A kind of strain fermentation temperature-controlled process
Technical field
The present invention relates to technical field of temperature control, the temperature being specifically related to strain fermentation controls.
Background technology
At some fermentation arts, such as strain fermentation, it is necessary to fermentation temperature is strictly controlled, to ensure the speed of growth and the quality of strain.
Existing fermentation temperature controls to adopt temperature control instrument more, use PLC or PC to carry out temperature control; Adopt temperature control instrument to carry out temperature control, be that single temperature spot controls, it is impossible to realize the temperature in multiple rounds is carried out total tune control, heater control element can not be carried out radiating control; PLC is adopted to carry out temperature control, although can solve the some shortcomings of temperature control instrument, but the uploading of data, show, record, do not reach requirement in the group net operation of multiple devices and miniaturization; Although PC carries out temperature control can solve the PLC deficiency controlled, but equipment needs long time continuous working, and the stability of PC is largely dependent upon the operating system of PC, and this brings uncertainty will to long playing stability.
Additionally, prior art is related to the ripe scheme of planting edible mushroom production environment monitoring, such as a kind of temperature and humidity controller produced for planting edible mushroom disclosed in patent that notification number is CN201576218U, with single-chip microcomputer for core, single-chip microcomputer is arranged in switch board, and switch board is to being externally connected with temperature sensor, dry-bulb temperature sensor and wet bulb temperature sensor; Described switch board is also equipped with RS485 communication interface and accessory power outlet. Adopt wet and dry bulb method, there is the functions such as automatic heating, cooling, humidification, time opening circulated air, air draft and light filling; User only needs to arrange temperature, humidity and span of control thereof, and controller just can pass through to control corresponding equipment, and the bionical workshop of edible fungi is controlled, and humidity measurement precision is high; Docking Computerized monitor system by RS485 communication interface, humiture and other parameter can be monitored by computer, and preserve measurement data. The monitoring system etc. of the edible fungus culturing environment also having publication number to be CN103438932A. But these are all that this environment is opposing open, unified overall situation, and the monitoring medium of this environment is air to being planted by strain or the monitoring of growing environment of growing edible fungus; The application monitored object is then the temperature in fermentation tank airtight one by one, and its monitoring medium is liquid; Although it addition, above-mentioned control program achieves temperature and humid control, but in some cases the function of particular loop being closed or mode switch function is not directed to; Furthermore, such scheme is all unit control, fails to realize being connected with each other between supervising device; Simultaneously, the monitoring unit of existing edible fungus culturing environment controls to realize, also without realizing being connected with each other and the control of particular loop function is processed between supervising device, therefore, the monitor control system of the edible fungus culturing environment that prior art provides is different from, and can not use for reference in the strain fermentation temperature control system of the present invention.
Summary of the invention
Based on the problem in background technology, embodiments of the invention propose by providing the system and method for the temperature for controlling strain fermentation, it is possible to realize the control system and method for automatic, the intelligentized control method of strain fermentation process temperature; And overcome the deficiency of above-mentioned several control mode, the advantage simultaneously remaining them.
Concrete, the present invention realizes by following technical solution:
Embodiments of the invention are directed to the strain fermentation temperature control system used together with strain fermentation system, are configured with temperature sensor and heater element in the fermentation tank of strain fermentation system; Wherein, strain fermentation temperature control system comprises:
Temperature simulation sampling module, for receiving at least one temperature conditions at least one fermentation tank that temperature sensor is sent, described temperature simulation sampling module is connected to system bus to transmit temperature information in fermentation tank;
Numeral input control module, is used for receiving temperature control channel output and enables signal, and described numeral input control module is connected to system bus to transmit temperature control channel output enabled state information;
Communication interface modules, for receive and send control the real time status information of processing module and temperature parameter is set, described communication interface modules is connected to control the communication special purpose interface of processing module; The parameter that arranges of described temperature includes the higher limit of temperature corresponding to each fermentation tank, lower limit and alarming value;
Control processing module, for receive temperature information in fermentation tank, temperature control channel output enabled state information, reception and send real time status information and temperature parameter is set, processing temperature information in fermentation tank, the arranging parameter and temperature control channel output enabled state information and produce one or more effective temperature from the information processed and control information of temperature, described effective temperature controls information by system bus transmission to digital output module;
Digital output module is connected to system bus and controls, for receiving, the effective temperature control information that processing module sends, and arranges output state;
In described fermentation tank there is functional relationship in respect of time in temperature information, judges fermentation stage according to described functional relationship; The described temperature control system effective temperature control information based on the fermentation stage in each fermentation tank, corresponding to described fermentation tank carries out the serial or parallel to fermentation tank and controls.
