CN114294850B - Automatic flow distribution system and method of ice cream machine and ice cream machine - Google Patents
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The invention discloses an automatic flow dividing system of an ice cream machine, which comprises a refrigerating unit and a control unit; the refrigerating unit comprises a refrigerating compressor, a condenser, a filter, a switching device, a throttling device and an evaporator, wherein the refrigerating compressor compresses a refrigerant and sends the refrigerant into the condenser, and the refrigerant sent from the condenser reaches the switching device through the filter; the switching device receives a control instruction of the control unit to carry out path diversion on the refrigerant, and the diverted refrigerant enters the evaporator through the throttling device. The invention utilizes a set of refrigerating system to refrigerate at least two evaporators, the refrigerant flow in the refrigerating system is intensively split into the required evaporators through automatic splitting, and other evaporators only keep basic refrigerant flow, so that the required evaporators exert strong refrigerating capacity, other evaporators can also normally operate, the energy utilization of the refrigerating system is fully utilized, the configuration quantity of the refrigerating system is reduced relative to machines in the market, and the machine cost is greatly reduced.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of food processing machines, and particularly relates to an automatic flow distribution system and method of an ice cream machine and the ice cream machine provided with the system.
Background
With the increasing domestic demands for ice cream, the functions of ice cream machines are increasingly diversified, and a plurality of new ice cream powder raw materials and slurry raw materials are also appeared on the market. Some raw materials have extremely high requirements on ice cream machines, especially ice cream machine performances such as refrigeration speed, refrigeration effect, hardness for making ice cream and the like, while ice cream machines with good finished product quality need a stronger refrigeration system, and under the condition that functions are met, a plurality of machines or more expensive ice cream machines may need to be purchased to achieve good effects, which leads to great improvement of machine cost.
In the market, two-cylinder three-head ice cream discharging machines are basically used, and if two evaporators are required to be capable of discharging ice cream rapidly, efficiently and high-quality, one evaporator is required to be provided with a refrigerating system, namely, one ice cream machine is provided with two complete systems, and the two complete systems are equivalent to two machines. Thus, when the machine discharges, any side is irrelevant to the other side, and when the machine discharges, the refrigerating systems at two sides work. Such a method is expensive not only in terms of machine cost but also in terms of use cost.
Therefore, there is a need to provide a solution that can not only use a machine to provide efficient refrigeration and reduce machine cost, but also meet the requirements of quick ice cream making and ensure the ice cream product effect.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the invention provides an automatic flow distribution system, an automatic flow distribution method and an ice cream machine, wherein a plurality of evaporators are refrigerated by a set of refrigeration system, and the refrigeration efficiency is improved by automatically distributing a refrigerant.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an automatic flow dividing system of an ice cream machine, including a refrigerating unit and a control unit; the refrigerating unit comprises a refrigerating compressor, a condenser, a filter, a switching device, a throttling device and at least two evaporators, wherein the refrigerating compressor compresses a refrigerant and sends the compressed refrigerant into the condenser, and the refrigerant sent from the condenser reaches the switching device through the filter; the switching device is connected with the control unit and is used for receiving a control instruction of the control unit to split the path of the refrigerant, and the split refrigerant enters the evaporator through the throttling device.
According to the technical scheme, the refrigerating unit compresses, condenses and filters the refrigerant to reach the switching device, the switching device guides the refrigerant into different paths according to the instruction of the control unit, and finally the refrigerant enters different evaporators with different flow sizes, so that the purpose of refrigerating a plurality of evaporators through one set of refrigerating system is achieved, and the refrigerating efficiency is improved through the diversion of the refrigerant flow in the different evaporators.
According to the technical scheme, at least two evaporators are refrigerated by using the refrigeration system, the refrigerant flow in the refrigeration system is centrally split to the needed evaporator through automatic split, and other evaporators only keep basic refrigerant flow, so that the needed evaporator can exert the strong refrigerating capacity, other evaporators can also normally operate, the energy application of the refrigeration system is fully utilized, meanwhile, the configuration quantity of the refrigeration system is reduced relative to machines on the market, and the machine cost is greatly reduced.
