CN105910368A - Movable type differential pressure precooling device - Google Patents

Movable type differential pressure precooling device Download PDF

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CN105910368A
CN105910368A CN201610431020.3A CN201610431020A CN105910368A CN 105910368 A CN105910368 A CN 105910368A CN 201610431020 A CN201610431020 A CN 201610431020A CN 105910368 A CN105910368 A CN 105910368A
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李文香
苗春伟
王世清
朱洪军
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Abstract

The invention relates to a movable type differential pressure precooling device. The movable type differential pressure precooling device comprises a controller and a square box body, wherein self-locking mobile wheels are arranged at the bottom of the box body; a goods feed inlet and a goods discharge outlet are formed in the side walls of the box body; square refrigeration units are arranged in the center of the inside of the box body; a square transfer channel encircling the refrigeration units for a circle is arranged between the side walls of the refrigeration units and the side walls of the box body; transfer direction conversion units are arranged at the four corners of the transfer channel correspondingly; cold wind outlets distributed vertically are formed in the four side walls of each refrigeration unit correspondingly; and a cooling capacity adjust and control cover plate is arranged outside each cold wind outlet. The movable type differential pressure precooling device has the beneficial effects of improving precooling efficiency and precooling quality, facilitating the achievement of unattended and refined management, prolonging the preservation time of fresh fruits and vegetables, mushrooms and other agricultural products, improving product quality and quality safety, reducing labor cost, and having good economical benefits and promotion value.

