CN202576396U - Device for ageing grape wine under synergistic action of electromagnetic field and trace amount of oxygen - Google Patents

Device for ageing grape wine under synergistic action of electromagnetic field and trace amount of oxygen Download PDF

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CN202576396U
CN202576396U CN 201220173184 CN201220173184U CN202576396U CN 202576396 U CN202576396 U CN 202576396U CN 201220173184 CN201220173184 CN 201220173184 CN 201220173184 U CN201220173184 U CN 201220173184U CN 202576396 U CN202576396 U CN 202576396U
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The utility model discloses a device for ageing grape wine under the synergistic action of an electromagnetic field and a trace amount of oxygen. The device comprises a treatment chamber and a wine temperature controlling system, a trace oxygen controlling system, and a high-pressure magnetic field regulating system which are connected with the bottom of the treatment chamber; the trace oxygen controlling system comprises an oxygen tank, a solenoid valve, a control instrument, a trace oxygen detection probe, and an oxygen distributor which are sequentially connected; the trace oxygen detection probe and the oxygen distributor are arranged in the treatment chamber; the high-pressure magnetic field regulating system comprises a magnetic field regulating device and two pole plates which are arranged on outer walls on two sides of the treatment chamber respectively; the pole plates and the treatment chamber form a high-pressure chamber body; and the two pole plates are connected with the magnetic field regulating device. The quality of the grape wine aged by the device is improved obviously; and the device for ageing the grape wine is convenient and easy to operate, the treatment time is short, and the phenomenon that the treated wine is not aged can be avoided.

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The device of the collaborative ageing Portugal of the little oxygen of a kind of EM field fruit wine
Technical field
The utility model relates to the aging process technology of wine fruit wine, more properly says the device that relates to the collaborative ageing Portugal of the little oxygen of a kind of EM field fruit wine.
Background technology
Aging or ageing in the wine technique for producing fruit wine in occupation of consequence; But this technology is loaded down with trivial details consuming time; One-period gets off; Not only need build the place in addition and satisfy its requirement, and cause the anxiety of business capital chain, even the small mistake that occurs in the aging traditional aging process all possibly let the wine in whole jar become feints.To the deficiency of the aging aging process of tradition, inventing a kind of method and device that can reach aging ageing effect fast to new wine has very important practical value.
China attempted urging means such as old method, laser ageing method, magnetic handling method, electrocure process, high temperature concussion method to reach the quick aging purpose of drinks with infrared ray radiation method, microwave since the eighties in last century, had also obtained certain effect.Like ZL200710114854.2 using ultrasound atomization technique and porous material, disposable completion is to turbid, the ageing incense-strengthening process that goes of liquor, but this method possibly cause the wine body not full, and unique disappearance is difficult to make processing wine to keep original style; ZL200610115120.1 regulates the content of wine dissolved oxygen in the container through the mode of continuous interpolation micro amount of oxygen, makes its oxygen-supplying amount and oxygen-consumption vinous maintain the suitable level of an equilibrium.But this kind method can only let dissolved oxygen remain on a level, increases the redox potential of this system, and not too obvious to the aging effect of wine, required time is also longer; ZL99236237.7 provides a kind of duct type drinks high-voltage electromagnetic field ageing promoter device; Through high-voltage electromagnetic field wine is carried out aging processing; But this type of single factor treatment effect does not obviously have multifactor synergistic action effect outstanding; And duct type handles most of EM field and all is dissipated in the air, rather than ducted wine, has relatively high expectations to equipment voltage is isoparametric.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the utility model is to overcome the shortcoming and defect of above-mentioned prior art, and the device of the collaborative ageing Portugal of the little oxygen of the EM field fruit wine that a kind of structure and making method are simple, wine article quality is high is provided.