As a further technical scheme, the control unit comprises an electric control board, a trigger switch and a signal detection unit; the electric control board is connected with the trigger switch and is used for processing the trigger signal sent by the trigger switch and outputting a control instruction to the switching device according to the processing result; the electric control board is connected with the signal detection unit and is used for analyzing ice cream refrigeration data detected by the signal detection unit and outputting a switch signal according to an analysis result.
According to the technical scheme, trigger signals of different evaporators are processed through the electric control plate, the flow of the refrigerant entering the evaporators is controlled according to the processing result, the refrigeration effect of the target evaporator is enhanced, and meanwhile, the basic refrigerant flow of other evaporators is ensured.
According to the technical scheme, the electronic control board is used for analyzing the refrigeration data of ice cream in different evaporators, monitoring whether the refrigeration effect of the ice cream in each evaporator reaches the expected or not, and controlling the whole refrigeration system to be closed when the refrigeration effect of the ice cream in all evaporators reaches the expected, so that the refrigeration effect of the ice cream is ensured, and the ice cream refrigerator has an energy-saving function.
As a further embodiment, the trigger switch is adapted in number to the evaporator. Each trigger switch corresponds to one evaporator, and the trigger switch is shifted to enable the control unit to control the refrigerant flow to carry out path diversion, so that larger refrigerant flow is sent into the required evaporator, basic refrigerant flow is sent into other evaporators, and the normal operation of the other evaporators is ensured while the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator with large flow requirement is increased.
As a further technical scheme, the signal detection unit is a hardness detection unit. The hardness detection unit is used for detecting the hardness of ice cream in the evaporator, and judging whether the ice cream in the evaporator reaches a refrigerating effect or not according to the hardness, so that the refrigerating system is closed after the ice cream accords with the refrigerating effect, and energy conservation and consumption reduction are realized.
As a further technical scheme, the switching device comprises a plurality of electromagnetic valves, the electromagnetic valves are respectively connected with the control unit, and the number of the electromagnetic valves is larger than that of the evaporators. According to the technical scheme, the electromagnetic valve is controlled to be on-off through the control unit, when a trigger signal of the evaporator to be discharged is received, the electromagnetic valve on the main path of the evaporator to be discharged is opened, the electromagnetic valve on the standby path for enhancing the flow of the refrigerant is opened, and the main paths of the refrigerants of other evaporators are closed, so that larger flow of the refrigerant is sent into the evaporator to be discharged, smaller flow of the refrigerant is sent into the other evaporators, the smaller flow of the refrigerant can be guaranteed to be the flow which can guarantee the normal operation of the other evaporators, and the ice cream in the other evaporators is prevented from becoming soft too fast.
In the above technical solution, a solenoid valve is configured on the main refrigerant path of each evaporator, so as to conduct the main refrigerant path when the evaporator needs to discharge; meanwhile, the technical scheme is additionally provided with a standby electromagnetic valve which is connected with all evaporators and used for uniformly feeding the refrigerant flow into each evaporator when the refrigerant is split, so that the refrigerant flow in the evaporator to be discharged is increased, and the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator to be discharged is improved.
As a further technical scheme, the throttling device comprises a plurality of capillaries, and the electromagnetic valve is connected with the evaporator through the capillaries. When the electromagnetic valve corresponding to the evaporator to be discharged is opened, the capillary tube is used for enabling the high-pressure liquid refrigerant from the condenser to become low-pressure liquid refrigerant through throttling expansion when the refrigerant flows in, and then the low-pressure liquid refrigerant enters the evaporator.
As a further technical scheme, the evaporator comprises a first evaporator and a second evaporator, the switching device comprises a first electromagnetic valve, a second electromagnetic valve and a third electromagnetic valve, and the throttling device comprises a first capillary tube, a second capillary tube, a third capillary tube and a fourth capillary tube; the first electromagnetic valve is connected with the first evaporator through a first capillary tube; the second electromagnetic valve is connected with the second evaporator through a second capillary tube; the third electromagnetic valve is connected with the first evaporator through a third capillary tube and is connected with the second evaporator through a fourth capillary tube. According to the technical scheme, the purpose that one set of refrigeration system refrigerates two evaporators is achieved, and when the first electromagnetic valve is opened, ice cream in the first evaporator refrigerates rapidly; when the second electromagnetic valve is opened, the ice cream in the second evaporator is rapidly refrigerated; when the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve are opened, the first evaporator and the second evaporator start to refrigerate simultaneously.
