Vacuum dehydration device for potato starch production

By designing a vacuum dehydration device, which utilizes a vacuum pump and electric heating plate, combined with the use of scrapers and stirring plates, the problems of low dehydration efficiency and high environmental humidity in potato starch production are solved, achieving efficient and environmentally friendly starch collection.

CN223683042UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-19GANSU PLATEAU POTATO IND CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423245165.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-27
Publication Date
2025-12-19
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-27

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Technical Problem

Existing potato starch production equipment suffers from low efficiency and low thermal efficiency during vacuum dehydration, improper steam treatment leading to high environmental humidity, and poor starch collection.

Method used

The vacuum dehydration device, consisting of a vacuum tank, a starch vacuum dehydration component, a scraper motor, and a stirring motor, uses a vacuum pump to create negative pressure, combined with a steam condenser and an electric heating plate, and utilizes scrapers and stirring plates to achieve efficient dehydration and collection of starch.

Benefits of technology

It improves dehydration efficiency, reduces energy consumption, reduces environmental humidity, and ensures high-quality starch collection.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production, which relates to the technical field of food processing, and comprises a vacuum tank and a starch vacuum dewatering component, the left side of an operating frame is connected with a vacuum pipe, the tail end of the vacuum pipe is provided with a vacuum pump, and the front side of a feed port is provided with a water vapor conveying pipe. A water vapor conveying pipe is arranged on the right side of the operating frame, a water vapor condenser is installed at the tail end of the water vapor conveying pipe, a water storage tank is installed on the lower side of the water vapor condenser, a temperature controller is arranged on the right side of the operating frame, and electric heating plates are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the vacuum tank. The feeding port is sealed by the rubber cover, so that the problem of air leakage at the feeding port during vacuum suction can be avoided, and then the vacuum pump sucks air in the vacuum tank through the vacuum pipe, so that the interior of the vacuum tank is in a negative pressure state, the boiling point of water is reduced, and water in starch is removed.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to food processing technical field especially, relates to a vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production. BACKGROUND

[0002] Potato starch vacuum dewatering is a process of removing water in potato starch by using vacuum technology, the air in the device is sucked away by a vacuum pump to form a vacuum environment, and the water evaporates at a lower temperature, which not only improves the dewatering efficiency, but also maintains the quality and purity of the starch.

[0003] After searching, the case of the publication number "CN218130409U" mentioned "the utility model belongs to potato processing technical field, relates to a vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production. The device comprises a rack, a dewatering drum, a scraping mechanism and a feeding groove arranged on the rack, the scraping mechanism comprises a scraping plate, an L-shaped flap, an air bag and a tension spring, the L-shaped flap is located between the scraping plate and the dewatering drum, one end of the L-shaped flap is movably connected with the scraping plate, the other end of the L-shaped flap is movably connected with the scraping plate, and a reserved space is arranged between the two ends, the air bag is arranged in the reserved space, one end of the tension spring is connected with the scraping plate, and the other end of the tension spring is connected with the L-shaped flap", when using, the device can ensure that the scraping plate and the dewatering drum always maintain the state of adhesion, and the scraping effect of potato starch is guaranteed, but at present, in the potato starch production process, the evaporation dewatering method is often used, however, such method is inefficient, and energy waste is easy to cause, thereby extending the vacuum dewatering method to dewater potato starch, however, in this process, the existing device has low thermal efficiency, and water vapor treatment is simple, which is easy to cause high humidity of the working environment of personnel, and the collection of potato starch is poor.

[0004] Therefore, we provide a vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production to solve the above problems. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0005] The utility model aims at providing a vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production, which solves the problems in the above background technology.

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: A vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production, including vacuum jar and starch vacuum dewatering subassembly, the starch vacuum dewatering subassembly includes the operating frame of welding on the upside of vacuum jar, the left side of operating frame is connected with vacuum pipe, the end of vacuum pipe is provided with vacuum pump, the upside of operating frame is provided with inlet, the inboard of inlet is installed with rubber cover, the front side of inlet is provided with water vapor delivery pipe, the end of water vapor delivery pipe is installed with water vapor condenser, the downside of water vapor condenser is installed with water storage tank, the right side of operating frame is provided with temperature controller, the front and rear sides of vacuum jar are all provided with electric heating plate.

