A storage tank for animal oil
By designing a zoned heating coil and temperature control system, the problems of oil oxidation and impurity sedimentation in lard storage tanks were solved, achieving stable oil storage and smooth production, and improving storage efficiency and energy utilization.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- LANXI BIOMAIS BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-27
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-09
AI Technical Summary
Existing lard storage tanks suffer from problems such as lard oxidation, impurity sedimentation, and poor flowability during processing and storage, which affect storage quality and production efficiency.
An oil storage tank comprising a zoned heating coil, a temperature control system, and a level gauge was designed. The heating spiral coil is divided into multiple heating zones by an electrically controlled reversing valve, and dynamic temperature control is achieved by combining a level sensor and a temperature sensor to maintain the fluidity and uniformity of the oil.
It effectively prevents oil oxidation, avoids impurity precipitation, maintains stable oil quality, extends shelf life, and improves production line smoothness and energy utilization.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of handling diseased and dead animals, and specifically to an oil storage tank for storing animal oil. Background Technology
[0002] Currently, diseased and dead animals are mainly disposed of through incineration, rendering, burial, or other physical, chemical, and biological methods to completely eliminate the pathogens they carry, thereby eliminating disease factors and ensuring the health and safety of humans and animals. Among these methods, rendering is the most advanced and efficient process. After rendering, the resulting lard is typically stored in lard storage tanks for the following reasons: The rendered lard may still contain small amounts of impurities and microorganisms. The storage tanks provide a relatively sealed and stable environment, preventing external contamination during storage, avoiding oxidation, spoilage, and corrosion by harmful microorganisms, ensuring stable quality, and preventing secondary environmental pollution. The rendering process is continuous. The lard storage tanks, as an intermediate step, temporarily store the lard, acting as a buffer to ensure the smooth operation of subsequent processing and transportation, preventing production stoppages due to mismatches between processes and ensuring the continuity of the rendering production line. Heating lard storage tanks can prevent the lard from solidifying at low temperatures, maintain its fluidity, and facilitate subsequent transportation and processing; stirring can prevent impurities from settling in the lard, make the lard composition uniform, ensure quality, slow down the lard oxidation rate, and extend the storage period. Utility Model Content
[0003] The purpose of this invention is to solve the problems in the background art and provide an oil storage tank for storing animal oil.
[0004] The above-mentioned technical objective of this utility model is achieved through the following technical solution:
[0005] An oil storage tank for storing animal oil includes: a tank body, a partitioned heating coil, a level gauge, a thermometer, and a temperature control system.
[0006] The tank body is provided with an oil inlet at the top, a slag discharge pipe, an oil discharge pipe, a gear pump, a heating source inlet and a heating source outlet at the bottom, an insulation layer on the side wall, an overflow pipe on the side of the tank body, and an inspection hole on the lower side of the tank body.
[0007] The zoned heating coil includes: a spiral coil, a return pipe, and several electrically controlled reversing valves and reversing pipes. The bottom of the spiral coil is connected to the heating source inlet, the bottom of the return pipe is connected to the heating source outlet, and the top of the spiral coil is connected to the return pipe. The electrically controlled reversing valve is installed on the spiral coil, and both ends of the reversing pipe are connected to the electrically controlled reversing valve and the return pipe, respectively. The electrically controlled reversing valve and the reversing pipe divide the spiral coil vertically into several heating zones.
[0008] The bottom of the spiral coil is located above the inspection hole, and an inspection area is provided between the bottom of the spiral coil and the bottom of the tank.
[0009] Preferably, the tank body is provided with a coil support structure, which includes a coil support rod and a coil support frame.
[0010] Preferably, when the partitioned heating coil is heated by steam, a condensate drain device is provided at the outlet of the heating source.
[0011] Preferably, the temperature control system includes: a liquid level sensor, a temperature sensor, a main control chip, a heating source circulation pump, and several reversing valve control switches. The liquid level sensor is located at the liquid level gauge, the temperature sensor is located at the inspection port, the heating source circulation pump is located at the heating source inlet, and the several reversing valve control switches are connected to the several electrically controlled reversing valves one by one.
[0012] Preferably, a vent pipe is provided at the top of the tank.
[0013] Preferably, the top of the tank is provided with a maintenance manhole.
[0014] Preferably, the spiral coil is a DN32 coil, the coil material is 20# seamless steel pipe with a wall thickness of 3mm, and the design pressure is 6bar; the heating height of the spiral coil is not less than 70% of the volume height of the oil storage tank.
[0015] In summary, the beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows:
[0016] 1. The oil storage tank for storing animal oil described in this utility model divides the heating spiral coil into multiple heating zones through an electrically controlled reversing valve, thereby adapting to the heat preservation of oil at different liquid levels in the tank.
[0017] 2. The oil storage tank for storing animal oil described in this utility model uses a temperature control system to heat and preserve lard, maintaining its fluidity and facilitating subsequent transportation and processing. Attached Figure Description
[0018] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of this utility model;
[0019] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the tank structure in this utility model;
[0020] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the partitioned heating coil structure in this utility model;
[0021] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the coil support structure in this utility model;
[0022] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the electrically controlled directional valve in this utility model;
[0023] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the temperature control system in this utility model. Detailed Implementation
[0024] The following specific embodiments are merely explanations of this utility model and are not intended to limit it. After reading this specification, those skilled in the art can make modifications to these embodiments without contributing any inventive step, but such modifications are protected by patent law as long as they fall within the scope of the claims of this utility model.