In the technical scheme, the flow rates of the first capillary tube and the second capillary tube are the same; the flow rates of the third capillary tube and the fourth capillary tube are the same, and the flow rates of the first capillary tube and the second capillary tube are larger than those of the third capillary tube and the fourth capillary tube. When the first electromagnetic valve and the third electromagnetic valve are opened and the second electromagnetic valve is closed, the refrigerant enters the first evaporator through the first capillary tube and the third capillary tube, and enters the second evaporator through the fourth capillary tube, so that the flow of the refrigerant entering the first evaporator is obviously larger than that entering the second evaporator, the refrigerating capacity of the first evaporator is greatly improved, and the refrigerating capacity of the second evaporator can also ensure that ice cream in the second evaporator can not be softened rapidly in a short time.
In the above technical scheme, when the second electromagnetic valve and the third electromagnetic valve are opened and the first electromagnetic valve is closed, the refrigerant enters the second evaporator through the second capillary tube and the fourth capillary tube, and enters the first evaporator through the third capillary tube, so that the flow of the refrigerant entering the second evaporator is obviously larger than the flow entering the first evaporator, the refrigerating capacity of the second evaporator is greatly improved, and the refrigerating capacity of the first evaporator can also ensure that ice cream in the first evaporator can not be softened rapidly in a short time.
As a further technical solution, the control instruction includes: when receiving a trigger signal of the evaporator to be discharged, switching on a main refrigerant path of the evaporator to be discharged and switching on standby refrigerant paths of all evaporators; when receiving the refrigerating data of ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged to reach a preset value, closing the refrigerant standby paths of all the evaporators, and switching on the refrigerant main paths of all the evaporators. According to the technical scheme, the path of the refrigerant is split through the control instruction, more refrigerant is fed into the evaporator to be discharged, the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator is improved, meanwhile, the refrigerant with the basic flow is uniformly fed into other evaporators, and the hardness of ice cream in the evaporators is guaranteed not to be rapidly softened in a short time.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an automatic flow dividing method for an ice cream machine, comprising:
acquiring a trigger signal of an evaporator to be discharged;
responding to the trigger signal, controlling the conduction of a main refrigerant path of the evaporator to be discharged, and controlling the conduction of a standby refrigerant path of all evaporators;
acquiring refrigeration data of ice cream in an evaporator to be discharged;
when the refrigeration data reach a first preset value, closing the refrigerant standby paths of all the evaporators, and switching on the refrigerant main paths of all the evaporators;
acquiring refrigeration data of ice cream in all evaporators;
and when the refrigeration data of the ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged reaches a second preset value, and the refrigeration data of the ice cream in the evaporators except the evaporator to be discharged reach preset requirements, the refrigeration system is closed.
According to the technical scheme, the main paths of the corresponding evaporators to be discharged are controlled to be conducted according to the trigger signals, the main paths of the other evaporators are closed, the standby paths of all the evaporators are conducted, a part of compressed refrigerant enters the evaporators to be discharged through the main paths, and the rest part of compressed refrigerant is uniformly fed into each evaporator through the standby paths, so that the evaporators to be discharged have more refrigerant, and the refrigerating capacity of the evaporators to be discharged is improved; after the refrigerant is led in a split manner, ice cream refrigeration data, such as hardness data, in the evaporator to be discharged are obtained, when the refrigeration data reach a first preset value, the standby path is closed, the main paths of all evaporators are conducted, and at the moment, the refrigerant flow is uniformly fed into the evaporator to be discharged and other evaporators; during the period, the ice cream refrigerating data in all evaporators are monitored, and when the refrigerating data of the ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged reaches a second preset value and the refrigerating data of the ice cream in other evaporators also reach preset requirements, the refrigerating system is closed.
According to the technical scheme, the plurality of evaporators are refrigerated by the refrigeration system, the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator to be discharged can be improved rapidly by fully utilizing the refrigerant flow of the refrigeration system, and the normal operation of other evaporators can be balanced, so that the ice cream can be refrigerated rapidly with lower equipment cost, and the ice cream has a better energy-saving effect.
