation and convenient for the user to select as needed, and has better adaptability.

[0045] In the preferred scheme, the top of the temporary storage box 601 is provided with a water inlet pipe 604, the water inlet pipe 604 is provided with a valve 605, the valve 605 is preferably an electromagnetic valve, and the water inlet pipe 604 extends to the inside of the temporary storage box 601.

[0046] The end of the water inlet pipe 604 is provided with a rotating nozzle 606.

[0047] In the preferred embodiment, the water inlet pipe 604 is connected to an existing water source, and the rotating nozzle 606 is used to spray the water entering the water inlet pipe 604 to flush the inner wall of the temporary storage box 601.

[0048] After use, the valve 605 is opened, and then the water enters the water inlet pipe 604 and is sprayed out through the rotating nozzle 606. The sprayed water can flush the inner wall of the temporary storage box 601, facilitating the next use. After flushing, the sewage is discharged through the discharge pipe 603.

[0049] Embodiment 3:

[0050] As shown in Figure 1 and 4 The inner wall of the temporary storage box 601 is provided with a heating jacket 701.

[0051] In the preferred embodiment, the heating jacket 701 is provided with a storage cavity 702.

[0052] The side of the temporary storage box 601 is provided with a water inlet pipe 703 and a water outlet pipe 704, which are in communication with the storage cavity 702.

[0053] The water inlet pipe 703 is connected to a hot water source, which is used to add hot water to the storage cavity 702 to control the temperature in the temporary storage box 601.

[0054] During use, hot water or cold water is added to the storage cavity 702 as needed to control the temperature inside the temporary storage box 601, thereby controlling the temperature of the medium-chain triglycerides in the liquid to facilitate subsequent atomization drying, ensuring drying efficiency and effect.

[0055] In the preferred embodiment, the box wall of the temporary storage box 601 is provided with a vacuum cavity 705, which can reduce the flow of heat, thereby maintaining a relatively constant temperature in the temporary storage box 601, facilitating temperature control.

[0056] The present application is mainly used for medium-chain triglyceride processing, but is not limited to medium-chain triglyceride processing. Medium-chain triglycerides cannot be interpreted as a limitation on the present application. The main improvement of the present application is in the feed part of the spray dryer, which is an integral part of the spray dryer.

[0057] The above embodiments are only preferred technical solutions of the present application, and should not be regarded as limiting the present application. The protection scope of the present application should be based on the technical solutions claimed in the claims, including equivalent replacement schemes of the technical features claimed in the claims. That is, equivalent replacement improvements within this scope are also within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer, comprising a spray tank (1) and a distillation apparatus (5), wherein the spray tank (1) is provided with an air inlet pipe (101), a connecting pipe (103), a separator (102) and an atomizer (2), characterized in that: It also includes a feed pipe (4) connected to the liquid inlet end of the atomizer (2), and the spray tank (1) is equipped with a pump (3), which is connected to the feed pipe (4); Pump (3) is used to generate suction in feed pipe (4), which is used to transport liquid medium-chain triglycerides; The distiller (5) is equipped with a temporary storage device (6) at the liquid outlet end, and the feed pipe (4) extends from the end away from the atomizer (2) into the interior of the temporary storage device (6).

2. The medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feed pipe (4) is a flexible hose, the separator (102) is a cyclone separator, and the dust discharge end of the separator (102) is equipped with a container.

3. The medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The temporary storage device (6) is connected to the distillation apparatus (5) through a fixed tube (501).

4. The medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The temporary storage device (6) includes a temporary storage box (601), and a feed pipe (4) extends from the top of the temporary storage box (601) into the bottom of the inner wall of the temporary storage box (601); a fixing frame (602) is provided at the bottom of the inner wall of the temporary storage box (601), and the bottom end of the feed pipe (4) is fixed by the fixing frame (602); The bottom of the temporary storage box (601) is provided with a discharge pipe (603), and a solenoid valve is installed inside the discharge pipe (603).

5. A medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer according to claim 4, characterized in that: The top of the temporary storage box (601) is provided with a water inlet pipe (604), and a valve (605) is provided inside the water inlet pipe (604). The water inlet pipe (604) extends into the interior of the temporary storage box (601). A rotating nozzle (606) is provided at the end of the water inlet pipe (604).

6. The medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer according to claim 5, characterized in that: The water inlet pipe (604) is connected to an external water source, and the rotating nozzle (606) is used to spray the water entering through the water inlet pipe (604) to rinse the inner wall of the temporary storage tank (601).

7. A medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer according to claim 4, characterized in that: The inner wall of the temporary storage box (601) is provided with a heating jacket (701).

8. A medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer according to claim 7, characterized in that: The heating jacket (701) has a storage cavity (702) inside; The side of the temporary storage box (601) is provided with a water inlet pipe (703) and a water outlet pipe (704), which are connected to the storage cavity (702); The water supply pipe (703) is connected to an external hot water source to add hot water into the storage chamber (702) in order to control the temperature inside the temporary storage box (601).

9. A medium-chain triglyceride spray dryer according to claim 8, characterized in that: The temporary storage box (601) has a vacuum chamber (705) inside its wall.