An aspect according to an embodiment of the invention, when in fermentation tank, temperature information arranges parameter lower limit value lower than temperature, and corresponding to described fermentation tank temperature control channel output enabled state information open time, described control processing module produce start heating effective temperature control information; When in fermentation tank, temperature information arranges parameter upper limit value higher than temperature, and no matter whether temperature control channel output enabled state information corresponding to described fermentation tank is opened, and described control processing module produces to stop the effective temperature of heating and controls information; When in fermentation tank, temperature information arranges parameter alarming value higher than temperature, and no matter whether temperature control channel output enabled state information corresponding to described fermentation tank is opened, and described control processing module produces to start the effective temperature reported to the police and controls information; When in fermentation tank, temperature information arranges parameter alarming value lower than temperature, and no matter whether temperature control channel output enabled state information corresponding to described fermentation tank is opened, and described control processing module produces the effective temperature of stop alarm and controls information.
Another aspect according to an embodiment of the invention, if temperature information is a complete function with the respective function relationship description of time in each fermentation tank, then completing whole process of fermenting in each fermentation tank, described temperature control system realizes the parallel control to fermentation tank; If the part that respective function relationship description is a complete function of temperature information and time in each fermentation tank, then in a certain stage of the whole process that completes to ferment in each fermentation tank, described temperature control system realizes the Serial Control to fermentation tank.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described temperature simulation sampling module, digital input module and digital output module are to having temperature simulation sampling channel, digital input channel and digital output channel; Described temperature simulation sampling channel is assigned unique corresponding digital input channel and at least one digital output channel, and described digital input channel is as the enable signal of digital output channel; Described effective temperature controls the output of information based on this enable signal.
According to one embodiment of present invention, also include the host computer as main website, described strain fermentation temperature control system communicates as each slave station and host computer, this inquiry data are inquired about and recorded to one slave station at least by fieldbus by main website, the data inquired at least are sent to an other slave station, for realizing the intercommunication mutually between slave station by fieldbus.
According to another embodiment of the invention, also include the arbitrary strain fermentation temperature control system as main website and other strain fermentation temperature control system as slave station, one slave station is at least inquired about by described main website by fieldbus, at least sends, by fieldbus, the data inquired to an other slave station; For realizing the intercommunication mutually between strain fermentation temperature control system. According to an embodiment of the invention on the other hand, the described strain fermentation temperature control system as main website can also be connected to host computer for performing host computer query statement, and feedback query result, this Query Result of host computer record.