[0007] Preferably, the vacuum pump and the vacuum pipe are welded, and the vacuum pump and the vacuum jar constitute a vacuum structure through the vacuum pipe.

[0008] Preferably, the rubber cover and the inlet are connected through a clamping groove, the rubber cover is made of rubber material, and the rubber cover is tightly attached to the inlet.

[0009] Preferably, the water vapor condenser, the water vapor delivery pipe and the water storage tank constitute a water vapor condensing structure, and the water vapor condenser is a double-pipe condenser.

[0010] Preferably, the temperature controller and the electric heating plate are electrically connected, and the electric heating plates are symmetrically arranged on the front and rear sides of the vacuum jar.

[0011] Preferably, a scraper motor is installed at the center of the front side of the vacuum jar, a double-end powder scraper is installed at the end of the scraper motor, and the double-end powder scraper is tightly attached to the inner wall of the vacuum jar.

[0012] Preferably, a stirring motor is installed at the center of the rear side of the vacuum jar, a stirring plate is installed at the end of the stirring motor, and the outer diameter of the stirring plate is smaller than the inner diameter of the double-end powder scraper.

[0013] Preferably, a powder discharge port is welded to the lower side of the vacuum jar, and a discharge sealing plate is arranged on the inner side of the powder discharge port.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

[0015] 1、When need to use, can first pour the starch containing slurry into the vacuum tank through the inlet, then seal the inlet with the rubber cover, so as to avoid air leakage of the inlet when vacuum pumping, then the vacuum pump will pump the air in the vacuum tank through the vacuum pipe, so that the vacuum tank is in a negative pressure state, so as to reduce the boiling point of water boiling, so as to remove the moisture in the starch, after sealing, the water vapor conveying pipe will send the water vapor into the water vapor condenser, so that the water vapor is condensed into water droplets and flows into the water tank, so as to reduce the direct discharge of water vapor to the outside, so as to cause the humidity in a certain space to increase sharply, and the negative pressure imbalance in the vacuum tank can be avoided, in the process, the temperature controller will heat and evaporate the potato starch slurry in the vacuum tank through the electric heating plate, and the electric heating plate with large contact area can improve the heating speed.

[0016] 2、When the moisture evaporates, the stirring motor drives the stirring plate to rotate slowly at all times, so that the potato starch slurry in the vacuum tank is stirred, so as to avoid the potato starch slurry from precipitating and causing poor dehydration effect, and to reduce the adhesion of starch to the side wall of the vacuum tank, when the moisture in the potato starch evaporates, the potato starch will adhere to the inner wall of the vacuum tank, at this time, the scraper motor drives the double-end powder scraper to rotate, the starch adhering to the surface of the vacuum tank is scraped down, and the starch is collected, when it is needed to be sealed, the discharge sealing plate can be inserted into the powder discharge port, and when it is needed to discharge the dried starch, the discharge sealing plate is pulled out, so that the starch is discharged from the powder discharge port by natural gravity when the double-end powder scraper rotates. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 It is a whole appearance front structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 It is a whole appearance back structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 3 It is a vacuum tank internal structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 4 It is a scraper motor to stirring plate structure schematic view of the utility model.

[0021] Marked number in drawing: 1, vacuum tank; 2, starch vacuum dehydration assembly; 201, operation frame; 202, vacuum pipe; 203, vacuum pump; 204, inlet; 205, rubber cover; 206, water vapor conveying pipe; 207, water vapor condenser; 208, water tank; 209, temperature controller; 210, electric heating plate; 3, scraper motor; 4, double-end powder scraper; 5, stirring motor; 6, stirring plate; 7, powder discharge port; 8, discharge sealing plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of the present application.

