Cooking Program Control for Mixed Loads and Energy Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking appliances lack flexibility and automation, leading to inefficiencies in energy use and time management during cooking processes, which can result in suboptimal cooking results and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
The cooking appliance allows for flexible operation by enabling multiple cooking programs to run automatically, with nested sequences, energy optimization, and automatic adjustment of cooking parameters such as time, energy consumption, and weight loss, while providing real-time loading and unloading instructions based on entered parameters, and compensating for door openings to minimize dead times and resource usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple cooking programs are run automatically with nested sequences, then productivity and time management are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit stores multiple cooking programs with predefined parameters and sequences in advance. These programs can be automatically executed without manual intervention during cooking, allowing nested sequences where programs can start, pause, and resume automatically. This preliminary preparation of cooking sequences enables high productivity while managing complexity through pre-programmed automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The cooking programs are designed to be dynamically adjustable during execution. The control unit can automatically pause a running program, store its current state, load another program, and later resume the original program from where it left off. This dynamic behavior allows flexible time management and energy optimization without requiring complex manual reconfiguration.
2Loss of energy
If cooking parameters are automatically adjusted for energy optimization, then energy consumption is reduced, but manufacturing precision of cooking results may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Each cooking program stores pre-determined optimal parameters including temperature, time, and power settings that have been calculated to achieve both energy efficiency and cooking quality. The control unit automatically executes these pre-optimized parameters, ensuring that energy-saving measures do not compromise cooking results because the parameters were scientifically determined in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates sensors that continuously monitor cooking progress and actual energy consumption. The control unit compares real-time data with the programmed parameters and automatically adjusts settings to maintain optimal cooking conditions while minimizing energy use. This closed-loop feedback ensures both energy optimization and cooking precision are achieved simultaneously.
3Productivity
If door opening compensation is implemented to minimize dead times, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A sensor detects when the cooking chamber door is opened and sends this information to the control unit. The control unit automatically compensates by extending the cooking time or adjusting temperature parameters to account for the heat loss. This automatic feedback mechanism minimizes dead time and maintains cooking quality without requiring complex manual calculations or interventions.
Solution Approach 2:
The cooking program automatically manages its own timing and temperature adjustments in response to door openings. The control unit independently calculates and applies compensation without user intervention, allowing the system to maintain productivity while managing the added complexity through self-service automation.
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
This approach enhances cooking safety and quality by optimizing energy use and time management, ensuring desired cooking results with reduced resource consumption and minimizing tedious program entries, allowing for efficient handling of mixed loads and simultaneous cooking of diverse dishes.
Implementation Method 1
at least one heating device (11) arranged in the cooking chamber (100) for heating the cooking goods (103)
Implementation Method 2
at least one cooling device (12) arranged in the cooking chamber (100) for cooling the cooking goods (103)
Implementation Method 3
at least one moisture generator (13) for generating and introducing moisture into the cooking chamber (100)
Data Source
AI summary
The method involves optimizing a sequence of cooking cooking products based on a parameter e.g. cooking product, so that the cooking process is optimized with regard to one of the energy consumed by a cooking appliance, the required time, and weight loss of the cooking product. A loading request in dependence of the entered parameter, and an error message in dependence of the entered parameter, are displayed with the output device. A multiple number of cooking programs are run during the cooking process. An independent claim is also included for a cooking appliance comprises a control or regulating device, which is in working connection with an input device and an output device for performing a cooking process.