Embodiments of the invention point to the method for the strain fermentation temperature for controlling strain fermentation system, are configured with temperature sensor and heater element in the fermentation tank of strain fermentation system; Wherein, described method comprises:
At least one temperature conditions at least one fermentation tank is received from temperature sensor, on the system bus from temperature simulation sampling module to controlling temperature information in processing module transmission fermentation tank at temperature simulation sampling module place;
Receive temperature control channel output at numeral input control module place and enable signal, on the system bus from numeral input control module to controlling processing module transmission temperature control channel output enabled state information;
Control processing module and pass through communication interface modules, it is achieved receive and send control the real time status information of processing module and temperature parameter is set; The parameter that arranges of wherein said temperature corresponds to the higher limit of temperature of each fermentation tank, lower limit and alarming value;
Described control processing module receive temperature information in fermentation tank, temperature control channel output enabled state information, reception and send real time status information and temperature parameter is set; Process temperature information in fermentation tank, the parameter information with temperature control channel output enabled state information and based on process that arranges of temperature produces one or more effective temperature and controls information;
Transmit effective temperature from control processing module to digital output module on the system bus and control information; Digital output module arranges output state;
In described fermentation tank there is functional relationship in respect of time in temperature information, judges fermentation stage according to described functional relationship; The described temperature control system effective temperature control information based on the fermentation stage in each fermentation tank, corresponding to described fermentation tank carries out the serial or parallel to fermentation tank and controls.
An aspect according to an embodiment of the invention, described control processing module arranges parameter lower limit value based on temperature information in fermentation tank lower than temperature, and corresponding to described fermentation tank temperature control channel output enabled state information open time, produce start heating effective temperature control information step; Described control processing module based on temperature information in fermentation tank higher than temperature parameter upper limit value is set, and the temperature control channel no matter corresponding to described fermentation tank exports whether enabled state information is opened, produce to stop the step of the effective temperature control information of heating; Described control processing module based on temperature information in fermentation tank higher than temperature parameter alarming value is set, and the temperature control channel no matter corresponding to described fermentation tank exports whether enabled state information is opened, produce to start the step of the effective temperature control information reported to the police; Described control processing module arranges parameter alarming value based on temperature information in fermentation tank lower than temperature, and the temperature control channel no matter corresponding to described fermentation tank exports whether enabled state information is opened, the effective temperature producing stop alarm controls the step of information.
Another aspect according to an embodiment of the invention, when described temperature control system realizes the parallel control to fermentation tank, respective function relationship description based on temperature information in each fermentation tank Yu time is a complete function, the step of the whole process that completes in each fermentation tank to ferment; When described temperature control system realizes the Serial Control to fermentation tank, based on the part that respective function relationship description is a complete function of temperature information in each fermentation tank Yu time, the step in a certain stage of the whole process that completes in each fermentation tank to ferment.
According to one embodiment of present invention, each sampling channel of described temperature simulation sampling module distributes unique corresponding digital input channel and at least one digital output channel, makes described digital input channel as the enable signal of digital output channel; So that effective temperature controls the output step based on this enable signal of information.
According to one embodiment of present invention, also include the host computer being provided as main website, described strain fermentation temperature control system communicates as each slave station and host computer, this inquiry data are inquired about and recorded to one slave station at least by fieldbus by main website, the data inquired at least are sent to an other slave station, for realizing the step intercomed mutually between slave station by fieldbus; Also include arbitrary strain fermentation temperature control system is set to main website, using other strain fermentation temperature control system as slave station, one slave station is at least inquired about by described main website by fieldbus, at least sends, by fieldbus, the data inquired to an other slave station; For realizing the step intercomed mutually between strain fermentation temperature control system. According to an embodiment of the invention on the other hand, also include being used for performing host computer query statement the step of feedback query result, the step of host computer this Query Result of record using being connected to host computer as the strain fermentation temperature control system of main website.
The present invention achieves set fermentation parameter as required by such scheme, it is achieved the flexible serial or parallel of multiple fermentation tanks is controlled, additionally achieves the parallel operation between multiple control system and host computer data access record.
The additional features of the present invention and advantage will be become apparent upon by the detailed description of the illustrative examples below with reference to accompanying drawing.
