CN220149518U - Moistening device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a grain wetting device which comprises a grain wetting tank and a water storage tank, wherein the grain wetting tank is communicated with a spraying structure arranged in the grain wetting tank through a grain wetting pipeline, the grain wetting pipeline is vertically arranged and is communicated with the water storage tank through a branched return pipe, a guide valve body is arranged at the communication part of the grain wetting pipeline and the return pipe, and a guide valve plate which is obliquely arranged and can rotate towards the return pipe to seal the return pipe is arranged in the guide valve body. According to the utility model, the grain wetting water can be recovered by utilizing the diversion of the grain wetting water through the simple matching structure of the guide valve body and the guide valve plate, so that the water resource in grain wetting production can be saved, the consumption of grain steaming steam can be reduced, and the production efficiency of brewing production can be improved.

Description

Grain wetting device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of brewing production equipment, in particular to a grain moistening device.

Background

In brewing production, along with the research on the mechanism of grain gelatinization, saccharification and alcoholization in the fermentation process of the Luzhou-flavor liquor, the grain moistening quality plays a vital role in the gelatinization effect of grains in the grain steaming process, so that the grain moistening work with high quality can greatly improve the grain gelatinization quality, reduce the use amount of grain steaming steam and the grain steaming time, improve the brewing production efficiency, and further improve the yield and quality of the Luzhou-flavor liquor.

Because the grain wetting process in the existing production mode is intermittent, and the empty grain wetting water can be temporarily stored in the pipeline of the existing equipment, each retort grain needs to be drained or unqualified grain wetting water is used in the grain wetting process, the waste of water resources and the grain wetting effect are inferior to expected or are not in accordance with the standard, the consumption of the steam of the distilled grain is increased, the residual grains of the distilled grain are higher, and finally, the yield and quality of the product are lost.

The Chinese patent publication No. CN205878960U discloses a steam type intelligent grain wetting water heating system, wherein the steam type intelligent grain wetting water heating system comprises a steam inlet pipe, a temperature control switch, a water inlet pipe, a float switch, a steam water return pipe, a steam drain valve, a water tank, an automatic metering faucet, a water tank base, a spiral steam pipe, a drainage pipeline and other structures. The steam type intelligent grain wetting water heating system provided by the utility model has the technical advantages of high heating efficiency, energy conservation, environmental protection, low equipment cost and the like, and simultaneously overcomes the technical defects of the traditional grain wetting water heating equipment.

In the technical scheme disclosed in the above patent, the steam drain valve is adopted to discharge the steam condensate in the steam water backflow pipe so that the steam flows through the backflow pipe and then flows back into the water tank for recycling, although the steam water can be recycled, the steam water recovery device is used by matching with the floating ball water inlet switch, the spiral steam pipeline and the steam switch, the recovery structure of the steam water is complex, and the steam recovery device needs to be controlled manually.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problems to be solved by the utility model are as follows: the grain wetting device is simple in structure and convenient to recover grain wetting water.

The technical scheme adopted by the utility model for solving the technical problems is as follows: the grain wetting device comprises a grain wetting tank and a water storage tank, wherein the grain wetting tank is communicated with a spraying structure arranged in the grain wetting tank through a grain wetting pipeline, the grain wetting pipeline is vertically arranged and communicated with the water storage tank through a return pipe which is branched, a guide valve body is arranged at the communication part of the grain wetting pipeline and the return pipe, and a guide valve plate which is obliquely arranged and can rotate towards the return pipe to block the return pipe is arranged in the guide valve body. According to the utility model, the grain moistening pipeline is provided with the guide valve body to guide grain moistening water flowing through the grain moistening pipeline, the flow direction of the grain moistening water is controlled through the rotation of the guide valve plate in the guide valve body, and the grain moistening water can only be led into the grain moistening tank from the water storage tank to spray grain moistening when the guide valve plate rotates to the return pipe direction to seal the return pipe; after the grain is moistened, the return pipe is communicated with the grain moistening pipeline when the guide valve plate rotates to the opposite direction, and as the grain moistening pipeline is vertically arranged, residual grain moistening water in the grain moistening pipeline flows back into the guide valve body under the action of self gravity and flows to the return pipe by the flow guide of the guide valve plate, and the residual grain moistening water in the grain moistening pipeline can flow back into the water storage tank through the return pipe for recycling; according to the utility model, the grain wetting water can be recovered by utilizing the diversion of the grain wetting water through the simple matching structure of the guide valve body and the guide valve plate, so that the water resource in grain wetting production can be saved, the consumption of grain steaming steam can be reduced, and the production efficiency of brewing production can be improved.

