SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the utility model provides a separating type quick-freezing device which can quickly freeze food materials at low cost.
The separating type quick-freezing equipment comprises an evaporator, a condenser, a blowing device and a quick-freezing device, wherein the evaporator is provided with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, the condenser is provided with a condensation cavity, an air inlet, an air outlet and a liquid outlet, a molecular sieve assembly is arranged in the condensation cavity and is arranged between the air inlet and the air outlet, and the molecular sieve assembly is used for separating mixed gas; the air blowing device is communicated with the air return pipe and used for guiding mixed gas into the condensation cavity; the quick-freezing device comprises a liquid storage tank and a quick-freezing box, the liquid storage tank is used for storing a first salt solution, the evaporator is located on the lower portion of an inner cavity of the liquid storage tank, the quick-freezing box is located on the upper portion of the inner cavity of the liquid storage tank and used for storing a sodium chloride solution, the quick-freezing box is connected with a circulating pipe, two ends of the circulating pipe are communicated with the inner cavity of the liquid storage tank, and the circulating pipe is provided with a heat exchange component located in the quick-freezing box.
The separated quick-freezing equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model at least has the following beneficial effects: by mixing the liquid refrigerant and the decompression gas by the evaporator, the surface pressure of the liquid refrigerant is lowered, so that the liquid refrigerant generates steam and is in a new dynamic balance process to realize the evaporation of the refrigerant, the heat of the first salt solution in the liquid storage tank is absorbed by utilizing the characteristic of heat absorption of the evaporation of the refrigerant to prepare the low-temperature first salt solution, the first salt solution flows in the circulating pipe, in the inner cavity of the quick-freezing box, the first salt solution and the sodium chloride solution exchange heat through a heat exchange part, so that the sodium chloride solution in the quick-freezing box is reduced to a lower temperature, the sodium chloride solution can be kept in a liquid state below zero, the sodium chloride solution is edible, the sodium chloride solution is safe and reliable when contacting with food materials, the food materials are quickly frozen by the low-temperature sodium chloride solution, quick freezing is realized, the cost is greatly reduced compared with liquid nitrogen quick freezing, and the requirement of large-scale operation is met; the refrigerant and the decompression gas are separated in the condenser through the molecular sieve component, and the refrigerant is condensed after reaching a certain concentration to become a liquid refrigerant and enters the evaporator again for refrigeration.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, a drive pump is connected to the circulation tube, the drive pump being located at an inlet end of the circulation tube.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the inlet end of the circulation tube communicates with a lower portion of the interior chamber of the reservoir, the outlet end of the circulation tube communicates with an upper portion of the interior chamber of the reservoir, and the inlet and outlet ends of the circulation tube are located on opposite sides of the reservoir.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the heat exchange component is arranged as a heat exchange coil which is positioned at the lower part of the inner cavity of the quick-freezing box.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, a liquid driving module is connected to the quick-freezing box, and the liquid driving module is provided with a propeller which is positioned in an inner cavity of the quick-freezing box to drive the sodium chloride solution to flow.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the quick-freezing device further comprises a food material frame, the food material frame is used for storing food materials and is made of a silk screen, and the food material frame can be placed into the inner cavity of the quick-freezing box and is provided with a handle.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the liquid inlet pipe comprises a liquid storage section comprising a plurality of U-shaped pipes.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, a heat sink is connected to the condenser for dissipating heat, the heat sink comprising a cooling water pipe wound around an outer side of the condenser.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the gas outlet is located at an upper portion of the condenser, the liquid outlet is located at a lower portion of the condenser, the gas inlet is located at a middle portion of the condenser, the condenser comprises a tapered guide portion, and the gas outlet is located at a small end of the tapered guide portion.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the port of the air inlet pipe extends into the liquid inlet pipe and protrudes from the inner wall of the liquid inlet pipe.
Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.
Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a separated type quick-freezing apparatus, including an evaporator 100, a condenser 200, a blower 300 and a quick-freezing device, where the evaporator 100 has a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, the condenser 200 has a condensation chamber 201, an air inlet, an air outlet and a liquid outlet, a molecular sieve assembly 210 is disposed in the condensation chamber 201, the molecular sieve assembly 210 is disposed between the air inlet and the air outlet, and the molecular sieve assembly 210 is used for separating a mixed gas; wherein, the refrigerant outlet is connected with the air inlet through the air return pipe 220, the liquid outlet is connected with the refrigerant inlet through the liquid inlet pipe 230, the liquid inlet pipe 230 is provided with the throttling component 240, the air outlet is connected with the refrigerant inlet through the air inlet pipe 250, the air blowing device 300 is communicated with the air return pipe 220 for guiding the mixed gas into the condensation chamber 201; the quick-freezing device comprises a liquid storage tank 410 and a quick-freezing box 420, wherein the liquid storage tank 410 is used for storing a first salt solution, the evaporator 100 is positioned at the lower part of an inner cavity of the liquid storage tank 410, the quick-freezing box 420 is positioned at the upper part of the inner cavity of the liquid storage tank 410, the quick-freezing box 420 is used for storing a sodium chloride solution, the quick-freezing box 420 is connected with a circulating pipe 430, two ends of the circulating pipe 430 are communicated with the inner cavity of the liquid storage tank 410, and the circulating pipe 430 is provided with a heat exchange part 432 positioned in the quick-freezing box 420.
