Noodle boiling apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional noodle boiling apparatuses require a long startup time and suffer from significant energy loss, as well as precipitate accumulation in the boiling tank, which affects noodle quality and cleaning efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A noodle boiling apparatus with a hot water supply mechanism that includes a heat exchanger and circulation pump, allowing pre-heated water to be supplied to the boiling tank in parallel with water supply, reducing startup time and energy loss, and maintaining water circulation to prevent precipitate accumulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If water is heated after supply in conventional apparatus, then water temperature can be maintained, but startup time increases and energy loss occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-heating water in a hot water supply mechanism before it is supplied to the boiling tank. The water is heated in advance through a heat exchanger or heater, so that when the apparatus starts up, hot water is already available for immediate supply to the tank, eliminating the need to heat cold water from scratch during operation and significantly reducing both startup time and energy consumption.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If water supply amount is increased to prevent precipitate accumulation, then precipitate adhesion is reduced, but water temperature drops
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-heating the supplied water through a hot water supply mechanism. This ensures that even when larger amounts of water are supplied to prevent precipitate accumulation, the water maintains an appropriately high temperature because it has been pre-heated before entering the boiling tank, thus resolving the contradiction between preventing precipitate adhesion and maintaining water temperature.
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
The apparatus achieves faster startup and reduced energy loss while preventing precipitate adhesion to the tank, ensuring efficient noodle boiling and easier cleaning.
Implementation Method 1
the water flowing in the second passage undergoes heat exchange by the vapor flowing in the first passage to be heated to a desired temperature
Implementation Method 2
The circulation pump is provided between the second inlet and the discharge pipe and pumps the water to the second inlet
Data Source
AI summary
A noodle boiling apparatus includes a noodle boiling unit, and a hot water supply mechanism supplying water, which is heated, to the noodle boiling unit. The noodle boiling unit includes a boiling tank storing the water and boiling noodles, a hot water pipe supplying the water, which is heated, to the boiling tank, and a discharge pipe discharging the water from the boiling tank to the hot water supply mechanism. The hot water supply mechanism includes a heat exchanger heating the water to a desired temperature and a circulation pump pumping the water to the heat exchanger. The hot water supply mechanism is configured to circulate the water constantly between the boiling tank and the hot water supply mechanism when the noodles are boiled.