Honey concentration equipment
By combining a first heat exchange tube and a vacuum pump in the honey concentration equipment, efficient medium-temperature concentration of honey was achieved, solving the problems of low concentration efficiency and nutrient inactivation, improving concentration efficiency and maintaining the nutritional value of honey.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202423080808.3
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-13
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-25
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-13
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies have low efficiency in honey concentration at medium and low temperatures, and high-temperature concentration can lead to the inactivation and denaturation of honey nutrients.
The honey concentration equipment utilizes a combination of a first heat exchange tube and a vacuum pump. A circulating pump drives the liquid medium to circulate and heat it to 40-50°C, evaporating the water in the honey under negative pressure. The first heat exchange tube extends up and down along a cylindrical spiral inside the concentration tank to evenly heat the honey, while a vacuum pump draws air from the concentration tank to maintain a negative pressure state.
It improves the efficiency of honey concentration, avoids the inactivation and denaturation of honey nutrients due to high temperatures, and achieves a highly efficient and uniform medium-temperature concentration process.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to concentrated equipment technical field, concretely relates to honey concentrated equipment. BACKGROUND
[0002] Honey can be divided into: water honey, mature honey, concentrated honey. After honeybees collect nectar, they will first brew honey in the nest house to evaporate water and convert raw sugar; when the enzyme content in the nectar reaches a certain degree and the water content is reduced to below 20%, the honeybees will cover it with beeswax; this capped honey is also called mature honey.
[0003] During the main honey flow period, honeybees can quickly fill the beehive with nectar. Beekeepers do not wait for the honeybees to brew honey in order to improve economic efficiency, but quickly shake out the honey to empty the beehive so that the honeybees can continue to collect nectar and fill the beehive. This honey taken out before capping is called water honey. After factories purchase water honey from beekeepers, they need to remove excess water from the water honey to produce concentrated honey.
[0004] Many nutrients in honey are easily denatured at high temperatures; and there are problems of low efficiency when concentrating honey at medium and low temperatures. SUMMARY
[0005] The utility model aims at providing honey concentrated equipment, which can improve the concentration efficiency of honey and avoid the denaturation of nutrients in honey due to high temperature.
[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the technical scheme of:
[0007] The honey concentrated equipment comprises a concentration tank, a first heat exchange pipe arranged in the concentration tank, and a vacuum pump for extracting air from the concentration tank; wherein, the upper part of the concentration tank is provided with a feeding port and is adapted to a feeding valve; the lower part of the concentration tank is provided with a discharging port and is adapted to a discharging valve; the first heat exchange pipe comprises a main heat exchange section, a first connecting section, and a second connecting section; the main heat exchange section extends up and down along a cylindrical spiral line in the concentration tank, and the axis of the cylindrical spiral line coincides with the axis of the concentration tank; the upper end of the main heat exchange section is communicated with the outlet of a circulating pump through the first connecting section, and the lower end is communicated with the inlet of the circulating pump through the second connecting section; the circulating pump is located outside the concentration tank; the first connecting section is provided with an electric heating element at the part penetrating out of the concentration tank.
[0008] Optionally, the first connecting section extends up and down along the axis of the cylindrical spiral line corresponding to the main heat exchange section.
[0009] Optionally, the radius of the cylindrical spiral line corresponding to the main heat exchange section is greater than one fourth of the radius of the concentration tank and less than three fourths of the radius of the concentration tank.
[0010] Optionally, the outer wall of the concentration tank is provided with an L-shaped water adding pipe, and a water adding valve is matched with the water adding pipe; the upper end of the water adding pipe forms a water adding opening; the side end of the water adding pipe is communicated with the upper end of the first connecting section; the water adding pipe is higher than the top of the first heat exchange pipe.
[0011] Optionally, the top of the concentration tank is communicated with a vacuum pump through an air extraction pipe; the air extraction pipe comprises a main section extending in the up-down direction; a second heat exchange pipe is installed on the upper part of the main section, and the middle part of the main section is communicated with the air inlet of the vacuum pump; the two ends of the second heat exchange pipe are respectively led out from the main section to form joints; the lower part of the main section is sequentially provided with a first valve and a second valve from top to bottom to form a water storage chamber between the first valve and the second valve.
[0012] Optionally, the main section of the air extraction pipe is provided with an L-shaped adapter pipe in the middle part, and the air inlet of the vacuum pump is connected to the upper end of the adapter pipe.