Accompanying drawing explanation
The present invention is aforesaid and other purpose can be well understood when reading in conjunction with the accompanying described in detail below. In order to set forth the present invention, shown in the drawings of presently preferred embodiment, it being understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to disclosed limited means. Accompanying drawing includes with figure below:
Fig. 1 illustrates strain fermentation temperature control system schematic diagram described according to one embodiment of present invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates described according to one embodiment of present invention based on the data of Fig. 1, signal relation figure;
Fig. 3 illustrate in an embodiment of the present invention according to temperature value to determine whether to export the procedure chart adding thermal information;
Fig. 4 illustrates temperature control system exemplary plot during strain fermentation system work in series described according to one embodiment of present invention;
Fig. 5 illustrates temperature control system exemplary plot during strain fermentation system in parallel work described according to another embodiment of the invention;
Detailed description of the invention
The strain fermentation temperature control system of this preferred embodiment, when using together with strain fermentation system, configures temperature sensor, heater element and alarm in the fermentation tank of strain fermentation system; Wherein, fermentation tank is relatively airtight tank body, the inside dress fills the liquid mixture comprising mycelia with culture medium, according to heater element present position configuration compression gas input interface, for rolling and agitated liquid mixture, making liquid mixture in fermentation tank be heated evenly, in fermentation tank, relevant position configures one or more temperature sensors according to actual needs. In reality production environment, multiple fermentation tanks work simultaneously, strain according to different cultivars of fermenting respectively in each fermentation tank of production technology demand or same strain, each fermentation tank the whole sweat of complete independently or several fermentation tank can have been coordinated a sweat, latter procedure and each fermentation tank simultaneously and completed a stage of whole sweat.
In conjunction with Fig. 1, the strain fermentation temperature control system of this preferred embodiment comprises temperature simulation sampling module, numeral input control module, communication interface modules, controls processing module and digital output module, and described five modules are connected by system bus.
Temperature simulation sampling module gathers temperature conditions in fermentation tank by electrically connecting from temperature sensor, temperature simulation sampling module transmits temperature information in fermentation tank by SPI universal serial bus to controlling processing module, the reading of transmission information is probably termly and lasting by described control processing module, or after different events.
Numeral input control module receives temperature control channel output by the folding of the button corresponding to each temperature simulation sampling channel and enables signal, numeral input control module exports enabled state information by parallel data bus line to controlling processing module transmission temperature control channel, the reading of transmission information is probably termly and lasting by described control processing module, or after different events; Reading manner can be parallel and synchronize, linearly and in order or accidental high priority.
Controlling processing module to be connected with communication interface modules by USART interface, communication interface modules output RS485 interface is connected with outside main website or slave station, the real time status information of reception and transmission control processing module and temperature parameter is set; Wherein, the real time status information controlling processing module includes the stage of temperature control channel output enabled state, Non-follow control state, temperature control status, alarm condition and operation. In the preferred embodiments of the present invention, communication interface modules includes two RS485 interfaces and a CANBUS interface, and one, RS485 interface is configured to master station mode, and one is configured to slave station mode; Wherein, master station mode RS485 interface and CANBUS interface may be used for connecting other slave station equipment, and slave station mode RS485 interface can connect touch screen or host computer. The arranging parameter and can be inputted by touch screen of temperature, including the higher limit of the temperature corresponding to each fermentation tank, lower limit and alarming value. The parameter that arranges of this temperature can be preset in temperature control system can also input self-defining parameter in strain fermentation process at any time to controlling processing module.
Control processing module can regular and in duration interval, or when different events, the information that reception senses. In other embodiments of the invention, it is possible to comprising Transmission to make some message prioritization and to interrupt properly functioning order, such as operator manually arranges the heated condition bound regardless of heating parameters.