According to an aspect of the specification, an ice cream machine is provided, the ice cream machine comprises the automatic diversion system, and the automatic diversion system is controlled by adopting the automatic diversion method.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) According to the invention, the refrigerating unit compresses, condenses and filters the refrigerant to reach the switching device, the switching device introduces the refrigerant into different paths according to the instruction of the control unit, and finally enters different evaporators with different flow rates, so that the purpose of refrigerating a plurality of evaporators through one set of refrigerating system is realized, and the refrigerating efficiency is improved through the diversion of the flow rates of the refrigerant in the different evaporators.
(2) The invention utilizes a set of refrigerating system to refrigerate at least two evaporators, and the refrigerant flow in the refrigerating system is split to the needed evaporator through automatic splitting, and other evaporators only keep basic refrigerant flow, so that the needed evaporator can exert the strong refrigerating capacity, other evaporators can also normally operate, the energy utilization of the refrigerating system is fully utilized, meanwhile, the configuration quantity of the refrigerating system is reduced relative to machines in the market, and the machine cost is greatly reduced.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic diversion system of an ice cream machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic control diagram of an automatic diversion system of an ice cream machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an automatic diversion method of an ice cream machine according to an embodiment of the invention.
In the figure: 1. a refrigeration compressor; 2. a condenser; 3. a filter; 4. a first electromagnetic valve; 5. a second electromagnetic valve; 6. a third electromagnetic valve; 7. a first capillary; 8. a second capillary; 9. a third capillary; 10. a fourth capillary; 11. a first evaporator; 12. and a second evaporator.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made in detail and with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to fall within the scope of the invention.
The invention provides an automatic flow dividing system of an ice cream machine, which comprises a refrigerating unit and a control unit, wherein the refrigerating unit is connected with the control unit.
As shown in fig. 1-2, the refrigeration unit includes a refrigeration compressor 1, a condenser 2, a filter 3, a first solenoid valve 4, a second solenoid valve 5, a third solenoid valve 6, a first evaporator 11, a second evaporator 12, a first capillary tube 7, a second capillary tube 8, a third capillary tube 9, and a fourth capillary tube 10.
The refrigerating compressor 1, the condenser 2 and the filter 3 are sequentially connected, and the output end of the filter 3 is respectively connected with the first electromagnetic valve 4, the second electromagnetic valve 5 and the third electromagnetic valve 6.
The first electromagnetic valve 4 is connected with a first evaporator 11 through a first capillary tube 7; the second electromagnetic valve 5 is connected with a second evaporator 12 through a second capillary tube 8; the third solenoid valve 6 is connected to the first evaporator 11 through a third capillary tube 9 and to the second evaporator 12 through a fourth capillary tube 10.
The other ends of the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator 12 are respectively connected with the refrigeration compressor 1.
The refrigerating compressor 1 compresses a refrigerant and sends the refrigerant into the condenser 2, the refrigerant is subjected to heat exchange and condensation by the condenser 2 and then sent into the filter 3, and the refrigerant is filtered by the filter 3 and then reaches the electromagnetic valve; the control unit controls the conduction of the first electromagnetic valve 4 and/or the second electromagnetic valve 5 and/or the third electromagnetic valve 6, so that the refrigerant enters the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator 12 to refrigerate the ice cream at the expected flow rate, and the generated return air returns to the refrigeration compressor 1.
The control unit comprises an electric control board, a trigger switch and a signal detection unit. The trigger switch includes a first trigger switch for transmitting a trigger signal of the first evaporator 11 and a second trigger switch for transmitting a trigger signal of the second evaporator 12. The signal detection unit is a hardness detection unit and is used for detecting the hardness of ice cream in each evaporator.
The electric control board is respectively connected with the first trigger switch and the second trigger switch, and is used for processing trigger signals sent by the trigger switches and outputting control instructions according to processing results, such as controlling the first electromagnetic valve 4 to be opened, or controlling the second electromagnetic valve 5 to be opened, or opening both the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the second electromagnetic valve 5, or opening the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the third electromagnetic valve 6, or opening the second electromagnetic valve 5 and the third electromagnetic valve 6.
Specifically, when the first solenoid valve 4 is opened, the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 is rapidly cooled. When the second solenoid valve 5 is opened, the ice cream in the second evaporator is rapidly cooled. When both the first solenoid valve 4 and the second solenoid valve 5 are opened, the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator start cooling at the same time.