It can be understood that, the first salt solution can adopt the calcium chloride solution, the calcium chloride solution can still not freeze at 60 degrees below zero, compare, the sodium chloride solution is then frozen at 23 degrees below zero, the calcium chloride solution has stronger low temperature tolerance performance, can keep the mobility under the temperature of handing over the end, therefore the calcium chloride solution is used for carrying out the heat exchange for the first time with evaporimeter 100, and the sodium chloride solution in quick-freeze box 420 is used for contacting edible material, guarantee the security, avoid influencing the cooking after edible material unfreezes. Of course, other salt solutions can be used for the first salt solution, and the first salt solution is exemplified by calcium chloride solution.
When the split-type quick-freezing apparatus is operated, the liquid refrigerant and the pressure-reducing gas are mixed by the evaporator 100, and specifically, the liquid refrigerant and the pressure-reducing gas are mixed in the piping of the evaporator 100, and the evaporator 100 provides an evaporation space at a position where the liquid refrigerant and the pressure-reducing gas start to be mixed, and there is no gaseous refrigerant at the mixed position, that is, the partial pressure of the gaseous refrigerant is zero, so that the liquid refrigerant is inevitably evaporated to form the gaseous refrigerant. In the process, the heat of the calcium chloride solution in the liquid storage tank 410 is absorbed to prepare the low-temperature calcium chloride solution.
The mixed gas of the refrigerant in the gas state and the decompression gas flows along the gas return pipe 220 into the condenser 200, and the blower 300 drives the mixed gas to be introduced into the condensation chamber 201 of the condenser 200. The molecular sieve component 210 is arranged in the condensation cavity 201, and the molecular sieve component 310 is defined as a novel material capable of realizing molecular sieving, and has the pore diameter which is equivalent to and uniform with the molecular size, ion exchange performance, high-temperature thermal stability, excellent shape-selective catalytic performance, easy modification and multiple different types and different structures for selection. The molecular sieve assembly 210 is configured to allow the passage of the pressure-reduced gas while preventing the passage of the refrigerant, thereby achieving the separation of the mixed gas.
For example, the refrigerant is selected to be ammonia gas, the pressure reducing gas is selected to be hydrogen gas or helium gas, and the molecular diameter of the hydrogen gas is 0.289 nm, namely 2.89A. The molecular diameter of helium is 0.26 nm, i.e., 2.6A. The molecular diameter of ammonia gas was 0.444 nm, i.e., 4.44A. Therefore, the molecular sieve component 210 of 3A or 4A, such as a molecular sieve membrane, can be used to effectively separate hydrogen and ammonia, or helium and ammonia.
The nature of the liquefaction of the gaseous refrigerant is: after the relative humidity of the gaseous refrigerant reaches 100%, the gaseous refrigerant is necessarily liquefied. Therefore, after the mixed gas is separated, only the gaseous refrigerant remains in a part of the space of the condensation chamber 201, or the gaseous refrigerant and the liquid refrigerant exist at the same time, and when the blower 300 continuously introduces the mixed gas into the condensation chamber 201 of the condenser 200, the relative humidity of the gaseous refrigerant reaches 100%, and the gaseous refrigerant is automatically condensed into the liquid refrigerant.
The working process of the separation type quick-freezing equipment is illustrated by taking ammonia as a refrigerant and hydrogen as a pressure-reduced gas.