[0013] Optionally, the main part of the second heat exchange pipe extends along a cylindrical spiral line in the air extraction pipe; the joint of the lower end of the second heat exchange pipe forms a water inlet, and the joint of the upper end forms a water outlet.
[0014] Optionally, the side surface of the concentration tank is provided with an operation opening, and a sealing cover is detachably installed on the operation opening; the sealing cover comprises an observation window made of glass and an annular connecting part arranged on the edge of the observation window.
[0015] Optionally, the temperature controller comprises a temperature sensor arranged in the concentration tank and a control module arranged outside the concentration tank; the electric heating element is controlled by the temperature controller.
[0016] The working principle of the utility model is that the circulating pump drives the liquid medium in the first heat exchange pipe to circulate and flow, and the electric heating element heats the liquid medium in the first heat exchange pipe to 40-50 DEG C. The main heat exchange section of the first heat exchange pipe extends along a cylindrical spiral line in the concentration tank, which can more fully contact with the honey in the concentration tank, so that the honey is uniformly heated, thereby making the honey uniformly keep a medium temperature state. At the same time, the vacuum pump sucks the air in the concentration tank, so that the concentration tank keeps a negative pressure state; in this way, the honey in the medium temperature state is in a negative pressure environment, so that the moisture in the honey can be rapidly evaporated.
[0017] Therefore, the utility model has the beneficial effects that the concentration efficiency of the honey can be improved, and the nutrient substances in the honey can be prevented from being inactivated and denatured due to high temperature. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0018] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description only constitute some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort on the basis of these drawings.
[0019] Figure 1 The structure of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.
[0020] Figure 2 The structure of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram. Figure 1 The schematic diagram of another angle is shown.
[0021] Figure 3 The schematic diagram of the first heat exchange pipe arranged in the concentration tank is shown.
[0022] Figure 4 The structure of the first heat exchange pipe is shown in the schematic diagram.
[0023] Reference signs: 1, concentration tank; 2, first heat exchange pipe; 3, vacuum pump; 4, feed inlet; 5, discharge outlet; 6, main heat exchange section; 7, first connecting section; 8, second connecting section; 9, circulating pump; 10, water feeding pipe; 11, air extraction pipe; 12, second heat exchange pipe; 13, first valve; 14, second valve; 15, switching pipe; 16, sealing cover. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] In the following, only some exemplary embodiments are simply described. As those skilled in the art can recognize, the described embodiments can be modified in various different ways without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Therefore, the drawings and the description are considered to be exemplary in nature rather than limiting.
[0025] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "first", "second" are only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more than two, unless otherwise specifically limited.
[0026] In the utility model, unless another definite provision and limitation, the terms "mount", "link", "connect", "fix" and so on should be broad sense understanding, for example, can be fixed connection, also can be detachable connection, or be integrated;Can be mechanical connection, also can be electric connection, still can be communication;Can be direct connection, also can pass through intermediate medium indirectly connect, can be two element inside's intercommunication or two element's interaction relationship.For ordinary skilled person in the art, can understand the concrete meaning of above-mentioned terms in the utility model according to specific circumstances.
[0027] The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different structures of the utility model. In order to simplify the disclosure of the utility model, the components and settings of specific examples are described below. Of course, they are only examples, and the purpose is not to limit the utility model.
[0028] The following will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 ~ attached Figure 4 The embodiments of the utility model are described in detail.
[0029] The utility model embodiment provides a kind of honey concentration equipment.The honey concentration equipment includes: concentration tank 1, first heat exchange pipe 2 being located in concentration tank 1, vacuum pump 3 of the air extraction from concentration tank 1.It is understood that the upper portion of the concentration tank 1 is equipped with feed inlet 4, and is adapted feed valve.It should be understood that feed inlet 4 can be communicated hopper by hose, and is adapted peristaltic pump, to send honey from hopper into concentration tank 1.The lower portion of the concentration tank 1 is equipped with discharge port 5, and is adapted discharge valve.The first heat exchange pipe 2 includes: main heat exchange section 6, first connecting section 7, second connecting section 8.It should be understood that water is usually used as heat exchange medium in first heat exchange pipe 2.The main heat exchange section 6 extends up and down along cylindrical helix in concentration tank 1, and the axis of the cylindrical helix coincides with the axis of concentration tank 1.The upper end of the main heat exchange section 6 is communicated with the outlet of circulating pump 9 by first connecting section 7, and the lower end is communicated with the inlet of circulating pump 9 by second connecting section 8.Circulating pump 9 is located outside concentration tank 1;Electric heating element is installed in the part of first connecting section 7 that passes out of concentration tank 1.It should be understood that electric heating element can select electric heating wire, electric heating rod or electric heating sheet.
