Sealing structure for liquid inlet of fermentation tank
By designing a sealing structure for the fermenter inlet, and utilizing a liquid storage cylinder, a sealing valve body, and a one-way valve, the problem of air entering and affecting microbial growth was solved, achieving sealed liquid filling and improving fermentation effect and efficiency.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-07
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-20
AI Technical Summary
In existing fermenters, the inlet is left open when adding nutrient solution, allowing air to enter and affecting microbial growth and fermentation efficiency.
A sealing structure for the inlet of a fermenter was designed, including a liquid storage cylinder, a sealing valve body, an exhaust piston, and a one-way valve. Through the piston movement and the cooperation of the one-way valve, liquid can be introduced into the fermenter in a sealed environment, preventing air from entering.
This allows liquid to enter in a sealed environment, preventing air from entering, ensuring gas balance inside the fermenter, and improving fermentation effect and efficiency.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model belongs to fermentation tank liquid inlet technical field, concretely relates to a kind of fermentation tank liquid inlet sealing structure. BACKGROUND
[0002] Fermentation tank refers to the device used for microbial fermentation in industry, and its main body is generally a main type cylinder made of stainless steel plate. Some fermentation tanks need to be provided with liquid inlets to supplement carbon sources (glucose, starch), nitrogen sources (peptone, urea), inorganic salts (phosphate) and other liquid nutrients by feeding to maintain the growth environment of microorganisms and meet the metabolic needs of microorganisms.
[0003] Some existing fermentation tanks mostly add nutrients by manual preparation and manual addition when adding nutrient liquid. At this time, the liquid inlet of the fermentation tank is in an open state, and air in the environment will enter the fermentation tank through the liquid inlet along with the liquid. Since some anaerobic fermentation needs to avoid the entry of oxygen, the sealing performance of the liquid inlet is insufficient, which can cause air to enter and change the oxygen concentration in the fermentation tank, affect the growth of microorganisms, and further affect the fermentation effect and efficiency.
[0004] Therefore, a fermentation tank liquid inlet sealing structure is proposed. SUMMARY
[0005] The utility model provides a kind of fermentation tank liquid inlet sealing structure, and its purpose is to solve the problem proposed above.
[0006] The utility model embodiment provides a kind of fermentation tank liquid inlet sealing structure, including fermentation tank body;Liquid inlet assembly and feed inlet are located at the top of the fermentation tank body, and the liquid inlet assembly is located at the side of feed inlet;The liquid inlet assembly includes: the liquid inlet pipe fixed on the top of the fermentation tank body;Liquid temporary storage cylinder is fixed on the top of the liquid inlet pipe;Sealing valve body is fixed on the top of the liquid temporary storage cylinder;Liquid injection pipe is fixed on the top of the sealing valve body;Overflow pipe is embedded and fixed on the outer side wall of the liquid injection pipe;Electric push rod two is fixed on the bottom of the liquid temporary storage cylinder by bolt;Exhaust piston is fixed on the output end of the electric push rod two;One-way valve is embedded and fixed on the top central position of the exhaust piston;Scale line is located on the outer side wall of the liquid temporary storage cylinder;
[0007] Further, electric push rod one is fixedly connected by bolt at the central position of the outer wall of one side of the sealing valve body, and the output end of one side of the electric push rod one is fixedly connected with valve plate.
[0008] Further, the fermentation tank body and liquid temporary storage cylinder are communicated with liquid inlet pipe, and the liquid temporary storage cylinder and liquid injection pipe are communicated with sealing valve body.
[0009] By adopting the technical scheme, liquid can be added into the fermentation tank body, and the liquid can flow in the liquid temporary storage cylinder, the sealing valve body and the liquid injection pipe.
[0010] Further, the exhaust piston moves in a piston manner in the liquid temporary storage cylinder.
[0011] By adopting the technical scheme, the exhaust piston can move in the liquid temporary storage cylinder in a sealed manner through the piston movement.
[0012] Further, the overflow pipe and the liquid injection pipe are connected, and one end of the overflow pipe and the liquid injection pipe is provided with a sealing pipe cover.
[0013] By adopting the technical scheme, one end of the overflow pipe and the liquid injection pipe can be sealed by the sealing cover.
[0014] Further, the one-way property of the one-way valve is downward, and the pressure value required for the one-way valve to be opened is greater than the pressure value when the liquid temporary storage cylinder is filled with liquid.
[0015] By adopting the technical scheme, the one-way valve can be prevented from being opened by liquid under the action of gravity.
[0016] Further, the sealing groove matched with the valve plate is arranged in the sealing valve body.