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A kind of portable differential pressure meets device for cooling
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of portable differential pressure and meet device for cooling.
Background technology
The agricultural product such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium nutritious, is indispensable food during people live.But fresh fruit, The agricultural product such as dish, bacterium are owing to moisture is big, it is vigorous to adopt rear metabolism, and have the seasonality of production, region and product The features such as perishability, bring great difficulty to each intermediate links such as its postharvest handling, storage, transportation and sales.China is fresh Really, dish, the big producing country of the agricultural product such as bacterium, for many years, the yield of the agricultural product such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium the most surely occupies first place in the world, But in the behind that yield is huge, the ventilation loss of the agricultural product such as the fresh fruit of China, dish, bacterium is high, price fluctuation is big, quality safety without The problems such as method guarantee are the most prominent.
Along with national life level improves constantly, people are the most not only satisfied with the confession of the agricultural product quantity such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium Should, and its freshness, organoleptic quality, nutritional quality and quality safety etc. be it is also proposed higher requirement.Therefore, exploration has The technical measures of the effect regulation and control agricultural product postharvest handling such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium, reduce product and adopt rear metabolism degree, reduce after it adopts Loss, improves quality and the quality safety of product, it has also become solve increasing peasant income, product increment and agricultural structure upgrading Crucial.Research shows, in the postharvest handling and the process of circulation of the agricultural product such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium, and fresh without precooling treatment Really, after the adopting of dish, the agricultural product such as bacterium loss be 20% ~ 35%, and the product after precooling treatment its adopt after circulate loss rate one As can reduce by 5% ~ 10%.Currently, the commercialized treatment after adopting degree of China's fresh agricultural products less than 15%, special precooling facility Design is nearly at space state with research and development and place of production precooling treatment thereof, seriously constrains China's fresh agricultural products value-added for puerperal Potentiality, become China and realize by fresh agricultural products big producing country to producing the important bottleneck that power crosses over.Many Cold Chain Circulation enterprises Industry, because lacking special precooling facility, can only be put into freezer the fresh agricultural products after gathering and carry out cooling process, effect of not only lowering the temperature Rate is low, and deals with the organoleptic quality that can have a strong impact on product improperly;Although only a few Cold Chain Circulation enterprise introduces differential pressure precooling Facility, but due to its position immobilize, irremovable, use extremely inconvenient, and owing to its cold wind would generally be in a large number from product Running off in the space of product packing container, cause precooling effect poor, rate of cooling is slow, and inhomogeneous cooling is even, and consume energy high disadvantage, for This, research and develop a kind of high efficiency, the new mobile type of low energy consumption, layer differential differential pressure meet device for cooling have important reality meaning Justice.
Summary of the invention
For solving above technical deficiency, the invention provides a kind of high efficiency, the portable differential pressure of low energy consumption is met cold Device.
The present invention is achieved by the following measures:
A kind of portable differential pressure of the present invention meets device for cooling, and including controller and square casing, described box bottom is provided with Self-locking movable pulley, the sidewall of casing is provided with stock up mouth and outlet, is provided centrally with square refrigerating plant, institute in casing Stating the square Transfer pipe being provided with between refrigerating plant sidewall and wall box around refrigerating plant one circle, described transmission is led to Being provided with direction of transfer conversion equipment on four angles in road, described direction of transfer conversion equipment includes staggered and can replace The longitudinal direction of lifting transmits wheel and cross drive is taken turns, and the adjacent Transfer pipe between two direction of transfer conversion equipments is provided with Wheel can be transmitted with the longitudinal direction risen or the concordant conveyer belt docked is taken turns in cross drive, four sidewalls of refrigerating plant all have The cold wind outlet of lower arrangement, the outlet of each cold wind is outside equipped with cold energy gathering cover plate;Described longitudinally transmit wheel, cross drive wheel and Conveyer belt connects transmission driving means, and longitudinal transmission is provided with elevating mechanism, described control bottom wheel, cross drive wheel Device signal connects elevating mechanism and transmits driving means.
Above-mentioned stock up mouth and outlet is separately positioned on the adjacent two side intersected vertically of casing, and stock up mouth with Longitudinal direction in this two side angle transmits wheel alignment, and outlet is taken turns with the cross drive in this right angle and alignd, and mouth of stocking up is provided with Folding is stocked up door, and outlet is provided with folding shipment door.
Refrigerating plant sidewall above above-mentioned cold energy gathering cover plate top and cold wind outlet is hinged, cold energy gathering lid It is connected between plate bottom margin with the refrigerating plant sidewall above cold energy gathering cover plate and has adjustment expansion link, described adjustment expansion link It is connected with controller signals.
The surrounding of above-mentioned casing is plugged with the deep bead as sidewall, and described deep bead has the air-out of fruit shape Mouthful.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows: present invention achieves to product 360 degree of pre-coolings, improve pre-cold efficiency, pre-cooling matter Amount.And contribute to realizing operator-less, fine-grained management, use more hommization, improve the agricultural product such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium The work efficiency of differential pressure precooling, working time and safety, add the holding time of agricultural product, the products such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium Quality and quality safety, reduce cost of labor, have good economic benefit and promotional value.
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Fig. 1 is stock up mouth and the structural representation of outlet closed mode of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is stock up mouth and the structural representation of outlet open mode of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the partial structurtes schematic diagram of the present invention.
Wherein: 1. casing, 2. refrigerating plant, 3. controller, 4. deep bead, 5. conveyer belt, 6. self-locking movable pulley, 7. Stocking up mouth, 8. outlet, 9. elevating mechanism, 10. cold energy gathering cover plate, 11. adjust expansion links, and 12. cold wind outlets, 13. pass Sending passage, 14. fold door of stocking up, 15. direction of transfer conversion equipments, and 16. fold shipment door, and 17. cross drives are taken turns, and 18. Longitudinally transmit wheel.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings the present invention is done further detailed description:
As shown in Figure 1, 2, 3, a kind of portable differential pressure of the present invention meets device for cooling, including controller 3 and square casing 1, case Being provided with self-locking movable pulley 6 bottom body 1, self-locking movable pulley 6 is possible not only to move freely equipment according to precooling room difference, moreover it is possible to It is locked during use.It is provided with stock up mouth 7 and outlet 8 on the sidewall of casing 1, in casing 1, is provided centrally with square system Device for cooling 2, is provided with the square Transfer pipe around refrigerating plant 2 one circle between refrigerating plant 2 sidewall and casing 1 sidewall 13.Being provided with direction of transfer conversion equipment 15 on four angles of Transfer pipe 13, direction of transfer conversion equipment 15 includes interlocking Arrangement and the longitudinal direction that can alternately lift transmit wheel 18 and cross drive wheel 17, between two adjacent direction of transfer conversion equipments 15 Transfer pipe 13 on be provided with can with rise longitudinal direction transmit wheel 18 or cross drive take turns the 17 concordant conveyer belts 5 docked, system All having the cold wind outlet 12 arranged up and down on four sidewalls of device for cooling 2, each cold wind outlet 12 is outside equipped with cold energy gathering Cover plate 10;Longitudinal transmission wheel 18, cross drive wheel 17 and conveyer belt 5 connect transmission driving means, and longitudinal transmission wheel 18, Being provided with elevating mechanism 9 bottom cross drive wheel 17, controller 3 signal connects elevating mechanism 9 and transmits driving means.Stock up mouth 7 and outlet 8 be separately positioned on the adjacent two side intersected vertically of casing 1, and stock up mouth 7 with in this two side angle Longitudinal direction transmit wheel 18 alignment, outlet 8 17 aligns with the cross drive wheel in this right angle, and mouth 7 of stocking up is provided with folding and stocks up Door 14, outlet 8 is provided with folding shipment door 16.
Refrigerating plant 2 sidewall that cold energy gathering cover plate 10 top exports above in the of 12 with cold wind is hinged, cold energy gathering It is connected between cover plate 10 bottom margin and refrigerating plant 2 sidewall above cold energy gathering cover plate 10 and has adjustment expansion link 11, adjust Expansion link 11 is connected with controller 3 signal.The surrounding of casing 1 is plugged with the deep bead 4 as sidewall, and deep bead 4 has water The really air outlet of shape, such as apple form or banana-shaped.The gear that distribution different designs according to fresh agricultural products is different Aerofoil 4 type, avoids cold to run off from the space of the agricultural product such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium as far as possible.
Its operation principle is: start refrigerating plant 2, realizes cold wind by the flip angle of adjustment cold energy gathering cover plate 10 and goes out The size of mouth 12 adjusts.Cold energy gathering cover plate 10 can control the size that the pre-cooling layer at its place enters the unit are of cold, thus Control the pre-cold strength of the pre-cooling layer in place.The pre-cooling achieving each gas producing formation of temperature different adjustment according to different product layer is strong Degree, the pre-cold strength that i.e. temperature difference is too high is high, and the pre-cold strength that the temperature difference is low is relatively low.Open folding to stock up door 14 and fold shipment Door 16, folding stocks up door 14 and fold shipment door 16 rides between casing 1 and ground, and the agricultural product such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium can be square Just casing 1 is entered from mouth 7 of stocking up, after goods enters casing 1, cross drive wheel 17 rise, thus goods is lifted, Being then delivered on the conveyer belt 5 of flush docking, during transmitting on conveyer belt 5, it is cold that refrigerating plant 2 blows out Quickly freezed in one side of goods by wind.When goods is sent to the other end by conveyer belt 5, it is arranged on the other end Cross drive wheel 17 first rises, and is sent to by goods on cross drive wheel 17, then cross drive wheel 17 decline, the most longitudinally Transmit wheel 18 rise, goods is sent on the conveyer belt 5 of opposite side, thus the opposite side of goods is carried out soon by refrigerating plant 2 Speed refrigeration.The most repeatedly, communicated for goods passage 13 is transmitted a circle, such that it is able to the most quickly made in the four of goods faces Cold, after send through outlet 8.Refrigerating plant 2 scalable different product type, the pre-cold size of product different aspects, from And it is corresponding with product demand to realize cold.Not only realize the automatic pre-cooling during differential pressure precooling, enter from four sides the most respectively The pre-cooling regulation of row.Cooperating by each several part, the optimal differential pressure preferably realizing the agricultural product such as fresh fruit, dish, bacterium is met Cold effect.During transmitting, controller 3 controls conveyer belt 5, longitudinally transmission wheel 18, cross drive wheel 17 and elevating mechanism 9 Work, it is achieved thereby that automatization.
The above is only the preferred implementation of this patent, it is noted that for the ordinary skill people of the art For Yuan, on the premise of without departing from the art of this patent principle, it is also possible to make some improvement and replacement, these improve and replace Also should be regarded as the protection domain of this patent.