[0030] The specific implementation of the present application is described as follows: the circulating pump 9 drives the liquid medium in the first heat exchange pipe 2 to circulate, and the electric heating element heats the liquid medium in the first heat exchange pipe 2 to 40-50℃. The main heat exchange section 6 of the first heat exchange pipe 2 extends up and down along the cylindrical helix in the concentration tank 1, which can more fully contact with the honey in the concentration tank 1, so that the honey is uniformly heated, thereby making the honey uniformly keep the medium temperature state. At the same time, the vacuum pump 3 sucks the air in the concentration tank 1, so that the concentration tank 1 keeps the negative pressure state; in this way, the honey in the medium temperature state can evaporate quickly in the negative pressure environment. The present application can improve the concentration efficiency of the honey, and can avoid the inactivation and denaturation of the nutrient substances in the honey due to high temperature.
[0031] Further, the first connecting section 7 extends up and down along the axis of the cylindrical helix corresponding to the main heat exchange section 6. It should be understood that the heat exchange medium flowing through the first connecting section 7 can heat the honey in the center of the concentration tank 1, so that the honey in the concentration tank 1 is heated more uniformly.
[0032] Further, the radius of the cylindrical helix corresponding to the main heat exchange section 6 is greater than one fourth of the radius of the concentration tank 1 and less than three fourths of the radius of the concentration tank 1. It should be understood that in this way, the path of the main heat exchange section 6 can better cover the honey in the concentration tank 1, so that the honey in the concentration tank 1 is heated more uniformly.
[0033] Further, the outer wall of the concentration tank 1 is provided with an L-shaped water adding pipe 10, and a water adding valve is adapted; the upper end of the water adding pipe 10 constitutes a water adding port; the side end of the water adding pipe 10 is communicated with the upper end of the first connecting section 7; the water adding pipe 10 is higher than the top of the first heat exchange pipe 2. It should be understood that opening the water adding valve can supplement the heat exchange medium in the first heat exchange pipe 2 through the water adding port of the water adding pipe 10, which is convenient and fast.
[0034] Further, the top of the concentration tank 1 is communicated with the vacuum pump 3 through the air exhaust pipe 11; the air exhaust pipe 11 comprises: a main body section extending in the up-down direction; the upper part of the main body section is provided with the second heat exchange pipe 12, and the middle part is communicated with the air inlet of the vacuum pump 3; the two ends of the second heat exchange pipe 12 respectively pass through the main body section to form joints; the lower part of the main body section is sequentially provided with the first valve 13 and the second valve 14 from top to bottom to form a water storage chamber between the first valve 13 and the second valve 14. It should be understood that, in the concentration process, the vacuum pump 3 also exhausts water vapor from the concentration tank 1, and the second heat exchange pipe 12 is supplied with cooling water, so that the water vapor in the air exhaust pipe 11 can be condensed; the condensed water flows downward along the air exhaust pipe 11, the first valve 13 is opened, the second valve 14 is closed, and the condensed water can be accumulated in the water storage chamber; the first valve 13 is closed, the second valve 14 is opened, and the condensed water in the water storage chamber can be discharged. In this way, the water vapor can be prevented from directly entering the vacuum pump 3, thereby protecting the vacuum pump 3 and enabling the concentration tank 1 to more stably maintain a negative pressure state.
[0035] Further, the main body section of the air exhaust pipe 11 is provided with an L-shaped adapter pipe 15 at the middle part, and the air inlet of the vacuum pump 3 is connected to the upper port of the adapter pipe 15. It should be understood that in this way, the condensed water can be prevented from being sucked into the vacuum pump 3.
[0036] Further, the main body section of the second heat exchange pipe 12 extends in the up-down direction along a cylindrical spiral line in the air exhaust pipe 11; the joint at the lower end of the second heat exchange pipe 12 constitutes a water inlet, and the joint at the upper end constitutes a water outlet. It should be understood that the water inlet can be communicated to tap water through a hose; the water discharged from the water outlet can be used for other purposes, such as being transported to a water storage pool for cleaning other agricultural products through a hose.