The electric control board is connected with the hardness detection unit and is used for analyzing the ice cream hardness data detected by the hardness detection unit and outputting a switch signal according to an analysis result. If the trigger signal of the first evaporator 11 is received but the trigger signal of the second evaporator 12 is not received, the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the third electromagnetic valve 6 are controlled to be opened; in the working process, detecting the hardness of ice cream in the first evaporator 11, and controlling the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the second electromagnetic valve 5 to be opened and controlling the third electromagnetic valve 6 to be closed when the hardness reaches a first preset value; at this time, the hardness of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator 12 is detected respectively, and if the hardness of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 reaches a second preset value and the hardness of the ice cream in the second evaporator 12 reaches a preset hardness requirement, the electric control board outputs a switch signal to the refrigerating system to control the refrigerating system to be closed, and the refrigerating system comprises the refrigerating compressor 1, the condenser 2, the electromagnetic valve and the like to be closed.
As an embodiment, the first capillary tube 7 serves as a main refrigerant path of the first evaporator 11, the second capillary tube 8 serves as a main refrigerant path of the second evaporator, the third capillary tube 9 serves as a backup refrigerant path of the first evaporator 11, and the fourth capillary tube 10 serves as a backup refrigerant path of the second evaporator.
When the trigger signal of the first evaporator 11 is received, the main refrigerant path of the first evaporator 11 is turned on, and the backup refrigerant paths of the first and second evaporators, that is, the first capillary tube 7, the third capillary tube 9 and the fourth capillary tube 10 are turned on. When the hardness data of ice cream in the first evaporator 11 reaches a preset value, the refrigerant standby paths of the first evaporator and the second evaporator are closed, the main paths of the refrigerants of all the evaporators are conducted, namely the third capillary tube 9 and the fourth capillary tube 10 are closed, and the first capillary tube 7 and the second capillary tube 8 are conducted.
Preferably, the flow rates of the first capillary 7 and the second capillary 8 are the same; the flow rates of the third capillary 9 and the fourth capillary 10 are the same, and the flow rates of the first capillary 7 and the second capillary 8 are larger than the flow rates of the third capillary 9 and the fourth capillary 10.
As an implementation manner, when the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the third electromagnetic valve 6 are opened and the second electromagnetic valve 5 is closed, the refrigerant enters the first evaporator 11 through the first capillary tube 7 and the third capillary tube 9, and enters the second evaporator through the fourth capillary tube 10, and obviously, the flow rate of the refrigerant entering the first evaporator 11 is larger than the flow rate entering the second evaporator, so that the refrigerating capacity of the first evaporator 11 is greatly improved, and the refrigerating capacity of the second evaporator can also ensure that ice cream in the ice cream can not be quickly softened in a short time.
As an implementation manner, when the second electromagnetic valve 5 and the third electromagnetic valve 6 are opened and the first electromagnetic valve 4 is closed, the refrigerant enters the second evaporator through the second capillary tube 8 and the fourth capillary tube 10, and enters the first evaporator 11 through the third capillary tube 9, and obviously, the flow rate of the refrigerant entering the second evaporator is larger than the flow rate entering the first evaporator 11, so that the refrigerating capacity of the second evaporator is greatly improved, and the refrigerating capacity of the first evaporator 11 can also ensure that ice cream in the ice cream can not be quickly softened in a short time.
As an implementation manner, when the automatic diversion system is used for balanced diversion refrigeration of two evaporators, the flow is as follows: after the machine is started, a compressor, a condenser 2, a filter 3 and the like in a refrigerating system start to work, an electric control board controls the opening of a first electromagnetic valve 4 and a second electromagnetic valve 5, a refrigerant enters a first evaporator 11 and a second evaporator through a first capillary tube 7 and a second capillary tube 8 respectively, evaporation flash heat absorption and refrigeration are carried out, cold energy is transferred to ice cream, and after heat is exchanged to the refrigerating system by ice cream slurry, the ice cream is crystallized to a certain hardness through liquid phase change; the ice cream in the evaporator is hard, the detection unit connected with the electric control board can detect an electric signal of ice cream hardness, the electric signal is input into the electric control board for processing, if the ice cream hardness reaches a preset value, the electric control board closes the refrigerating system, namely, the compressor, the condensing equipment, the electromagnetic valve and the like, and at the moment, the ice cream is manufactured and molded.