[0025] The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
[0026] Example
[0027] according to Figures 1-6 As shown, an oil storage tank for storing animal oil includes: a tank body 1, a partitioned heating coil 2, a level gauge 3, a thermometer, and a temperature control system.
[0028] The tank body 1 is provided with an oil inlet 11 at the top, a slag discharge pipe 12, an oil discharge pipe 13, a gear pump 14, a heating source inlet 201 and a heating source outlet 202 at the bottom, an insulation layer 15 on the side wall, an overflow pipe 16 on the side of the tank body 1, and an inspection hole 17 on the lower side of the tank body 1; a vent pipe 18 is provided at the top of the tank body 1, and a maintenance manhole 19 is provided at the top of the tank body 1.
[0029] The zoned heating coil 2 includes a spiral coil 21, a return pipe 22, and several electrically controlled reversing valves 23 and reversing pipes 24. The bottom of the spiral coil 21 is connected to the heating source inlet 201, the bottom of the return pipe 22 is connected to the heating source outlet 202, and the top of the spiral coil 21 is connected to the return pipe 22. The electrically controlled reversing valve 23 is installed on the spiral coil 21, and the two ends of the reversing pipe 24 are connected to the electrically controlled reversing valve 23 and the return pipe 22, respectively. The electrically controlled reversing valve 23 and the reversing pipe 24 divide the spiral coil 21 vertically into several heating zones 203.
[0030] The bottom of the spiral coil 21 is located above the inspection hole 17, and an inspection area 204 is provided between the bottom of the spiral coil 21 and the bottom of the tank body 1. The spiral coil 21 is a DN32 coil, and the coil material is 20# seamless steel pipe with a wall thickness of 3mm and a design pressure of 6bar. The heating height of the spiral coil 21 is not less than 70% of the volume height of the oil storage tank.
[0031] The tank body 1 is equipped with a coil support structure 4, which includes a coil support rod 41 and a coil support frame 42.
[0032] When the zoned heating coil 2 is heated by steam, a condensate drain device is installed at the heating source outlet 202. If heat transfer oil is used for heating, no condensate drain device is required.
[0033] The temperature control system includes: a liquid level sensor, a temperature sensor, a main control chip, a heating source circulation pump, and several reversing valve control switches. The liquid level sensor is located at the liquid level gauge 3, the temperature sensor is located at the inspection hole 17, the heating source circulation pump is located at the heating source inlet 201, and several reversing valve control switches are connected one-to-one with several electrically controlled reversing valves 23.
[0034] During operation, the device measures the oil level in the tank using a level sensor. Based on the oil level, the flow direction of the electrically controlled directional valve 23 is controlled, thereby controlling the circulation height within the spiral coil 21. This achieves the effect of different heating zones responding to different oil levels, improving energy efficiency. Furthermore, the temperature sensor and heating source circulation pump effectively maintain the tank temperature, achieving excellent oil preservation.
Claims
1. An oil storage tank for storing animal oil, characterized in that, include: Tank body (1), zoned heating coil (2), level gauge (3), thermometer and temperature control system; The tank (1) is provided with an oil inlet (11) at the top, and a slag discharge pipe (12), an oil discharge pipe (13), a gear pump (14), a heating source inlet (201), and a heating source outlet (202) at the bottom. The tank (1) is provided with a heat insulation layer (15) on the side wall, an overflow pipe (16) on the side of the tank (1), and an inspection hole (17) on the lower side of the tank (1). The partitioned heating coil (2) includes: a spiral coil (21), a return pipe (22), and several electrically controlled reversing valves (23) and reversing pipes (24). The bottom of the spiral coil (21) is connected to the heating source inlet (201), the bottom of the return pipe (22) is connected to the heating source outlet (202), the top of the spiral coil (21) is connected to the return pipe (22), the electrically controlled reversing valve (23) is installed on the spiral coil (21), and the two ends of the reversing pipe (24) are respectively connected to the electrically controlled reversing valve (23) and the return pipe (22). The electrically controlled reversing valve (23) and the reversing pipe (24) divide the spiral coil (21) vertically into several heating zones (203). The bottom of the spiral coil (21) is located above the inspection hole (17), and an inspection area (204) is provided between the bottom of the spiral coil (21) and the bottom of the tank (1).
2. The oil storage tank for storing animal oil according to claim 1, characterized in that, The tank (1) is provided with a coil support structure (4), which includes a coil support rod (41) and a coil support frame (42).
3. The oil storage tank for storing animal oil according to claim 1, characterized in that, When the partitioned heating coil (2) is heated by steam, a condensate drain is provided at the heating source outlet (202).
4. The oil storage tank for storing animal oil according to claim 1, characterized in that, The temperature control system includes: a liquid level sensor, a temperature sensor, a main control chip, a heating source circulation pump, and several reversing valve control switches. The liquid level sensor is located at the liquid level gauge (3), the temperature sensor is located at the inspection hole (17), the heating source circulation pump is located at the heating source inlet (201), and the several reversing valve control switches are connected to the several electrically controlled reversing valves (23) one by one.
5. An oil storage tank for storing animal oil according to claim 1, characterized in that, A vent pipe (18) is provided on the top of the tank (1).
6. An oil storage tank for storing animal oil according to claim 1, characterized in that, The tank (1) is provided with a maintenance manhole (19) on the top.
7. An oil storage tank for storing animal oil according to claim 1, characterized in that, The spiral coil (21) is a DN32 coil, and the coil material is 20# seamless steel pipe with a wall thickness of 3mm and a design pressure of 6bar; the heating height of the spiral coil (21) is not less than 70% of the volume height of the oil storage tank.