[0037] Further, the side surface of the concentration tank 1 is provided with an operation port, and a sealing cover 16 is detachably mounted at the operation port; the sealing cover 16 comprises: an observation window made of glass, and an annular connecting part provided at the edge of the observation window. It should be understood that a sealing ring is arranged between the annular connecting part and the operation port, and the connection can be achieved by bolts. The staff can check the situation in the concentration tank 1 through the observation window, for example, whether the concentration tank 1 is cleaned after the concentration and heating operation of the honey is completed. When necessary, the sealing cover 16 can be opened to operate in the concentration tank 1.
[0038] Further, it further comprises: a temperature controller; the temperature controller comprises: a temperature sensor arranged in the concentration tank 1, and a control module arranged outside the concentration tank 1; the electric heating element is controlled by the temperature controller. It should be understood that a commonly used temperature controller on the market can be selected to automatically control the temperature of the heat exchange medium in the first heat exchange pipe 2.
[0039] Although the specific embodiments of the present application are described above, those skilled in the art should understand that various changes or modifications can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and essence of the present application, and such changes and modifications all fall within the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. Honey concentration apparatus, characterized in that, The application relates to a honey concentration device. The device comprises: a concentration tank (1); a first heat exchange pipe (2) arranged in the concentration tank (1); and a vacuum pump (3) for pumping air from the concentration tank (1); wherein, the upper part of the concentration tank (1) is provided with a feeding port (4) and a feeding valve; and the lower part of the concentration tank (1) is provided with a discharging port (5) and a discharging valve; the first heat exchange pipe (2) comprises a main heat exchange section (6), a first connecting section (7) and a second connecting section (8); the main heat exchange section (6) extends along a cylindrical helix in the concentration tank (1) in the up-down direction, and the axis of the cylindrical helix coincides with the axis of the concentration tank (1); the upper end of the main heat exchange section (6) is communicated with the outlet of a circulating pump (9) through the first connecting section (7), and the lower end is communicated with the inlet of the circulating pump (9) through the second connecting section (8); the circulating pump (9) is arranged outside the concentration tank (1); and an electric heating element is arranged on the part of the first connecting section (7) that penetrates the concentration tank (1).
2. The honey concentration device according to claim 1, wherein: the first connecting section (7) extends along the axis of the corresponding cylindrical helix of the main heat exchange section (6) in the up-down direction.
3. The honey concentration device according to claim 2, wherein: the radius of the corresponding cylindrical helix of the main heat exchange section (6) is greater than one fourth of the radius of the concentration tank (1) and less than three fourths of the radius of the concentration tank (1).
4. The honey concentration device according to claim 3, wherein: the outer wall of the concentration tank (1) is provided with an L-shaped water feeding pipe (10) and a water feeding valve; the upper port of the water feeding pipe (10) forms a water feeding port; and the side port of the water feeding pipe (10) is communicated with the upper end of the first connecting section (7); the water feeding pipe (10) is higher than the top of the first heat exchange pipe (2).
5. The honey concentration device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: the top of the concentration tank (1) is communicated with the vacuum pump (3) through an air pumping pipe (11); the air pumping pipe (11) comprises a main section extending in the up-down direction; the upper part of the main section is provided with a second heat exchange pipe (12), and the middle part is communicated with the air inlet of the vacuum pump (3); the two ends of the second heat exchange pipe (12) respectively penetrate the main section, forming joints; the lower part of the main section is sequentially provided with a first valve (13) and a second valve (14) from top to bottom, so as to form a water storage chamber between the first valve (13) and the second valve (14).
6. The honey concentration device according to claim 5, wherein: the main section of the air pumping pipe (11) is provided with an L-shaped adapter pipe (15) in the middle part, and the air inlet of the vacuum pump (3) is connected to the upper port of the adapter pipe (15).
7. The honey concentration device according to claim 5, wherein: the main part of the second heat exchange pipe (12) extends along a cylindrical helix in the air pumping pipe (11) in the up-down direction; the joint at the lower end of the second heat exchange pipe (12) forms a water inlet, and the joint at the upper end forms a water outlet.
8. The honey concentration device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: The side of the concentration tank (1) is provided with an operation opening, and a sealing cover (16) is detachably installed on the operation opening; The sealing cover (16) comprises an observation window made of glass and an annular connecting part provided on the edge of the observation window.
9. The honey concentration equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: It further comprises a temperature controller. The temperature controller comprises a temperature sensor arranged in the concentration tank (1) and a control module arranged outside the concentration tank (1); and the electric heating element is controlled by the temperature controller.