Pipe Temperature Adjusting System with Insulated Cylindrical Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Beverage liquid remaining in conducting pipes of filling devices is exposed to undesirable temperatures, leading to flavor deterioration and wastage, as conventional methods either use air for circulation, causing flavor loss, or rely on inefficient heat exchange systems.
Innovation Solution
A pipe temperature adjusting system with a heat-insulating cover and a heat exchange flow path allows a controlled heat exchange medium to maintain the liquid's temperature, using a pump to supply the medium and a controller to regulate the temperature, reducing external temperature influence and energy consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If beverage liquid is stored in a liquid conducting pipe exposed to outside air temperature, then the storage is simple and space-saving, but the temperature control is poor leading to flavor deterioration
Solution Approach 1:
The liquid conducting pipe is nested inside a heat-insulating cover, creating a protective enclosure. This nested structure allows the pipe to be housed within the insulating cover, reducing direct exposure to outside air temperature while maintaining a compact overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
A heat exchange medium is introduced as an intermediary substance between the outside environment and the beverage liquid. This medium flows through a heat exchange flow path, acting as a buffer to control temperature transmission and protect the beverage liquid from harmful outside air temperature influences.
2Temperature
If a heat exchange flow path is wound around the liquid conducting pipe for direct heat exchange, then the heat exchange efficiency is improved, but the device complexity and space requirement increase
Solution Approach 1:
The heat exchange flow path is extracted from direct contact with the liquid conducting pipe and repositioned within the heat-insulating cover. This separation allows the flow path to be configured more simply as a channel within the cover structure, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining effective heat exchange through the insulating medium.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a long heat exchange flow path is used for uniform heat exchange, then the temperature uniformity is improved, but the heat exchange medium consumption and pump power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The heat exchange flow path is nested within the heat-insulating cover structure, utilizing the cover's spatial framework. This integration allows for a more compact and efficient flow path configuration that achieves uniform heat exchange through optimized positioning rather than excessive length, reducing pump power requirements.
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 system effectively maintains the beverage liquid's temperature, preventing flavor deterioration and reducing waste by using a minimal amount of heat exchange medium and energy, while allowing for efficient temperature adjustment and reuse.
Implementation Method 1
allows heat exchange between a heat exchange medium through the heat exchange flow path and the cylindrical space. This adjusts the internal temperature of the cylindrical space, and thereby adjusts the temperature of the liquid conducting pipe in the cylindrical space
Implementation Method 2
a heat-insulating cover to reduce heat exchange between the cylindrical space and the outer space and thereby reduce the influence of the outside air temperature on the internal temperature of the cylindrical space
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AI summary
A pipe temperature adjusting system includes: a liquid conducting pipe; a heat-insulating cover covering the liquid conducting pipe in such a manner as to define a cylindrical space between the heat-insulating cover and the liquid conducting pipe; a heat exchange flow path disposed in the cylindrical space and along the liquid conducting pipe and allowing a heat exchange medium to flow through the heat exchange flow path; and a pump configured to supply the heat exchange medium into the heat exchange flow path. Covering the liquid conducting pipe with the cylindrical space and causing the heat exchange medium to flow through the heat exchange flow path in the cylindrical space adjusts the internal temperature of the cylindrical space to thereby adjust the temperature of the liquid conducting pipe.