The mixed gas of ammonia and hydrogen is introduced into the condensation chamber 201 from the inlet of the condenser 200 by the blower 300. The hydrogen gas passes through the molecular sieve assembly 210 and flows out from the gas outlet, while the ammonia gas is blocked by the molecular sieve assembly 210 and is accumulated in the condensation chamber 201, and the concentration of the ammonia gas is increased continuously. According to the h-s diagram (enthalpy diagram) of ammonia gas, at 40 ℃, the saturation pressure Pt of ammonia is 15bar, the standby pressure of the separation type quick-freezing equipment is set to be 2Pt, namely 30bar, therefore, the concentration of the ammonia gas in the condenser 200 is continuously increased, when the concentration of the ammonia gas reaches 50%, namely the partial pressure of the ammonia gas reaches 1 Pt, the ammonia gas starts to be condensed to form liquid ammonia, and the liquid ammonia flows out of a liquid outlet. Liquid ammonia enters vaporizer 100 along liquid inlet tube 230, hydrogen enters vaporizer 100 along gas inlet tube 250, and the liquid ammonia and hydrogen are mixed in vaporizer 100. In the evaporator 100, the evaporator 100 is filled with light hydrogen, so that the partial pressure of ammonia is close to 0, and molecules of liquid ammonia enter the hydrogen to form ammonia, that is, the liquid ammonia is evaporated to absorb the heat of the calcium chloride solution in the liquid storage tank 410 to prepare the low-temperature calcium chloride solution. The mixed gas of ammonia and hydrogen then returns to the condenser 200 along the gas return pipe 220, and is circulated.
Calcium chloride solution flows in circulating pipe 430, in the inner chamber of quick-freeze box 420, calcium chloride solution and sodium chloride solution carry out the heat exchange through heat transfer part 432, make the sodium chloride solution in quick-freeze box 420 fall to the lower temperature, sodium chloride solution can keep liquid below zero, and sodium chloride solution is edible, sodium chloride solution contact is eaten material safe and reliable, utilize the freezing of microthermal sodium chloride solution quick realization edible material, realize the quick-freeze, and compare in liquid nitrogen quick-freeze cost reduction by a wide margin, satisfy the demand of large-scale operation. In addition, the traditional refrigeration circulation mode is changed by the separated refrigeration equipment, and the energy consumption required in the condensation process is lower, so that the production cost of the refrigeration system is reduced, and the separated refrigeration equipment has greater economic benefit.
It is understood that the throttling assembly 240 employs an electronic expansion valve, which is a throttling element that can control the flow of refrigerant in the refrigeration unit according to a preset program. The electronic expansion valve controls the voltage or current applied to the expansion valve through the electric signal generated by the regulated parameter, thereby achieving the purpose of regulating the liquid supply amount. The electronic expansion valve as a novel control element becomes an important link of refrigeration system intellectualization, is also an important means and guarantee for really realizing refrigeration system optimization, and is applied to more and more refrigeration equipment.
Referring to fig. 1, according to some embodiments of the present invention, a driving pump 431 is connected to the circulation pipe 430, the driving pump 431 is located at the inlet end of the circulation pipe 430, and the driving pump 431 drives the calcium chloride solution in the reservoir 410 to rapidly flow through the circulation pipe 430, so as to form forced convection, improve the heat exchange efficiency, and accelerate the quick-freezing process.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the inlet end of the circulation tube 430 communicates with a lower portion of the interior chamber of the sump 410, the outlet end of the circulation tube 430 communicates with an upper portion of the interior chamber of the sump 410, and the inlet and outlet ends of the circulation tube 430 are located on opposite sides of the sump 410.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the inlet end of the circulation tube 430 communicates with a lower portion of the interior chamber of the sump 410, the outlet end of the circulation tube 430 communicates with an upper portion of the interior chamber of the sump 410, and the inlet and outlet ends of the circulation tube 430 are located on opposite sides of the sump 410. Because, the calcium chloride solution is behind the heat transfer of heat transfer part 432, and the temperature risees, tends to sink, and the heat transfer cooling of the calcium chloride solution that sinks through heat exchange tube 310, consequently establishes the entrance point of circulating pipe 430 in the below, can in time take away the calcium chloride solution after this part cooling, is favorable to eating the material with the sodium chloride solution heat transfer through heat transfer part 432, obtains microthermal sodium chloride solution in order freezing, is favorable to accelerating the quick-freeze process, and it is consuming time to reduce, effectively keeps fresh.
Referring to fig. 3, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the heat exchanging unit 432 in the middle of the circulation tube 430 is configured as a heat exchanging coil, and the heat exchanging coil is located at the lower portion of the inner cavity of the quick-freezing box 420, so that the heat exchanging coil is used to increase the contact area with the sodium chloride solution, improve the heat exchanging efficiency, and help to accelerate the cooling of the sodium chloride solution.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the quick-freezing box 420 is connected to a liquid driving module 421, the liquid driving module 421 has a driving motor and a propeller 422, the propeller 422 is located in an inner cavity of the quick-freezing box 420, and the driving motor drives the propeller 422 to rotate, so as to drive the sodium chloride solution to flow rapidly, the flow rate is above 1m/s, a turbulent state is achieved, the heat exchange coefficient can be greatly improved, and freezing is accelerated. Moreover, the flow direction of the sodium chloride solution driven by the propeller 422 is opposite to the flow direction of the calcium chloride solution in the heat exchange part 432, so that the heat exchange efficiency is further improved.