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1. a portable differential pressure meets device for cooling, it is characterised in that: including controller and square casing, described box bottom sets It is equipped with self-locking movable pulley, the sidewall of casing is provided with stock up mouth and outlet, in casing, be provided centrally with square refrigeration dress Put, between described refrigerating plant sidewall and wall box, be provided with the square Transfer pipe around refrigerating plant one circle, described Be provided with direction of transfer conversion equipment on four angles of Transfer pipe, described direction of transfer conversion equipment include staggered and The longitudinal direction that can alternately lift transmits wheel and cross drive is taken turns, on the adjacent Transfer pipe between two direction of transfer conversion equipments It is provided with and can transmit wheel or the cross drive concordant conveyer belt docked of wheel with the longitudinal direction risen, on four sidewalls of refrigerating plant all Having the cold wind outlet arranged up and down, the outlet of each cold wind is outside equipped with cold energy gathering cover plate;Described longitudinally transmission is taken turns, is laterally passed Send wheel and conveyer belt to connect and have transmission driving means, and longitudinal transmission is provided with elevating mechanism bottom wheel, cross drive wheel, institute State controller signals connect elevating mechanism and transmit driving means.
The most according to claim 1, portable differential pressure meets device for cooling, it is characterised in that stock up mouth described in: and outlet sets respectively Put on the adjacent two side intersected vertically of casing, and mouth of stocking up transmit wheel with the longitudinal direction in this two side angle and aligns, Outlet is taken turns with the cross drive in this right angle and is alignd, and mouth of stocking up is provided with folding and stocks up door, and outlet is provided with folding shipment Door.
The most according to claim 1, portable differential pressure meets device for cooling, it is characterised in that: described cold energy gathering cover plate top It is hinged with the refrigerating plant sidewall above cold wind outlet, the system above cold energy gathering cover plate bottom margin and cold energy gathering cover plate Connecting between device for cooling sidewall has adjustment expansion link, described adjustment expansion link to be connected with controller signals.
The most according to claim 1, portable differential pressure meets device for cooling, it is characterised in that: the surrounding of described casing is plugged with conduct The deep bead of sidewall, described deep bead has the air outlet of fruit shape.
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