The utility model is realized through following technical proposals:
The device of the collaborative ageing Portugal of the little oxygen of a kind of EM field fruit wine, the wine temperature control system that comprises treatment chamber and be connected its bottom also comprises a little oxygen system, a high voltage magnetic field regulator control system;
Said little oxygen system comprises oxygen canister, SV, controller, little oxygen detecting probe, the oxygen distribution ware that connects successively, and said little oxygen detecting probe and oxygen distribution ware are arranged at the inside of treatment chamber;
Said high voltage magnetic field regulator control system comprises EM field regulation device, two pole plates; Said two pole plates are separately positioned on the outer wall of treatment chamber both sides; Two pole plates and treatment chamber form the pressurizing chamber body jointly; Said two pole plates connect the EM field regulation device, in said two pole plates wherein one be connected with ground.
Said EM field transfers device to comprise automatic warning outage member, potentiostat, frequency regulator, the VR magnifying glass of connection successively; Automatically the outage member of reporting to the police comprises TP and humidity sensor; Two pole plates connect the VR magnifying glass.
Be disposed with the polylith flow deflector in the said treatment chamber from bottom to top, flow deflector is " it " word shape and distributes, and is on 75 °~85 ° inwalls that are installed in the treatment chamber both sides with angle.
The outside of said pressurizing chamber body is covered with electro-magnetic screen layer, and the outside of electro-magnetic screen layer also is covered with insulating protective layer.
Said treatment chamber is that poly (methyl methacrylate) plate constitutes; Said two pole plates are metal sheet, and fix through the sidewall of insulating bolt and treatment chamber; Said wine temperature control system also comprises spiral coil cooling tube and volume pump; The aspect ratio treatment chamber of said two pole plates hangs down 1cm~3cm.
The method of the collaborative ageing Portugal of the little oxygen of a kind of EM field fruit wine comprises the steps:
(1) creates little oxygen environment
Open little oxygen system, the oxygen in the oxygen canister gets in the treatment chamber through oxygen distribution ware, makes and forms little oxygen environment in the treatment chamber;
(2) create the high-voltage electromagnetic field environment
Open the high voltage magnetic field regulator control system, two voltage and field intensity between pole plate are set, two frequencies between pole plate are set, make and form the high-voltage electromagnetic field environment in the treatment chamber through frequency regulator through the VR magnifying glass; Voltage of alternating current between said two pole plates is that 60kV~100kV, field intensity are that 40kV/m~240kV/m, frequency are 50Hz~1500Hz.
(3) Portugal's fruit wine places little oxygen environment and high-voltage electromagnetic field environment
With alcoholic strength is that Portugal's fruit wine of 11.5% (V/V)~13% (V/V) is packed in the wine temperature control system; After spiral coil cooling tube carries out 12 ℃~20 ℃ coolings to Portugal's fruit wine; Portugal's fruit wine injects through volume pump handles 3min~5min in the treatment chamber; The flow velocity of volume pump is 40L/min~60L/min, and the amount of oxygen in the treatment chamber is 9mg/L~11mg/L; After injecting the Portugal's fruit wine little oxygen environment of process and high-voltage electromagnetic field environmental treatment in the treatment chamber, the outlet of treated chamber is flowed out, and obtains aging ageing Portugal fruit wine fast.
The beneficial effect of the utility model is:
(1) present method is utilized little oxygen and the collaborative ageing Portugal of high-voltage electromagnetic field environment fruit wine, makes that its aging effect is more obvious, and the treatment time is short, and processing efficiency is high, and living phenomenon can not appear returning in the Portugal's fruit wine after the processing.Standard atmosphere is depressed; The saturated dissolved oxygen concentration of oxygen in wine liquid with the variation of temperature relational expression is:
Figure BDA0000155491380000031
be that dissolved oxygen DO and temperature T are inverse ratio; So drinks can dissolve more little oxygen under coldcondition; But must its oxygen level of control can not supersaturation; In case too many gases affect high-voltage electromagnetic field is to the treatment effect of wine, little oxygen environment in aging traditional aging process with wine generation redox reaction, and high-voltage electromagnetic field not only has the ageing of acceleration effect to drinks; And can promote little oxygen in wine, to carry out redox reaction, increase the redox potential of wine system; The existence of little oxygen makes the wine system more be prone to accept the effect of high-voltage electromagnetic field in addition, so little oxygen and high-voltage electromagnetic field associated treatment make the ageing better effects if of wine.It is thus clear that the utility model is not merely brewery and has saved a large amount of storage place and container, also shortened the fund operation period of enterprise, be with its vitality of having lived.