It can be understood that, in some embodiments of the present invention, the quick-freezing device further includes a food material frame 600, the food material frame 600 is used for storing food materials and is made of a silk screen, the food material frame 600 can be placed into the inner cavity of the quick-freezing box 420 and has a handle, and the silk screen can be used for allowing the sodium chloride solution to flow through, and the freezing speed is increased by matching with the driving action of the propeller 422. Moreover, the food material frame 600 is provided with a handle, so that a user can conveniently put and take food materials, and the operation is convenient. The food material frame 600 also protects the operation, separates the heat exchange part 432 from the propeller 422, prevents the user from being frostbitten or contacting the propeller 422 to be injured, and improves the safety.
Referring to fig. 2, according to some embodiments of the present invention, an agitation mechanism is connected to the reservoir 410, the agitation mechanism includes a motor 440 fixedly connected to the reservoir 410, a rotating shaft of the motor 440 extends into the reservoir 410, and a rotating wheel 450 is connected to the motor 440, the rotating wheel 450 is driven by the motor 440 to rotate through the rotating shaft, and the rotating wheel 450 agitates the calcium chloride solution in the reservoir 410, so as to improve the efficiency of heat exchange and facilitate the cooling of the calcium chloride solution. The rotary wheel 450 is located between the heat exchange pipe 310 and the circulation pipe 430 in the height direction, and the rotary wheel 450 stirs the calcium chloride solution and accelerates the calcium chloride solution to contact the heat exchange pipe 310 and the circulation pipe 430, thereby promoting heat exchange therebetween.
Referring to fig. 3, according to other embodiments of the present invention, the rotating wheel 450 is positioned at the upper portion of the reservoir 410 in the height direction, even a portion of the rotating wheel 450 is positioned outside the reservoir 410, and the rotating wheel 450 stirs the calcium chloride solution, which moves in the reservoir 410 in a wide range, and thus the heat exchange efficiency can be improved.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the liquid inlet pipe 230 comprises a liquid storage section 231, and the liquid storage section 231 comprises a plurality of U-shaped pipes. By providing a U-shaped tube, more refrigerant can be stored, reducing the footprint of the inlet tube 330.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the heat dissipation device 500 is connected to the condenser 200 to help dissipate heat, and by providing the heat dissipation device 500, the heat dissipation efficiency of the condenser 200 can be effectively improved, thereby improving the condensation efficiency. The heat dissipation device 500 comprises a cooling water pipe which is wound on the outer side of the condenser 200, and the cooling water pipe can utilize a water source at normal temperature and is convenient to take. It is understood that the heat dissipation device 500 may also be an air cooling device instead of or in combination with a cooling water pipe.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the gas outlet is located at an upper portion of the condenser 200, the liquid outlet is located at a lower portion of the condenser 200, and the gas inlet is located at a middle portion of the condenser 200. The quality of the pressure reducing gas is lighter than that of the refrigerant, the pressure reducing gas can flow upwards, the gas outlet is positioned at the upper part of the condenser 300, so that the pressure reducing gas flows out conveniently, and the liquid outlet is positioned at the lower part of the condenser 300, so that the liquefied refrigerant flows out conveniently. Condenser 200 includes the toper guide part, and the gas outlet is located the tip of toper guide part, through setting up the toper guide part, and the guide decompression gas flows from the gas outlet, reduces flow loss.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the port of the intake pipe 250 extends into the liquid inlet pipe 230 and protrudes from the inner wall of the liquid inlet pipe 230. Liquid ammonia gets into from the left side, and hydrogen gets into from the lower level, sets up the port protrusion in the inner wall of feed liquor pipe 230 of intake pipe 250, can reduce liquid ammonia and follow the intake pipe 250 and flow backward the possibility in the condenser 200.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the blowing device 300 comprises a ventilator. The ventilator does not need to have a large compression ratio as in the case of the compressor of the conventional refrigeration system, but only needs to be able to introduce the mixed gas into the condenser 200 to effect condensation by the concentration change of the refrigerant itself. Of course, the blower device 300 may also employ a compressor and have less power than a compressor of a conventional refrigeration system.
In practical application, the separated quick-freezing equipment is an integrated complete machine, and can be applied to places with quick-freezing requirements, such as seafood markets, superstores and the like.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.