[0017] By adopting the technical scheme, the sealing property of the valve plate moving in the sealing valve body is ensured, so that the sealing valve body is closed, and a sealed environment in the liquid temporary storage cylinder is ensured.
[0018] The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
[0019] The utility model discloses a kind of fermentation tank bodies, including fermentation tank body, liquid temporary storage cylinder, sealing valve body, overflow pipe, liquid injection pipe and one-way valve, the liquid temporary storage cylinder is arranged in fermentation tank body, the sealing valve body is arranged in liquid temporary storage cylinder, the overflow pipe is connected with liquid temporary storage cylinder, the liquid injection pipe is connected with liquid temporary storage cylinder, and the one-way valve is arranged in liquid temporary storage cylinder, the one-way valve is connected with liquid injection pipe, and the one-way valve is connected with overflow pipe.
[0020] Other features and advantages of the present application will be further described in the following specification, and some of them become apparent from the specification, or are understood by implementing the present application. The purpose and other advantages of the present application can be realized and obtained by the structure specially pointed out in the specification and drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0021] The drawings are used to provide further understanding of the present application, and form a part of the specification, and are used to explain the present application together with the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the present application. In the drawings:
[0022] Figure 1 A structural schematic view of an embodiment of the present application;
[0023] Figure 2 A structural schematic view of a liquid inlet assembly of an embodiment of the present application;
[0024] Figure 3 A structural schematic view of a liquid temporary storage cylinder of an embodiment of the present application;
[0025] Figure 4 A structural schematic view of a sealing valve body of an embodiment of the present application;
[0026] Reference signs: 1, fermentation tank body; 2, liquid inlet assembly; 21, liquid inlet pipe; 22, liquid temporary storage cylinder; 23, sealing valve body; 231, electric push rod 1; 232, valve plate; 24, liquid injection pipe; 25, electric push rod 2; 26, exhaust piston; 27, one-way valve; 28, overflow pipe; 29, scale; 3, feed inlet. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0027] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the technical scheme of the present application more clear, the technical scheme of the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely in the following with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present application. The same reference signs in the drawings represent the same parts. It should be noted that the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the described embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.
[0028] Reference Figures 1-4The utility model discloses a kind of fermentation tank liquid inlet sealing structures, including fermentation tank body 1, the top of fermentation tank body 1 is provided with liquid inlet pipe 21 in liquid inlet assembly 2 and feed inlet 3, liquid inlet pipe 21 is located in the side of feed inlet 3, the top of liquid inlet pipe 21 is provided with liquid temporary storage cylinder 22, the top of liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 is provided with sealing valve body 23, one side outer wall central position of sealing valve body 23 is fixedly connected with electric push rod one 231 by bolt, electric push rod one 231 is fixedly connected with valve plate 232 by the output end of its one side, sealing valve body 23 is provided with sealing groove matched with valve plate 232, guarantee the sealing property that valve plate 232 moves in sealing valve body 23 inside, to realize sealing valve body 23 closure, to guarantee that sealed environment is formed in liquid temporary storage cylinder 22, the top of liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 is provided with liquid injection pipe 24, fermentation tank body 1 and liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 are all communicated with liquid inlet pipe 21, guarantee that liquid can be added fermentation tank body 1, liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 and liquid injection pipe 24 are all communicated with sealing valve body 23, guarantee that liquid flows in liquid temporary storage cylinder 22, sealing valve body 23 and liquid injection pipe 24, overflow pipe 28 is set on the one side outer wall of liquid injection pipe 24, overflow pipe 28 and liquid injection pipe 24 are communicated, and one end of overflow pipe 28 and liquid injection pipe 24 is all provided with sealing pipe cover, and overflow pipe 28 and liquid injection pipe 24 one end can be blocked and sealed by sealing cover, the bottom of liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 is symmetrically provided with two electric push rod two 25 near the outside position of liquid inlet pipe 21, two electric push rod two 25 are fixedly connected with exhaust piston 26 by the output end of its one side, exhaust piston 26 does piston type movement in the inside of liquid temporary storage cylinder 22, guarantee the sealing property that exhaust piston 26 moves in the inside of liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 by piston type movement, one-way valve 27 is embedded and set in the top central position of exhaust piston 26, the one-way property of one-way valve 27 is downward, and the pressure value required when one-way valve 27 opens is greater than the pressure value when liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 is filled with liquid, liquid can be avoided under the action of gravity and push one-way valve 27 open, scale line 29 is set on the outside wall of liquid temporary storage cylinder 22, the lifting height of exhaust piston 26 can be viewed by scale line 29;