(2) this device can serialization carries out, but and the treatment capacity flexible design, can carry out the lab scale experiment, can satisfy the large-scale industrialization processing requirements again.
(3) this device all has aging effect to all kinds of wine, especially to Portugal's fruit wine better processing effect.
(4) visible patent art means are simple and easy to do, and Portugal's fruit wine quality of ageing obviously improves, and has positive technique effect and promotional value.
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Fig. 1 is the apparatus structure synoptic diagram of the collaborative ageing Portugal of the little oxygen of the utility model EM field fruit wine.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with specific embodiment the utility model is done further concrete detailed description the in detail, but the embodiment of the utility model is not limited thereto, the processing parameter for not indicating especially can carry out with reference to routine techniques.
Embodiment
As shown in Figure 1, be the device of the collaborative ageing Portugal of the little oxygen of the utility model EM field fruit wine, comprise treatment chamber 2-1 and be connected the wine temperature control system 3 of treatment chamber 2-1 bottom, a little oxygen system, a high voltage magnetic field regulator control system; Said little oxygen system comprises oxygen canister 4-5 (for treatment chamber 2-1 provides needed purity oxygen), SV 4-4, controller 4-1, little oxygen detecting probe 4-3 (being used for detecting little oxygen amount of control treatment chamber), the oxygen distribution ware 4-2 that connects successively, and said little oxygen detecting probe 4-3 and oxygen distribution ware 4-2 are arranged at the inside of treatment chamber 2-1; Said high voltage magnetic field regulator control system comprises EM field regulation device 1, two pole plate 2-5; Said two pole plate 2-5 are separately positioned on the outer wall of treatment chamber 2-1 both sides; Two pole plate 2-5 and treatment chamber 2-1 form the pressurizing chamber body jointly; Said two pole plate 2-5 connect EM field regulation device 1, for safety, among said two pole plate 2-5 wherein one be connected with ground.
Said EM field transfers device 1 to comprise automatic warning outage member (not shown), potentiostat (not shown), frequency regulator (not shown), the VR magnifying glass (not shown) of connection successively; Said automatic warning outage member comprises TP and humidity sensor, when occurring can cutting off the power supply automatically when the too high or temperature of humidity is crossed high abnormality and send caution in the treatment chamber 2-1.
Shown in two pole plate 2-5 connect EM field and transfer the VR magnifying glass in the device 1.The material of two pole plate 2-5 can be metallic substance such as stainless steel or titanium alloy sheet.
Be disposed with polylith flow deflector 2-6 in the said treatment chamber 2-1 from bottom to top, make drinks in flow process, fully contact reinforced high pressure EM field treatment effect with oxygen.Flow deflector 2-6 is " it " word shape and distributes, and is on 75 °~85 ° inwalls that are installed in treatment chamber 2-1 both sides with angle.The quantity of flow deflector 2-6 can the increase and decrease to some extent according to particular case.Effect through flow deflector 2-6 makes the wine liquid 2-7 that gets into have the competent time dynamically to combine with oxygen, thereby forms accurate little oxygen environment.Flow deflector 2-6 can adopt oak floor or poly (methyl methacrylate) plate.
Safer for the pressurizing chamber body, the outside of said pressurizing chamber body is covered with electro-magnetic screen layer 2-2, and the outside of electro-magnetic screen layer 2-2 also is covered with insulating protective layer 2-3.
Said treatment chamber 2-1 is that poly (methyl methacrylate) plate constitutes; Said two pole plate 2-5 are metal sheet, and fix through the sidewall of insulating bolt and treatment chamber 2-1; Said wine temperature control system 3 also comprises spiral coil cooling tube (not shown) and volume pump (not shown); The aspect ratio treatment chamber 2-1 of said two pole plate 2-5 hangs down 1cm~3cm.