[0023] Please refer to Figures 1-4 As shown in the figure, the utility model provides a technical scheme: a kind of vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production, including vacuum tank 1 and starch vacuum dewatering assembly 2, starch vacuum dewatering assembly 2 includes the operating frame 201 welded on the upper side of vacuum tank 1, the left side of operating frame 201 is connected with vacuum tube 202, the end of vacuum tube 202 is provided with vacuum pump 203, the upper side of operating frame 201 is provided with inlet 204, the inner side of inlet 204 is installed with rubber cover 205, the front side of inlet 204 is provided with water vapor delivery pipe 206, the end of water vapor delivery pipe 206 is installed with water vapor condenser 207, the lower side of water vapor condenser 207 is installed with water storage tank 208, the right side of operating frame 201 is provided with temperature controller 209, and the front and back sides of vacuum tank 1 are both provided with electric heating plate 210.

[0024] Further, vacuum pump 203 and vacuum tube 202 are welded, vacuum pump 203 and vacuum tank 1 constitute a vacuum structure through vacuum tube 202, when needing to use, vacuum pump 203 will suck air in vacuum tank 1 through vacuum tube 202, so that vacuum tank 1 is in a negative pressure state, to reduce the boiling point of water boiling, so as to remove the moisture in starch.

[0025] Further, rubber cover 205 and inlet 204 are connected by clamping groove, rubber cover 205 is made of rubber material, and rubber cover 205 is tightly attached to inlet 204, when needing to use, slurry containing starch can be poured into vacuum tank 1 through inlet 204, and then rubber cover 205 is used to seal inlet 204, so that air leakage problem of inlet 204 can be avoided during vacuum suction.

[0026] Further, water vapor condenser 207, water vapor delivery pipe 206 and water storage tank 208 constitute a water vapor condensing structure, water vapor condenser 207 is a double-pipe condenser, when needing to use, water vapor delivery pipe 206 sends water vapor into water vapor condenser 207, so that water vapor is condensed into water droplets and flows into water storage tank 208, so that water vapor can be directly discharged to the outside, so that the humidity in a certain space increases sharply, and the negative pressure imbalance in vacuum tank 1 can be avoided.

[0027] Further, the temperature controller 209 is electrically connected with the electric heating plate 210, and the electric heating plate 210 is symmetrically arranged on the front and back of the vacuum tank 1. When it is needed to use, the temperature controller 209 can heat and evaporate the potato starch slurry in the vacuum tank 1 through the electric heating plate 210, and the electric heating plate 210 with a large contact area can improve the heating speed.

[0028] Further, the scraper motor 3 is installed at the front center position of the vacuum tank 1, and the double-end powder scraper 4 is installed at the end of the scraper motor 3. The double-end powder scraper 4 is tightly attached to the inner wall of the vacuum tank 1. When the water in the potato starch is evaporated, the potato starch will be attached to the inner wall of the vacuum tank 1. At this time, the scraper motor 3 drives the double-end powder scraper 4 to rotate, so as to scrape the starch attached to the surface of the vacuum tank 1, and the starch is collected.

[0029] Further, the stirring motor 5 is installed at the rear center position of the vacuum tank 1, and the stirring plate 6 is installed at the end of the stirring motor 5. The outer diameter of the stirring plate 6 is smaller than the inner diameter of the double-end powder scraper 4. During the water evaporation process, the stirring motor 5 drives the stirring plate 6 to rotate slowly at all times, so as to stir the potato starch slurry in the vacuum tank 1, thereby avoiding the potato starch slurry from precipitating, resulting in poor dehydration effect, and reducing the starch from being attached to the side wall of the vacuum tank 1.

[0030] Further, the powder discharge port 7 is welded to the lower side of the vacuum tank 1, and the discharge sealing plate 8 is arranged on the inner side of the powder discharge port 7. When it is needed to be sealed, the discharge sealing plate 8 can be inserted into the powder discharge port 7, and when it is needed to discharge the dried starch, the discharge sealing plate 8 is extracted. In this way, when the double-end powder scraper 4 rotates, the starch is discharged from the powder discharge port 7 through the natural gravity traction.

