CN209890587U

CN209890587U - Fermentation cylinder gas outgoing system and beer production line

Info

Publication number: CN209890587U
Application number: CN201920426587.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 钟金文; 张标; 孙志通
Original assignee: Meizhou Zhujiang Brewery Co Ltd
Current assignee: Meizhou Zhujiang Brewery Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-29
Filing date: 2019-03-29
Publication date: 2020-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 2029-03-29

Abstract

The utility model provides a fermentation cylinder gas discharge system and beer production line relates to beer brewing equipment technical field. The fermentation tank gas discharge system comprises a plurality of tank bodies, wherein the top of each tank body is provided with a gas inlet pipeline which is communicated with the atmosphere; the bottom of the tank body is provided with a gas outlet pipeline, the gas outlet pipelines of the tank bodies are communicated to a main pipeline, the discharge end of the main pipeline is provided with a centrifugal fan, and the centrifugal fan is communicated with the atmosphere. The utility model discloses can utilize the air to discharge the internal high concentration carbon dioxide gas of jar, and need not the higher compressed gas of use cost.

Description

Fermentation cylinder gas outgoing system and beer production line

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a beer brewing equipment technical field especially relates to a fermentation cylinder gas discharge system and beer production line.

Background

The in-process of beer factory fermentation cylinder production beer can produce a large amount of carbon dioxide gas, and empty jar back can remain a large amount of carbon dioxide in the toper fermentation cylinder, needs to discharge carbon dioxide totally before rinsing the fermentation cylinder. At present, the carbon dioxide remained in the tank body is generally discharged by utilizing a compressed air mode of blowing from top to bottom, however, the method has some defects:

1) a large amount of compressed air is consumed in the replacement process, so that the consumption of compressed air prepared by an air compression station of an enterprise is greatly increased;

2) the discharge time of carbon dioxide in the tank body is longer due to the limitation of the pressure of the blowing tank, so that the turnover rate of the tank body is low and the production efficiency is reduced;

3) the residual carbon dioxide is easy to react with the alkali liquor for cleaning to form carbonate, so that the consumption of alkali for cleaning is increased, and the potential safety hazard of the tank body which is shriveled by negative pressure exists.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a system for discharging a gas from a fermentation tank, which solves the problems of high cost and residue caused by purging and discharging a high concentration of carbon dioxide gas in the fermentation tank with compressed air.

A fermentation tank gas discharge system comprises a plurality of tank bodies, wherein the top of each tank body is provided with a gas inlet pipeline which is communicated with the atmosphere; the bottom of the tank body is provided with a gas outlet pipeline, the gas outlet pipelines of the tank bodies are communicated to a main pipeline, the discharge end of the main pipeline is provided with a centrifugal fan, and the centrifugal fan is communicated with the atmosphere.

According to the fermentation tank gas discharge system, the bottom of the tank body needing to be discharged with gas is connected with the main pipeline, the top of the tank body is communicated with the atmosphere, a centrifugal fan arranged on the main pipeline is used for providing mechanical energy to form a gas passage, the gas in the tank body is replaced by air, the content of carbon dioxide in the tank body is reduced, and the tank body is cleaned conveniently; in the process of discharging the high-concentration carbon dioxide gas in the tank body, compressed gas is not needed, and the production cost is reduced.

In one embodiment, the air inlet pipeline is a CIP pipe, and a first valve is arranged on the CIP pipe. When the air exhaust is completed, the CIP pipe is connected with the CIP cleaning tank directly.

In one embodiment, a centrifugal fan emptying pipeline and a second valve are arranged on a main pipeline between the centrifugal fan and the tank body, and a third valve is arranged on the centrifugal fan emptying pipeline.

In one embodiment, a CIP return pipe is arranged on the main pipeline, and a return pump and a fourth valve are arranged on the CIP return pipe. When the cleaning solution needs to be recovered, it can be recovered through the CIP return line.

In one embodiment, a CIP return emptying pipe is arranged on the CIP return pipe, and a fifth valve is arranged on the CIP return emptying pipe. When liquid in the CIP backflow pipeline needs to be emptied, the fifth valve is opened, and the liquid can be emptied through the CIP backflow emptying pipeline.

In one embodiment, the number of the tank bodies is 1-3, and the main pipeline between the tank body groups is provided with a sixth valve.

In one embodiment, the main pipe is a DN80 stainless steel pipe, and the second valve and the sixth valve are DN80 butterfly valves.

In one embodiment, an oxygen content detection device is arranged on the air outlet pipeline. The oxygen content detection device is used for detecting the oxygen content of the gas flowing out of the tank body, and when the oxygen content is more than or equal to 20.50 percent, namely the oxygen content is equivalent to the oxygen content in the air, the high-concentration carbon dioxide gas in the tank body is replaced by the air.

In one embodiment, the canister body is a conical canister. The conical tank is more favorable for discharging gas and is not easy to leave dead angles.