The distance of two pole plate 2-5 of treatment chamber 2-1 is constant, come controlling field powerful little through the voltage of alternating current size of regulating pole plate 2-5, and the treatment time is through the flow rate control of volume pump.
Below in conjunction with being described like Fig. 1, the little oxygen of EM field works in coordination with the method for ageing Portugal fruit wine:
(1) create little oxygen environment, promptly open little oxygen system, the oxygen among the oxygen canister 4-5 gets in the treatment chamber 2-1 through oxygen distribution ware 4-2, makes and forms little oxygen environment in the treatment chamber 2-1;
(2) create the high-voltage electromagnetic field environment; Promptly open the high voltage magnetic field regulator control system; Through the VR magnifying glass two voltage and field intensity between pole plate 2-5 are set, two frequencies between pole plate 2-5 are set, make and form the high-voltage electromagnetic field environment in the treatment chamber 2-1 through frequency regulator; Voltage of alternating current between said two pole plate 2-5 is that 60kV~100kV, field intensity are that 40kV/m~240kV/m, frequency are 50Hz~1500Hz.
(3) Portugal's fruit wine places little oxygen environment and high-voltage electromagnetic field environment
With alcoholic strength is that Portugal's fruit wine of 11.5% (V/V)~13% (V/V) is packed in the wine temperature control system 3; After coolship carries out 12 ℃~20 ℃ coolings to Portugal's fruit wine; Portugal's fruit wine injects through volume pump handles 3min~5min in the treatment chamber 2-1; The flow velocity of volume pump is 40L/min~60L/min, and the amount of oxygen in the treatment chamber 2-1 is 9mg/L~11mg/L; After injecting the Portugal's fruit wine little oxygen environment of process and high-voltage electromagnetic field environmental treatment in the treatment chamber 2-1, treated chamber outlet 2-8 flows out, and obtains aging ageing Portugal fruit wine fast.
The IR of Portugal's fruit wine and the treatment time t in treatment chamber 2-1 control through volume pump, and the chamber body volume V of treatment chamber 2-1 is a fixed, and after the flow velocity c of volume pump confirmed, treatment time t had just confirmed that also relational expression is t=V/c.The processing of this device is held a lot of liquor about 100L/h~5000L/h.
Below in conjunction with 3 kinds of different wine, specify different parameters.
(1): (grape variety is a Cabernet Sauvignon when Portugal's fruit wine selection alcoholic strength is the dry red winew of 13% (V/V); Dry red winew appearance is from Yunnan brewery), said cooling temperature is 16 ℃, the amount of oxygen in the said treatment chamber 2-1 is 9.90mg/L; The flow velocity of said volume pump is 40L/min; Voltage of alternating current between said two pole plate 2-5 is 100kV, and said field intensity is that 125kV/m, frequency are 1000Hz, and said Portugal fruit wine treatment time in treatment chamber 2-1 is 5min.
Dry red winew after the processing obviously weakens than the jerky sense of untreated former wine, and it is mellow and full tasty and refreshing that mouthfeel also becomes, and the wine body is more plentiful, and quality is improved, and reaches at the aging 2-3 of stainless cylinder of steel to get effect.
(2): (grape variety is a Chardonney when Portugal's fruit wine selection alcoholic strength is the Dry white wine of 12% (V/V); Dry white wine appearance is from Yunnan brewery), said cooling temperature is 12 ℃, the amount of oxygen in the said treatment chamber 2-1 is 10.79mg/L; The flow velocity of said volume pump is 60L/min; Voltage of alternating current between said two pole plate 2-5 is 80kV, and said field intensity is that 100kV/m, frequency are 850Hz, and said Portugal fruit wine treatment time in treatment chamber 2-1 is 3min.
Jerky sense when the Dry white wine after the processing is not untreated, mouthfeel also become soft tasty and refreshing, and structure is fuller, and quality is significantly improved, and reach the effect at the aging 1-3 of stainless cylinder of steel.