The ice cream flows under the action of the stirrer, the refrigerating system provides refrigerating cold energy for two evaporators of the ice cream when the machine is in an operating state, after a control unit detects a discharging signal, the refrigerating agent is split, so that the refrigerating speed of the ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged is accelerated, the ice cream of the evaporator without discharging requirement also has the hardness of the refrigerating agent, and the refrigerating energy transferred to the ice cream can meet the requirement, namely the hardness of the ice cream is very hard, and the technical problems that the single side discharging is softer and the other side is harder and harder are solved.
After the system of the invention is applied, a plurality of evaporators can be refrigerated on the basis of only one set of refrigeration system, ice cream in the evaporators is cooled, the evaporators which need refrigeration are refrigerated by shunting and focusing on refrigeration, and the efficiency of the refrigeration system is improved.
The system is mainly applied to a commercial ice cream machine, and a set of compressor refrigerating system is matched with more than one evaporator.
In one aspect, the present invention further provides an automatic flow dividing method of an ice cream machine, which is implemented by adopting the automatic flow dividing system of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, and the method includes:
s1, acquiring a trigger signal: such as acquiring a trigger signal for the first evaporator 11 or the second evaporator.
S2, refrigerant split flow: when receiving the trigger signal of the first evaporator 11, the first capillary tube 7, the third capillary tube 9 and the fourth capillary tube 10 are controlled to be conducted, namely, the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the third electromagnetic valve 6 are opened. At this time, a larger refrigerant flow is fed into the first evaporator 11, and a smaller refrigerant flow is fed into the second evaporator, so that the ice cream refrigerating effect in the first evaporator 11 is greatly improved, and the ice cream in the second evaporator is not rapidly softened in a short time.
S3: and (3) detecting hardness of ice cream: hardness data of ice cream in the first evaporator 11 is acquired, for example, a sensor is arranged on an ice cream stirring blade in the evaporator, the stirring speed of the stirring blade is detected through the sensor, and the hardness data of the ice cream is acquired according to the stirring speed.
S4: the refrigerant is split again: when the ice cream hardness data of the first evaporator 11 reaches a first preset value, the third capillary tube 9 and the fourth capillary tube 10 are closed, the first capillary tube 7 and the second capillary tube 8 are conducted, namely the first electromagnetic valve 5 and the second electromagnetic valve 5 are opened, and the third electromagnetic valve 6 is closed. At this time, the refrigerant is uniformly fed into the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator.
S5: and (3) ice cream hardness secondary detection: ice cream hardness data in the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator were obtained.
S6: and (3) refrigerating: and when the hardness data of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 reaches a second preset value and the hardness data of the ice cream in the second evaporator reach preset requirements, the refrigerating system is turned off.
The method of the invention can cool a plurality of evaporators by a set of refrigerating system, and can quickly improve the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator to be discharged and balance the normal operation of other evaporators by fully utilizing the refrigerant flow of the refrigerating system, thereby realizing the quick refrigeration of ice cream with lower equipment cost and having better energy-saving effect.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is further provided an ice cream machine, the ice cream machine including the automatic diversion system according to the present disclosure, and the automatic diversion method according to the present disclosure is used to control the automatic diversion system.
The invention utilizes a set of refrigerating system to refrigerate a plurality of evaporators, no matter which evaporator is discharged, the discharged evaporator is shunted to enough cold energy, ice cream in the evaporator can be quickly hardened, in addition, the quality of ice cream in the evaporator is continuously ensured because the shunted refrigerating energy in the evaporator without discharging is less, namely the yield of ice cream in the discharged evaporator is greatly improved, the cold energy of the refrigerating system can be greatly utilized by the shunting system, the efficiency of the refrigerating system is improved, and a lot of cost is saved.