[0029] The embodiment is specific to: when the required carbon source, nitrogen source or inorganic salt and other liquid nutrients (hereinafter referred to as: liquid) are added into the fermentation tank body 1, the pipe cover at one end of the liquid injection pipe 24 and the overflow pipe 28 is unscrewed, the sealing valve body 23 is opened, the liquid is injected into the liquid injection pipe 24, the liquid passes through the sealing valve body 23 into the liquid temporary storage cylinder 22, the liquid is accumulated in the liquid temporary storage cylinder 22, after the liquid injection is completed, the electric push rod two 25 drives the exhaust piston 26 to move upward through the output end on one side of the electric push rod two 25, the exhaust piston 26 is pistonically sealed and rises in the liquid temporary storage cylinder 22, the exhaust piston 26 pushes the liquid to move upward, the liquid level height is checked according to the scale line 29, under the pushing of the exhaust piston 26, the highest part of the liquid passes through the valve plate 232 into the liquid injection pipe 24, the excess liquid is overflowed and discharged through the overflow pipe 28, the overflowed liquid is collected by using the collection barrel, when the liquid capacity in the liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 reaches the required injection amount, the sealing valve body 23 is driven to move by the electric push rod one 231 through the output end on one side of the electric push rod one 231, the sealing valve body 23 is blocked by the sealing valve body 23, the liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 is filled with liquid, after the liquid temporary storage cylinder 22 is sealed and exhausted, the exhaust piston 26 continues to move upward, the exhaust piston 26 extrudes the liquid in the liquid temporary storage cylinder 22, the liquid pressure becomes large, the liquid pushes the one-way valve 27 to open, after the one-way valve 27 is opened, the liquid enters the liquid inlet pipe 21 and then enters the fermentation tank body 1 under extrusion, realizes liquid inlet, and can avoid air entering during liquid injection.
[0030] The basic principle and main features of the present application and the advantages of the present application are shown and described above. Those skilled in the art should understand that the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, and the above embodiments and descriptions in the specification are only to illustrate the principles of the present application. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, various changes and improvements can be made to the present application, and these changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the claimed present application. The scope of protection of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A sealing structure for the inlet of a fermenter, characterized in that: Including the fermenter body (1); An inlet assembly (2) and a feed inlet (3) are provided on the top of the fermenter body (1), with the inlet assembly (2) located on one side of the feed inlet (3); The inlet assembly (2) includes: The liquid inlet pipe (21) is fixed to the top of the fermenter body (1); A liquid storage cylinder (22) fixed to the top of the liquid inlet pipe (21); A sealing valve body (23) is fixed to the top of the liquid storage cylinder (22); The injection tube (24) is fixed to the top of the sealing valve body (23); An overflow tube (28) is embedded and fixed to the outer wall of the injection tube (24); Electric push rod 2 (25) is fixed to the bottom of the liquid storage cylinder (22) by bolts; The exhaust piston (26) is fixed to the output end of the electric push rod (25); A one-way valve (27) is embedded and fixed at the center of the top of the exhaust piston (26); The scale line (29) is located on the outer wall of the liquid storage cylinder (22).
2. The sealing structure for the inlet of a fermenter according to claim 1, characterized in that: An electric push rod (231) is fixedly connected to the center of one side of the outer wall of the sealing valve body (23) by bolts. The electric push rod (231) is fixedly connected to a valve plate (232) through its output end on one side.
3. The sealing structure for the inlet of a fermenter according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fermenter body (1) and the liquid storage cylinder (22) are both connected to the liquid inlet pipe (21), and the liquid storage cylinder (22) and the liquid injection pipe (24) are both connected to the sealing valve body (23).
4. The sealing structure for the inlet of a fermenter according to claim 1, characterized in that: The exhaust piston (26) moves in a piston-like motion inside the liquid storage cylinder (22).
5. The sealing structure for the inlet of a fermenter according to claim 1, characterized in that: The overflow pipe (28) and the injection pipe (24) are connected, and a sealing cap is provided at one end of both the overflow pipe (28) and the injection pipe (24).
6. The sealing structure for the inlet of a fermenter according to claim 1, characterized in that: The one-way valve (27) is unidirectional downwards, and the pressure value required for the one-way valve (27) to open is greater than the pressure value when the liquid storage cylinder (22) is full of liquid.
7. The sealing structure for the inlet of a fermenter according to claim 2, characterized in that: The sealing valve body (23) has a sealing groove inside that matches and fits the valve plate (232).