(3): (the lichee kind is black leaf when Portugal's fruit wine selection alcoholic strength is the lichee dry wine of 11.5% (V/V); Lichee dry wine appearance is from Guangdong brewery), said cooling temperature is 13 ℃, the amount of oxygen in the said treatment chamber 2-1 is 10.56mg/L; The flow velocity of said volume pump is 50L/min; Voltage of alternating current between said two pole plate 2-5 is 60kV, and said field intensity is that 75kV/m, frequency are 1300Hz, and said Portugal fruit wine treatment time in treatment chamber 2-1 is 4min.
Jerky sense when the lichee dry wine after the processing is not untreated, mouthfeel also become soft tasty and refreshing, and structure is fine and smooth, and quality is improved significantly, and reaches the effect at the aging 2-3 of stainless cylinder of steel.
Except that above-mentioned; What be worth explanation is; Controller 4-1 can be provided with the little oxygen amount of different sorts Portugal fruit wine span of control according to formula
Figure BDA0000155491380000071
in advance; For dry red winew, its oxygen level can be controlled in 9.14mg/L~10.11mg/L; Dry white wine is can be controlled in 10.11mg/L~10.79mg/L; And, can be controlled in 9.51mg/L~10.79mg/L like litchi spirit for other fruit wine.
In the said apparatus operational process, make the aging effect of Portugal's fruit wine after handling reach the aging wine effect of ageing 2-3 in stainless jar.An oxygen part is dissolved in Portugal's fruit wine in this device, reactions such as the component generation redox in a part and the Portugal's fruit wine, esterification, hydrolysis, and the high-voltage electromagnetic field of two pole plate 2-5 generations is that all kinds of physical reactions play the synergy promoter action simultaneously.Portugal's fruit wine after the processing can through treatment chamber export 2-4 be transported in the oak barrel further ageing or directly can become product.
Just can realize the utility model preferably as stated.
The foregoing description is the utility model preferred implementation; But the embodiment of the utility model is not restricted to the described embodiments; Other any do not deviate from change, the modification done under spirit and the principle of the utility model, substitutes, combination, simplify; All should be the substitute mode of equivalence, be included within the protection domain of the utility model.

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1. the device of the collaborative ageing Portugal of the little oxygen of EM field fruit wine, the wine temperature control system that comprises treatment chamber and be connected its bottom is characterized in that: also comprise a little oxygen system, a high voltage magnetic field regulator control system;
Said little oxygen system comprises oxygen canister, SV, controller, little oxygen detecting probe, the oxygen distribution ware that connects successively, and said little oxygen detecting probe and oxygen distribution ware are arranged at the inside of treatment chamber;
Said high voltage magnetic field regulator control system comprises EM field regulation device, two pole plates; Said two pole plates are separately positioned on the outer wall of treatment chamber both sides; Two pole plates and treatment chamber form the pressurizing chamber body jointly; Said two pole plates connect the EM field regulation device, in said two pole plates wherein one be connected with ground.
2. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: said EM field transfers device to comprise automatic warning outage member, potentiostat, frequency regulator, the VR magnifying glass of connection successively; Said automatic warning outage member comprises TP and humidity sensor; Said two pole plates connect the VR magnifying glass.
3. device according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that: be disposed with the polylith flow deflector in the said treatment chamber from bottom to top, flow deflector is " it " word shape and distributes, and is on 75 °~85 ° inwalls that are installed in the treatment chamber both sides with angle.
4. device according to claim 3 is characterized in that: the outside of said pressurizing chamber body is covered with electro-magnetic screen layer, and the outside of electro-magnetic screen layer also is covered with insulating protective layer.
5. device according to claim 3 is characterized in that: said treatment chamber is that poly (methyl methacrylate) plate constitutes; Said two pole plates are metal sheet, and fix through the sidewall of insulating bolt and treatment chamber; Said wine temperature control system also comprises spiral coil cooling tube and volume pump.
6. device according to claim 3 is characterized in that: the aspect ratio treatment chamber of said two pole plates hangs down 1cm~3cm.
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