In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment," "certain embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and are not limiting; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced with equivalents; these modifications or substitutions do not depart from the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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1. An automatic flow dividing system of an ice cream machine is characterized by comprising a refrigerating unit and a control unit; the refrigerating unit comprises a refrigerating compressor, a condenser, a filter, a switching device, a throttling device and at least two evaporators, wherein the refrigerating compressor compresses a refrigerant and sends the compressed refrigerant into the condenser, and the refrigerant sent from the condenser reaches the switching device through the filter; the switching device is connected with the control unit and is used for receiving a control instruction of the control unit to carry out path diversion on the refrigerant, and the diverted refrigerant enters the evaporator through the throttling device;
the evaporator comprises a first evaporator and a second evaporator, the switching device comprises a first electromagnetic valve, a second electromagnetic valve and a third electromagnetic valve, and the throttling device comprises a first capillary tube, a second capillary tube, a third capillary tube and a fourth capillary tube; the first electromagnetic valve is connected with the first evaporator through a first capillary tube; the second electromagnetic valve is connected with the second evaporator through a second capillary tube; the third electromagnetic valve is connected with the first evaporator through a third capillary tube and is connected with the second evaporator through a fourth capillary tube;
the flow rates of the first capillary tube and the second capillary tube are the same; the flow rates of the third capillary tube and the fourth capillary tube are the same,
the flow rates of the first capillary tube and the second capillary tube are larger than those of the third capillary tube and the fourth capillary tube;
when the first electromagnetic valve and the third electromagnetic valve are opened and the second electromagnetic valve is closed, the refrigerant enters the first evaporator through the first capillary tube and the third capillary tube, and simultaneously enters the second evaporator through the fourth capillary tube, and the flow rate of the refrigerant entering the first evaporator is larger than the flow rate entering the second evaporator;
when the second electromagnetic valve and the third electromagnetic valve are opened and the first electromagnetic valve is closed, the refrigerant enters the second evaporator through the second capillary tube and the fourth capillary tube, and simultaneously enters the first evaporator through the third capillary tube, and the flow rate of the refrigerant entering the second evaporator is larger than the flow rate entering the first evaporator.
2. The automatic diversion system of an ice cream machine according to claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises an electric control board, a trigger switch and a signal detection unit; the electric control board is connected with the trigger switch and is used for processing the trigger signal sent by the trigger switch and outputting a control instruction to the switching device according to the processing result; the electric control board is connected with the signal detection unit and is used for analyzing ice cream refrigeration data detected by the signal detection unit and outputting a switch signal according to an analysis result.
3. An automatic diversion system for ice cream machine according to claim 2, wherein the trigger switch is adapted in number to the evaporator.
4. An automatic diversion system for ice cream machine according to claim 2, wherein the signal detection unit is a hardness detection unit.
5. An automatic flow dividing system of an ice cream machine according to claim 1, wherein said switching means comprises a plurality of solenoid valves, a plurality of said solenoid valves being respectively connected to the control unit, the number of said solenoid valves being greater than the number of evaporators.
6. An automatic diversion system for ice cream machine according to claim 1, wherein said control command comprises: when receiving a trigger signal of the evaporator to be discharged, switching on a main refrigerant path of the evaporator to be discharged and switching on standby refrigerant paths of all evaporators; when receiving that the refrigeration data of ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged reaches a preset value, closing the refrigerant standby paths of all evaporators and conducting the refrigerant main paths of all evaporators; the first capillary tube is used as a main refrigerant path of the first evaporator, the second capillary tube is used as a main refrigerant path of the second evaporator, the third capillary tube is used as a standby refrigerant path of the first evaporator, and the fourth capillary tube is used as a standby refrigerant path of the second evaporator.
7. An automatic diversion method of an ice cream machine, implemented with the system according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that it comprises:
acquiring a trigger signal of an evaporator to be discharged;
responding to the trigger signal, controlling the conduction of a main refrigerant path of the evaporator to be discharged, and controlling the conduction of a standby refrigerant path of all evaporators;
acquiring refrigeration data of ice cream in an evaporator to be discharged;
when the refrigeration data reach a first preset value, closing the refrigerant standby paths of all the evaporators, and switching on the refrigerant main paths of all the evaporators;
acquiring refrigeration data of ice cream in all evaporators;
and when the refrigeration data of the ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged reaches a second preset value, and the refrigeration data of the ice cream in the evaporators except the evaporator to be discharged reach preset requirements, the refrigeration system is closed.
8. An ice cream machine comprising an automatic diversion system according to any one of claims 1-6, and controlled by the automatic diversion method according to claim 7.
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