In conjunction with Fig. 2, controlling processing module and can constantly or at predetermined intervals calculate the difference between the temperature sensed and required temperature, controlling processing module can attempt and reduce above-mentioned difference by continuous print. Control processing module the parameter that arranges of temperature information in the fermentation tank received Yu temperature to be compared, and export enabled state information according to temperature control channel to produce one or more effective temperature and control information: when in fermentation tank, temperature information arranges parameter lower limit value lower than temperature, and corresponding to this tank temperature control channel output enabled state information open time, control processing module produce start heating effective temperature control information; When in fermentation tank, temperature information arranges parameter upper limit value higher than temperature, and no matter whether temperature control channel output enabled state information corresponding to this tank is opened, and controls processing module and produces to stop the effective temperature of heating and control information; When in fermentation tank, temperature information arranges parameter alarming value higher than temperature, and no matter whether temperature control channel output enabled state information corresponding to this tank is opened, and controls processing module and produces to start the effective temperature reported to the police and control information; When in fermentation tank, temperature information arranges parameter alarming value lower than temperature, and no matter whether temperature control channel output enabled state information corresponding to this tank is opened, and controls processing module and produces the effective temperature of stop alarm and control information. In an embodiment of the present invention, control processing module and can receive the order such as stopping heating when operator has been found that fault that operator starts.
Control processing module and temperature information in real time status information and fermentation tank is transferred to communication interface modules by USART interface, touch screen or host computer show; Controlling processing module and receive status information and the temperature configuration information of touch screen or host computer transmission simultaneously, and the information that controlled by above-mentioned effective temperature passes through data bus transmission to digital output module, digital output module arranges output state. Wherein, temperature simulation sampling module, digital input module and digital output module are to having temperature simulation sampling channel, digital input channel and digital output channel; Temperature simulation sampling channel is assigned unique corresponding digital input channel and at least one digital output channel, and digital input channel is as the enable signal of digital output channel; Effective temperature controls the output of information based on this enable signal. In the present embodiment, digital input channel DI0 ... DIn is respectively used to numeral output DO0 ... the permission signal of DOn, after namely only corresponding input channel n connects, just allows corresponding output channel n to export useful signal; Temperature simulation sampling channel 0 simultaneously ... the computer heating control passage of n also corresponds respectively to numeral output DO0 ... DOn.
In conjunction with Fig. 4, Fig. 5, in fermentation tank there is functional relationship in respect of time in temperature information, judges fermentation stage according to described functional relationship; The temperature control system effective temperature control information based on the fermentation stage in each fermentation tank, corresponding to described fermentation tank carries out the serial or parallel to fermentation tank and controls. In this enforcement, it is transverse axis that described functional relationship is described as the time, and temperature is the longitudinal axis; Heating starts, and As time goes on, temperature ramps to a value close to ceiling temperature from initial value, and now, time and temperature are for tending to linear ratio relation, and this is the first paragraph of this function, and technique is interpreted as the temperature rise period; The second segment of this function, As time goes on, temperature fluctuates up and down based on higher limit, and namely actual value fluctuates with the matching of theoretical value, and technique is interpreted as holding stage. If temperature information is a complete function with the respective function relationship description of time in each fermentation tank, then completing whole process of fermenting in each fermentation tank, described temperature control system realizes the parallel control to fermentation tank; When parallel temperature controls, placing the strain for the single or different cultivars fermented in each fermentation tank, these tank body branches are carried out temperature control by temperature control system simultaneously, additionally realize sweat whole in each tank body is carried out temperature control. If the part that respective function relationship description is a complete function of temperature information and time in each fermentation tank, then in a certain stage of the whole process that completes to ferment in each fermentation tank, described temperature control system realizes the Serial Control to fermentation tank; When serial temperature controls, a kind of embodiment is place the strain in the same kind different fermentations stage for fermenting in each tank body, it is achieved the temperature in each tank body strain fermentation stage is controlled simultaneously; Such as four tank bodies corresponding four-stages respectively, as production line balance, the 4th tank body goes out finished product, the strain of first three tank body move afterwards successively.