The utility model discloses an aspect still provides a beer production line, and this beer production line includes above-mentioned fermentation cylinder gas discharge system.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:

the utility model discloses a fermentation cylinder gas discharge system, the jar body bottom that will exhaust the gas body is connected with the trunk line, and jar body top intercommunication atmosphere utilizes the centrifugal fan who sets up on the trunk line to provide mechanical energy, forms the gas access, replaces the gas in the jar body into the air, reduces the carbon dioxide content in the jar body, and the gas discharge is more thorough, is favorable to the washing of the jar body, has reduced the consumption of alkali lye in the follow-up cleaning process; in the process of discharging the high-concentration carbon dioxide gas in the tank body, compressed gas is not needed, and the production cost is reduced.

The utility model discloses a beer production line accomplishes the fermentation back, and usable above-mentioned fermentation cylinder gas discharge system arranges the internal high concentration carbon dioxide of jar to the air is replaced with it.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a gas discharge system of a fermentation tank according to the present invention.

In the figure, 1, a conical tank; 11. CIP pipe; 111. a first valve; 12. an oxygen content detection device; 2. a centrifugal fan; 3. a main pipeline; 31. emptying the pipeline by a centrifugal fan; 311. a third valve; 32. a second valve; 33. a reflux pump; 34. a CIP return line; 341. a fourth valve; 35. a discharge end; 36. CIP backflow emptying of pipelines; 361. a fifth valve; 37. and a sixth valve.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in figure 1. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

Example 1

A fermentation tank gas discharge system comprises 4 conical tanks 1 and 1 centrifugal fan 2; the top of the conical tank 1 is connected with a CIP pipe 11, the CIP pipe 11 is communicated with the atmosphere, and a first valve 111 is arranged on the CIP pipe 11; the pipeline of giving vent to anger is connected to the bottom of conical tank 1, and the pipeline of giving vent to anger of 4 conical tanks 1 all communicates to trunk line 3, and trunk line 3's discharge end 35 is provided with

centrifugal fan

2, 2 intercommunication atmospheres of centrifugal fan.

A centrifugal fan emptying pipeline 31 and a second valve 32 are arranged on the main pipeline 3 between the centrifugal fan 2 and the conical tank 1, and a third valve 311 is arranged on the centrifugal fan emptying pipeline 31.

The main pipe 3 is provided with a CIP return pipe, and the CIP return pipe is provided with a return pump 33 and a fourth valve 341. The CIP backflow pipeline 34 is provided with a CIP backflow emptying pipeline 36, and the CIP backflow emptying pipeline 36 is provided with a fifth valve 361.

The 4 tank bodies are divided into 2 groups according to 2 groups, 2 sixth valves 37 are arranged on the main pipeline 3 between the 2 tank body groups, and the CIP return pipe is connected between the 2 sixth valves. Grouping is beneficial to reducing personnel management pressure.

The main pipeline 3 is a DN80 stainless steel pipe, and the second valve 32 and the sixth valve 37 are DN80 butterfly valves.

The air outlet pipeline is provided with an oxygen content detection device 12 for detecting the oxygen content of the gas flowing out of the tank body, and when the oxygen content is more than or equal to 20.50 percent, namely the oxygen content is equivalent to the oxygen content in the air, the high-concentration carbon dioxide gas in the tank body is replaced by the air.

The top of the conical tank 1 is also provided with a vacuum valve (not shown), and before the centrifugal fan 2 is opened, whether the vacuum valve operates normally or not needs to be confirmed, so that the tank body is prevented from being damaged due to the negative pressure state.

Example 2

A beer production line comprising the fermenter gas discharge system of example 1.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. The fermentation tank gas discharge system is characterized by comprising a plurality of tank bodies, wherein the top of each tank body is provided with a gas inlet pipeline which is communicated with the atmosphere; the bottom of the tank body is provided with a gas outlet pipeline, the gas outlet pipelines of the tank bodies are communicated to a main pipeline, the discharge end of the main pipeline is provided with a centrifugal fan, and the centrifugal fan is communicated with the atmosphere.

2. The fermenter gas venting system of claim 1, wherein the gas inlet line is a CIP pipe, the CIP pipe being provided with a first valve.

3. The fermenter gas discharging system of claim 1, wherein a centrifugal fan emptying pipe and a second valve are arranged on the main pipe between the centrifugal fan and the tank body, and a third valve is arranged on the centrifugal fan emptying pipe.

4. The fermenter gas discharging system of claim 1, wherein a CIP return pipe is provided on the main pipe, and a reflux pump and a fourth valve are provided on the CIP return pipe.

5. The fermenter gas purging system of claim 4, wherein a CIP return drain line is disposed on the CIP return pipe, and a fifth valve is disposed on the CIP return drain line.

6. The fermenter gas discharging system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of tanks are divided into tank groups by 1-3 groups, and a sixth valve is disposed on the main pipe between the tank groups.

7. The fermenter gas outlet system of claim 6, wherein the main pipe is a DN80 stainless steel pipe, and the second valve and the sixth valve are DN80 butterfly valves.

8. The fermenter gas venting system of claim 1, wherein an oxygen content detecting device is disposed on the gas outlet pipe.

9. The fermenter gas venting system of claim 1, wherein the tank body is a conical tank.

10. A beer production line comprising the fermenter gas discharge system according to any one of claims 1 to 9.