As an improvement of the scheme, the following steps are: the water pump is communicated with the water storage tank through a water outlet pipe communicated with the grain wetting pipeline, and the water outlet pipe is positioned below the return pipe. According to the utility model, the water pump and the water outlet pipe are arranged to be matched with the water storage tank as a power source for conveying the grain wetting water into the grain wetting tank through the grain wetting pipeline, so that the grain wetting water in the water storage tank can flow into the grain wetting tank through the grain wetting pipeline which is vertically arranged, the grain wetting water is vertically pumped into the grain wetting pipeline through the water pump, the guide valve plate is flushed by the high-speed water flow impact force of the grain wetting water, and the guide valve plate rotates to be abutted against the return pipe under the action of the upward continuous impact force of the grain wetting water to seal the return pipe, thereby realizing automatic control of the rotation action of the guide valve plate, and avoiding manual intervention, thereby simplifying the recovery structure of the grain wetting water and reducing the labor cost.

As an improvement of the scheme, the following steps are: the guide valve plate is rotatably arranged in the guide cavity. According to the utility model, the guide cavity is arranged in the guide valve body and is matched with the three inlets and outlets in different directions communicated with the guide cavity to realize the communication with each pipeline, the guide valve plate rotates in the guide cavity to realize the opening and closing of the inlets and the outlets of different pipelines, and the simple guide cavity structure is matched with the guide valve plate to realize different guide works, so that the structure of the whole guide valve body is facilitated to be simplified.

As an improvement of the scheme, the following steps are: one end of the guide valve plate is rotatably connected with the guide valve body through a rotating shaft, and a limiting step opposite to the return pipe is arranged in a guide cavity of the guide valve body; one end of the guide valve plate, which is not connected with the guide valve body, is lapped on the limit step. According to the utility model, the guide valve plate is limited by arranging the limiting step in the guide valve body, and the rotating range of the guide valve plate is controlled by utilizing the limiting step, so that the guide valve plate can be prevented from rotating excessively; meanwhile, a stable supporting effect can be provided for the guide valve body, so that the guide valve plate cannot deform when receiving the upper grain steaming water falling impact force.

As an improvement of the scheme, the following steps are: the connection part of the guide valve plate and the guide valve body is positioned below the return pipe. According to the utility model, the connection position of the guide valve plate is limited, so that the connection position of the guide valve plate and the guide valve body is positioned below the return pipe, the limitation of the inclination direction of the guide valve plate is realized, the guide valve plate is ensured to maintain an inclined upturned state under the condition of not being impacted by upward water flow, the guide valve plate is inclined downwards towards the direction of the return pipe, the flow guiding effect on the grain wetting water flowing into the return pipe can be improved, and the return efficiency of the grain wetting water is accelerated.

As an improvement of the scheme, the following steps are: the area of the guide valve plate is larger than the pipeline cross-sectional area of the return pipe and the pipeline cross-sectional area of the grain wetting pipeline. The utility model ensures that the return pipe and the grain moistening pipeline can be completely sealed by the guide valve plate through simple area limitation.

