CS232296B1 - A device for cooling fresh milk - Google Patents

Abstract

A device for cooling freshly milked milk, comprising a pipe feeding milk from the milking apparatus to its own cooler and a collection tank, has at least one further cooling element, such as a flow-through water cooler, included in the feed pipe.

Description

(54) Cooling equipment for freshly milked milk

The apparatus for cooling freshly milked milk comprising a line supplying milk from the milking device to its own cooler and the collecting tank has at least one additional cooling element, for example a flow-through water cooler, in the supply line.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus for cooling freshly milked milk comprising a pipeline for supplying milk from the milking system to the actual cooler and a collection tank.

Until now, freshly milked milk is supplied either directly from the milking device to the cooling tank or first to the pre-cooler of the uncooled collection tank. In this case, the warm milk of approx. 35 ° C must be cooled down to the required 4 ° C in 150 minutes from the start of milking directly in the cooler or in the cooler. Compliance with this requirement, ie cooling the milk by 31 ° C, is not always achievable, especially in the summer months, given the current cooling equipment used in primary milk production.

This drawback is largely eliminated by a device for cooling freshly milked milk, comprising a milk supply line from the milking system to its own cooler and a collecting tank, characterized in that the milk supply line is provided with at least one additional cooling element before entering the own cooler. . The inclusion of an additional cooling element will change the temperature difference which must be cooled by the milk itself, thereby reducing the cooling time with the existing cooling device or reducing the cooling capacity required while maintaining the allowed cooling time and thus saving energy.

An arrangement according to the invention is advantageous according to which the cooling element is formed by a flow-through water cooler through which, for example, service water flows, which can then be used for heated purposes for various purposes. Another possibility is to connect the water cooler not cold water from the supply source.

A particular embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing.

The freshly milked milk is fed from the milking device 4 via a line 2 to a flow-through water cooler 1 provided with an inlet 6 and a cooling water outlet 2, from which it is discharged through a line 6 into its own cooler 6, respectively. collecting tanks, where it is cooled down to the required tgiota of 4 ° C. Output? from the flow water cooler 2 It can be connected to a domestic hot water appliance or a domestic hot water appliance. on the domestic hot water tank. The actual milk cooling process is thus divided into two stages - the pre-cooling in the flow-through water cooler ^{28 has} cooled down in its own cooler.

Claims (3)

OBJECT IN OTHER LE ZU An apparatus for cooling freshly milked milk, comprising a duct for supplying milk from the milking apparatus to the actual cooler and a collecting tank, characterized in that the milk supply line (2, 4) is provided with at least one other prior to entering the own cooler (5). cooling element. · Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the cooling element is a flow water cooler (3). Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the cooling water outlet (7) from the cooler (3) is connected to a hot water appliance. · Λ *