For realizing system monitoring and amendment parameter, and the operational factor in record production process is to data base, it is achieved data can be inquired about by user at any time, inspection production process; It is also provided as the host computer of main website, described strain fermentation temperature control system communicates as each slave station and host computer, now the RS485 interface of the communication interface modules of described strain fermentation temperature control system is slave station mode, this inquiry data are inquired about and recorded to one slave station at least by fieldbus RS485 by main website, and at least send, by fieldbus RS485, the data inquired to an other slave station, for realizing the intercommunication mutually between slave station. In another embodiment of the present invention, arbitrary strain fermentation temperature control system can as main website, other strain fermentation temperature control system is as slave station, now the RS485 interface as the communication interface modules of the strain fermentation temperature control system of main website is master station mode, RS485 interface as the strain fermentation temperature control system communication interface modules of slave station is slave station mode, one slave station is at least inquired about by described main website by fieldbus RS485 or CANBUS, and the data inquired at least send to an other slave station; For realizing the intercommunication mutually between strain fermentation temperature control system; Meanwhile, the strain fermentation temperature control system as main website can also be connected to host computer for performing host computer query statement, and feedback query result, this Query Result of host computer record; Now, the slave station mode RS485 interface as the communication interface modules of the strain fermentation temperature control system of main website is connected with host computer.
Wherein, each strain fermentation temperature control system can a corresponding fermentation tank or realize control to multiple fermentation tanks, it is achieved during to the control of multiple fermentation tanks, at least one passage of temperature simulation sampling module corresponds to a fermentation tank. In other embodiments of the invention, the communication between described main website and slave station can across any type of analog or digital wired connection.
Control processing module can be one or more include suitable external equipment such as memorizer, power supply, data/address bus and other be adapted to carry out the microcomputer of Circuits System of its function, microcontroller or processor. Controlling processing module can use storage card to store data (setting that such as preserves, state settings of record, configuration file, subscriber data etc.) or instruction (such as application, algorithm or the program used in the operation of the present invention) for use in the operation of temperature control system. Memorizer is control that processing module can access and can be local RAM, ROM, flash memory, hard disk drive, solid-state memory, external storage card or their any combination or subset. Control processing module and use the configuration information of memorizer storage user, and according to query statement real time modifying configuration information.
In conjunction with Fig. 3, the strain fermentation temperature control system temperature in monitor fermentation tank that works on power decides whether to give the control flow of heating, control processing module first each function of therein to be initialized, then the reception state of the temperature sensor being arranged in fermentation tank is detected, if circuit is connected, then carried out the sampling of normal temperature by temperature simulation sampling module, namely read AD value, then pass through the AD value read and be converted into the temperature value of correspondence; Now control processing module need to the temperature value of conversion be judged, to determine whether this value enters follow-up flow process; Described judgement includes whether temperature value deviates considerably from fermentation temperature value range, the higher limit about 20 DEG C of the temperature value deviation fermentation temperature value range as obtained due to the conversion of connection reason, then judge that this temperature value is unavailable. If it is determined that this temperature value can be used, judge the relation of this temperature value and the ferment control temperature of setting further, if the lower limit lower than the ferment control temperature set, now temperature simulation sampling module need to check whether the enable signal corresponding to this temperature channel is opened further, if opening, then start and add thermal information; Otherwise then temperature simulation sampling module is failure to actuate. On the other hand, if temperature value is higher than the lower limit of the ferment control temperature set, lower than higher limit, now temperature simulation sampling module is failure to actuate. Still further aspect, if temperature value is higher than the higher limit of the ferment control temperature set, now temperature simulation sampling module directly exports the information stopping heating.
System bus specifically described herein includes address bus, data/address bus and control bus.
Although the present invention describes with reference to exemplary embodiments quality, but the present invention is not limited to described exemplary embodiments. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that and the preferred embodiments of the present invention can be made many changes and amendment and described change and amendment can be made when without departing substantially from the true spirit of the present invention. Therefore it is an object of the invention to the equal change that appended claims can be configured to cover in all true spirits being in the present invention and scope.