As an improvement of the scheme, the following steps are: the guide valve plate is of a round plate structure, and the shape of the guide cavity in the guide valve plate is matched with the guide valve plate. According to the utility model, the shapes of the guide valve plate and the guide cavity are optimized, and the guide valve plate with a circular plate structure is adopted to reduce the redundant area of the guide valve plate, so that the shape of the guide valve plate is matched with the shape of the pipeline in the utility model, thereby being beneficial to reducing the rotation resistance of the guide valve plate, reducing the time required by backflow, improving the working efficiency and saving the production cost of the device.

As an improvement of the scheme, the following steps are: the sealing device is characterized by further comprising a sealing ring arranged on the guide valve plate, wherein the outer diameter of the sealing ring is matched with the pipe diameter of the return pipe, and when the guide valve plate rotates to be abutted against the return pipe, the sealing ring is embedded into the return pipe to form sealing fit. According to the utility model, the sealing ring is added on the guide valve plate to form sealing fit with the return pipe, so that the sealing effect of the guide valve plate on the return pipe is improved, and infiltration into the return pipe when the grain wetting water is conveyed into the grain wetting tank is avoided.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: according to the utility model, the grain wetting water flowing through the grain wetting pipeline is guided by arranging the guide valve body, the flow direction of the grain wetting water is controlled by the rotation of the guide valve plate in the guide valve body, and the grain wetting water can only be led into the grain wetting tank from the water storage tank for spraying grain wetting when the guide valve plate rotates to the return pipe direction to seal the return pipe; after the grain is moistened, the return pipe is communicated with the grain moistening pipeline when the guide valve plate rotates to the opposite direction, and as the grain moistening pipeline is vertically arranged, residual grain moistening water in the grain moistening pipeline flows back into the guide valve body under the action of self gravity and flows to the return pipe by the flow guide of the guide valve plate, and the residual grain moistening water in the grain moistening pipeline can flow back into the water storage tank through the return pipe for recycling; according to the utility model, the grain wetting water can be recovered by utilizing the diversion of the grain wetting water through the simple matching structure of the guide valve body and the guide valve plate, so that the water resource in grain wetting production can be saved, the consumption of grain steaming steam can be reduced, and the production efficiency of brewing production can be improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an assembly structure of a guide valve body and a pipe in the present utility model;

marked in the figure as: 100-grain wetting tank, 110-spraying structure, 200-water storage tank, 300-grain wetting pipeline, 310-return pipe, 320-water outlet pipe, 400-guide valve body, 410-guide valve plate, 420-limit step and 500-water pump.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate an understanding of the utility model, the utility model is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "front", "rear", "left", "right", "upper", "lower", "inner", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or components referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

As shown in fig. 1, the grain wetting device disclosed by the utility model comprises a grain wetting tank 100, a water storage tank 200, a grain wetting pipeline 300 and a guide valve body 400; the grain wetting pipeline 300 is used as a communicating pipeline between the water storage tank 200 and the grain wetting tank 100, one end of the grain wetting pipeline 300 is communicated with the water storage tank 200, the other end of the grain wetting pipeline 300 is communicated with the grain wetting tank 100, the grain wetting tank 100 is internally provided with a spraying structure 110, the spraying structure 110 is communicated with one end of the grain wetting pipeline 300 extending into the grain wetting tank 100, then grain wetting water in the water storage tank 200 is conveyed into the spraying structure 110 through the grain wetting pipeline 300 after being heated, and grain wetting water is sprayed out by the spraying structure 110 to carry out grain wetting work on grains in the grain wetting tank 100.