[0031] Working principle: a kind of potato starch production vacuum dewatering device is moved to working position, when using, first, vacuum tank 1 is moved to the position required to use, then potato starch slurry is filled into vacuum tank 1 by inlet 204, then rubber cover 205 is sealed to inlet 204, second, vacuum pump 203 is extracted by vacuum pipe 202 cooperation with operating frame 201 in vacuum tank 1, so that vacuum tank 1 is in negative pressure state, at this time, temperature controller 209 will control electric heating plate 210 to heat the potato starch slurry in vacuum tank 1, while stirring motor 5 drives stirring plate 6 to stir, and the water vapor generated by slurry heating is sent into water vapor condenser 207 by water vapor conveying pipe 206, and the condensed water drops finally fall into water storage tank 208, finally, after evaporation ends, dry potato starch is left, then discharge sealing plate 8 is extracted from powder discharge port 7, at this time, scraper motor 3 will drive double-end powder scraper 4 to rotate, the starch adhered to the surface of vacuum tank 1 is scraped off, and the potato starch falls from powder discharge port 7, so the use process of a kind of potato starch production vacuum dewatering device is completed.

[0032] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production, comprising a vacuum tank (1) and a starch vacuum dewatering assembly (2), characterized in that: The starch vacuum dewatering assembly (2) comprises an operating frame (201) welded on the upper side of a vacuum tank (1), the left side of the operating frame (201) is connected with a vacuum pipe (202), the end of the vacuum pipe (202) is provided with a vacuum pump (203), the upper side of the operating frame (201) is provided with a feeding port (204), the inner side of the feeding port (204) is mounted with a rubber cover (205), the front side of the feeding port (204) is provided with a water vapor delivery pipe (206), the end of the water vapor delivery pipe (206) is mounted with a water vapor condenser (207), the lower side of the water vapor condenser (207) is mounted with a water storage tank (208), the right side of the operating frame (201) is provided with a temperature controller (209), and the front and rear sides of the vacuum tank (1) are provided with electric heating plates (210).

2. The vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production according to claim 1, characterized in that, The vacuum pump (203) and the vacuum pipe (202) are welded, and the vacuum pump (203) and the vacuum tank (1) constitute a vacuum structure through the vacuum pipe (202).

3. The vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production according to claim 1, characterized in that, The rubber cover (205) and the feeding port (204) are connected through a clamping groove, the rubber cover (205) is made of rubber, and the rubber cover (205) is tightly attached to the feeding port (204).

4. The vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production according to claim 1, characterized in that, The water vapor condenser (207), the water vapor delivery pipe (206) and the water storage tank (208) constitute a water vapor condensing structure, and the water vapor condenser (207) is a double-pipe condenser.

5. The vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production according to claim 1, characterized in that, The temperature controller (209) and the electric heating plate (210) are electrically connected, and the electric heating plate (210) and the vacuum tank (1) are symmetrically arranged on the front and rear sides.

6. The vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production according to claim 1, characterized in that, The front side of the vacuum tank (1) is provided with a scraper motor (3) at the center position, the end of the scraper motor (3) is provided with a double-end powder scraper (4), and the double-end powder scraper (4) is tightly attached to the inner wall of the vacuum tank (1).

7. The vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production according to claim 1, characterized in that, The rear side of the vacuum tank (1) is provided with a stirring motor (5) at the center position, the end of the stirring motor (5) is provided with a stirring plate (6), and the outer diameter of the stirring plate (6) is smaller than the inner diameter of the double-end powder scraper (4).

8. The vacuum dewatering device for potato starch production according to claim 1, characterized in that, The lower side of the vacuum tank (1) is welded with a powder discharge port (7), and the inner side of the powder discharge port (7) is provided with a discharge sealing plate (8).

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  • Vacuum dehydration device for potato starch production

    CN218130409U