Home Beer Fermentation Tank Cooling for Precise Temperature Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage makers lack the capability to safely and easily produce beer at home, as they often require complex processes and precise temperature control, making them inconvenient for consumers.
Innovation Solution
A beverage maker with a fermentation module, temperature controller, and channel assembly that includes a fermentation tank, insulation, and a refrigeration cycle, allowing for controlled temperature adjustment and efficient production of beer by integrating a fermentation tank, insulation, and a refrigeration cycle to maintain optimal fermentation conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a beverage maker integrates a fermentation tank, insulation, and refrigeration cycle to maintain precise temperature control, then the reliability of beer production is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the fermentation tank, insulation layer, and refrigeration cycle into an integrated unit where the refrigeration cycle is mounted directly on the base surrounding the fermentation tank. This merging of components achieves precise temperature control while reducing the overall system footprint and complexity compared to separate standalone systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The refrigeration cycle components are nested within the base structure that contains the fermentation tank, creating a compact hierarchical arrangement. The insulation is positioned between the fermentation tank and the refrigeration components, forming a nested configuration that optimizes thermal control while minimizing space requirements.
2Manufacturing precision
If house beer production follows traditional three-step process taking two to three weeks, then the manufacturing precision of beer quality is improved, but the loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The refrigeration cycle enables precise control of fermentation temperature parameters, maintaining optimal conditions throughout the process. This parameter control ensures high beer quality while the integrated design allows for more efficient processing compared to traditional methods.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated fermentation system allows continuous temperature control and monitoring throughout the production process, eliminating interruptions and maintaining optimal fermentation conditions continuously. This continuous action ensures quality while reducing total production time compared to traditional batch processes.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables safe and easy production of beer at home by maintaining precise temperature control and simplifying the brewing process, making it more convenient for consumers to produce a variety of beverages.
Implementation Method 1
a refrigeration cycle, allowing for controlled temperature adjustment
Implementation Method 2
insulation, and a refrigeration cycle to maintain optimal fermentation conditions
Implementation Method 3
Yeast may ferment the malt while it is added to the malt, and may help to produce alcohol and carbonic acid
Data Source
AI summary
A beverage maker may include a fermentation device including a fermentation tank assembly having an opening, and a fermentation lid that opens and closes the opening, a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator formed therein such that a refrigerant circulates in the compressor, the condenser, the expansion mechanism, and the evaporator, which may adjust a temperature inside the fermentation tank assembly; a blower that may dissipate heat emitted by the condenser; a gas discharger connected to the fermentation device that discharges gas inside the fermentation device; and a rear cover provided behind the fermentation device which may include a through-hole such that both air blown by the blower and gas discharged from the gas discharger may be discharged through the through-hole.