Because the grain moistening work is intermittently carried out, residual grain moistening water exists in the grain moistening pipeline 300, if the residual grain moistening water is directly discharged, the waste of water resources is definitely caused, in the utility model, in order to save the water resources, the guide valve body 400 is arranged on the grain moistening pipeline 300, meanwhile, the return pipe 310 communicated between the grain moistening pipeline 300 and the water storage tank 200 is added, and the return pipe 310 is connected to the position of the grain moistening pipeline 300 where the guide valve body 400 is arranged; as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the grain wetting pipeline 300 is vertically arranged by adopting the section of pipeline provided with the guide valve body 400, and a rotatable guide valve plate 410 is arranged inside the guide valve body 400; when the water storage tank 200 conveys the grain wetting water into the grain wetting tank 100 through the grain wetting pipeline 300, the grain wetting water flows upwards through the guide valve body 400, the guide valve plate 410 in the guide valve body 400 is impacted by water flow to rotate and is pressed on the return pipe 310 under the continuous impact force of the water flow, so that the pipe opening of the return pipe 310 is closed by the guide valve plate 410, the grain wetting water cannot enter the return pipe 310, and the grain wetting water can only flow into the spraying structure 110 through the grain wetting pipeline 300 to spray grain wetting. When the grain wetting operation is finished, the water storage tank 200 does not convey grain wetting water to the spraying structure 110, at this time, the grain wetting water remained in the grain wetting pipeline 300 flows back along the grain wetting pipeline 300 vertically arranged under the action of self gravity because no subsequent water conveying power is provided, meanwhile, the guide valve plate 410 in the guide valve body 400 also rotates to the original position under the action of self gravity and seals the water inlet of the grain wetting pipeline 300 because no water flow impact force is provided, the pipe orifice of the return pipe 310 is opened, at this time, the returned grain wetting water enters the return pipe 310 under the blocking and guiding actions of the guide valve plate 410, and then flows back to the water storage tank 200 along the return pipe 310 to be heated and wait for the next grain wetting operation, and the recovery of the residual grain wetting water in the grain wetting pipeline 300 is completed.

Specifically, in the utility model, the conveying power of the grain wetting water in the grain wetting pipeline 300 is provided by the water pump 500, as shown in fig. 1, the water pump 500 is arranged at one end of the grain wetting pipeline 300 communicated with the water storage tank 200, the water pump 500 is communicated with the water storage tank 200 through the water outlet pipe 320 which is arranged on the water outlet pipeline 300, and the water outlet pipe 320 is arranged below the return pipe 310; the heated grain-wetting water in the water storage tank 200 is conveyed to the spraying structure 110 in the grain-wetting tank 100 through the water outlet pipe 320 and the grain-wetting pipeline 300 by the pumping and pressurizing actions of the water pump 500; the pressurizing action of the water pump 500 provides a continuous pressurizing action for the grain wetting water, so that the grain wetting water pushes the guide valve plate 410 in the guide valve body 400 to rotate to be abutted against the gateway of the return pipe 310 in the upward conveying process, and the return pipe 310 is closed.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the guide valve body 400 used in the present utility model communicates with the grain wetting pipeline 300, the water outlet pipe 320 and the return pipe 310 through a guide chamber having a three-way passage therein, and the guide valve plate 410 is rotatably provided in the guide chamber. The rotatable connection between the guide valve plate 410 and the guide valve body 400 is realized by means of a rotating shaft, and one end of the guide valve plate 410 is provided with the rotating shaft so that two ends of the rotating shaft are in rotary fit with the guide valve body 400; a limiting step 420 is arranged in the flow guiding cavity of the guide valve body 400, the limiting step 420 faces the pipe orifice of the return pipe 310, one end of the guide valve plate 410, which is not connected with the guide valve body 400, is lapped on the limiting step 420, and the connection part of the guide valve plate 410 and the guide valve body 400 is positioned below the return pipe 310, so that the guide valve plate 410 is obliquely arranged in the flow guiding cavity of the guide valve body 400 in an unpressurized state. When the guide valve plate 410 is impacted by the grain wetting water flow from bottom to top, the guide valve plate 410 is upwards flushed and rotated to be abutted with the pipe orifice of the return pipe 300; when the guide valve plate 410 is no longer impacted by the water flow below, the guide valve plate 410 rotates back to the original position under the action of gravity and keeps an inclined state, the grain-moistening water flowing back above the guide valve plate 410 under the action of gravity flows onto the guide valve plate 410, and flows into the return pipe 310 under the guiding action of the guide valve plate 410 in the inclined state.

In order to further improve the sealing effect of the guide valve plate 410 on each pipeline, the guide valve plate 410 is provided with a circular plate structure, the area of the guide valve plate 410 is larger than the pipeline cross-sectional area of the return pipe 310 and the pipeline cross-sectional area of the grain wetting pipeline 300, and the shape of the guide cavity in the guide valve body 400 is set to be matched with the guide valve plate 410. Other shapes of the guide valve plate 410, such as rectangular plates, may be adopted, but the adoption of rectangular plates may cause an increase in the redundant area of the guide valve plate 410 and an increase in the falling resistance of the guide valve plate 410, which is disadvantageous in terms of cost saving, so that the guide valve plate 410 adopts a circular plate structure as an optimal scheme. Further, a sealing ring can be added on the guiding valve plate 410, the outer diameter of the sealing ring is matched with the pipe diameter of the return pipe 310, and when the guiding valve plate 410 rotates to be abutted against the return pipe 310, the sealing ring is embedded into the return pipe 310 to form sealing fit; similarly, a sealing ring matched with the grain wetting pipeline 300 can be added on the bottom surface of the guide valve plate 410 to increase the sealing effect on the grain wetting pipeline 300.

Claims (8)

1. The utility model provides a grain wetting device, includes grain wetting tank (100) and storage water tank (200), storage water tank (200) are through grain wetting pipeline (300) and set up spray structure (110) in grain wetting tank (100) intercommunication, its characterized in that: the grain wetting pipeline (300) is vertically arranged and is communicated with the water storage tank (200) through a branched return pipe (310), a guide valve body (400) is arranged at the communication position of the grain wetting pipeline (300) and the return pipe (310), and a guide valve plate (410) which is obliquely arranged and can rotate towards the return pipe (310) to seal the return pipe (310) is arranged in the guide valve body (400).

2. The grain moistening device of claim 1, wherein: the water pump (500) is matched with the grain wetting pipeline (300), the water pump (500) is communicated with the water storage tank (200) through a water outlet pipe (320) communicated with the grain wetting pipeline (300), and the water outlet pipe (320) is positioned below the return pipe (310).

3. The grain moistening device of claim 2, wherein: a guide cavity with a three-way channel is arranged in the guide valve body (400), the guide cavity is communicated with the grain wetting pipeline (300), the water outlet pipe (320) and the return pipe (310), and the guide valve plate (410) is rotatably arranged in the guide cavity.

4. The grain moistening device of claim 2, wherein: one end of the guide valve plate (410) is rotatably connected with the guide valve body (400) through a rotating shaft, and a limiting step (420) opposite to the return pipe (310) is arranged in a guide cavity of the guide valve body (400); one end of the guide valve plate (410) which is not connected with the guide valve body (400) is lapped on the limit step (420).

5. The grain moistening device of claim 4, wherein: the connection part of the guide valve plate (410) and the guide valve body (400) is positioned below the return pipe (310).

6. The grain moistening device of claim 1, wherein: the area of the guide valve plate (410) is larger than the pipeline cross-sectional area of the return pipe (310) and the pipeline cross-sectional area of the grain wetting pipeline (300).

7. The grain moistening device of claim 1, wherein: the guide valve plate (410) is of a round plate structure, and the shape of the guide cavity in the guide valve body (400) is matched with the guide valve plate (410).

8. The grain moistening device of claim 1, wherein: the automatic sealing device is characterized by further comprising a sealing ring arranged on the guide valve plate (410), wherein the outer diameter of the sealing ring is matched with the pipe diameter of the return pipe (310), and when the guide valve plate (410) rotates to be abutted against the return pipe (310), the sealing ring is embedded into the return pipe (310) to form sealing fit.