IE20150239A1

IE20150239A1 - Method of production of an accumulator unit for a concentrates preparation device

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Publication number: IE20150239A1
Application number: IE20150239A
Authority: IE
Inventors: Zhu Gong
Original assignee: Zhu Gong
Priority date: 2014-11-28
Filing date: 2015-08-11
Publication date: 2016-06-01
Also published as: CN104474725A; IES86732B2; CN104474725B; GB201520933D0; IES20150257A2

Abstract

The invention relates to a design method for the accumulator. The method comprises providing a sealing barrel, a first duct, a second duct, a third duct, a fourth duct, a first water valve, a second water valve, a third water valve, a fourth water valve and a water level tagging pipe; communicating the barrel with the outside through the first, second, third, and fourth ducts; arranging for the first, second, third, and fourth ducts to switch between opening and closing respectively through the first, second, third and fourth water valves;io connecting the third water valve of the accumulator with the input end of the depressurization unit through the duct; communicating the first and fourth water valves with the atmosphere. Arranging for the second and third water valves to be fixedly connected with each other by the connecting block so as to rotate together, such arrangement increases the stability of the device, and avoids dilution by condensed water. <Figure 14>

Description

Field of the Invention The invention relates to a design method for the concentrates preparation device, especially to a design method for the accumulator unit suitable for the concentrates preparation device.

Description of prior art The boiling point of water decreases with the pressure, so water can be boiling with low temperature under low pressure, the boiling water changes liquid water into water vapor, mist water vapor condenses on the interface between cool and hot, a lot of mist collects together to form water drop, and a lot of water drop collects together to form water flow. 50, there is provided with a device which can remove water from mixture using above principle, the device is a concentrates preparation device, which condenses hot water steam into liquid water, which is transformed to the container latter, thereby water content is reduced, so the concentrating function is achieved.

It is a problem to transfer condensed liquid water in the boiler to the container.

Summary of the present invention The object of the invention is to provide a design method for the accumulator unit suitable for the concentrates preparation device so as to solve the above problem. 2/ 17 Therefore, the invention provide a design method for the accumulator unit for the concentrates preparation device, the method comprises providing a sealing barrel, a first duct, a second duct, a third duct, a fourth duct, a first water valve, a second water valve, a third water valve, a fourth water valve and a water level tagging pipe; communicating the barrel with the outside through the first, second, third, and fourth ducts; arranging for the first, second, third, and fourth ducts to switch between opening and closing respectively through the first, second, third and fourth water valves; connecting the third water valve of the accumulator with the input end of the depressurization unit through the duct; communicating the first and fourth water valves with the atmosphere.

Profitably, arranging for the first duct to be located near to the bottom portion of the barrel; arranging for the interior duct opening of the second duct to be near to the bottom portion of the barrel and above the interior duct opening of the first duct; arranging for the interior duct openings of the third and fourth ducts to be near to the top portion of the barrel; fixedly connecting the second and third water valves with each other by the connecting block so as to rotate together.

Respectively providing the connecting block with a through hole at each end of the head and tail ends; arranging for the contour of the connecting block to correspond to to 3/ 17 the handle of the water valve; at the respective position providing the handle of the water valve with a through hole; arranging the connecting block between the two handles of the water valve; arranging for two circular shafts to connect the handle with the connecting block; fastening the circular shaft, the handle and the connecting block together through retaining ring.

Advantageous Effects The second and third water valves are fixedly connected with each other by the connecting block so as to rotate together, such arrangement increases the stability of the device, and avoids such disadvantages, 1. It is needed to switch the second and third water valves on when the depressurization unit decompresses the boiler unit, if the second water valve is switched on while the third water valve is forgotten to be switched on, it is still at off position, then the depressurization unit can not decompress the boiler unit, such that the depressurization works for nothing; if the third water valve is switched on while the second water valve is forgotten to be switched on, it is still at off position, then the depressurization unit can not decompress the boiler unit, such that the depressurization works for nothing. 2. It is needed to switch the second and third water valves off when the accumuiator unit is draining water, if the third water valve is switched off while the second water valve is forgotten to be switched off, it is still at on position, then when the fourth water valve is switched on, the outside 4/ 17 atmosphere compresses water in the barrel into the second duct, water flows through the second and fifth water valves into the boiler, when the confluence chamber is full of back flowing water, water overflows and drops into the prepared concentrates, such that the density of concentrates is reduced, and the concentrating process is unsuccessful.

Brief description of the drawing In the following, the invention will be described in greater detail by means of some embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig.1 is a 3d—drawing of the concentrates preparation device; Fig.2 is a 3d—drawing of the boiler in Fig.1; Fig.3 is an exploded 3d—drawing of the boiler; Fig.4 is a 3d—drawing of the boiler without the upper cover in Fig.3; Fig.5 is a top view of the upper cover of the boiler in Fig.3; Fig.6 is a 3d—drawing of the upper cover in Fig.5; Fig.7 is a 3d-drawing of the upper cover from another view angle in Fig.5; Fig.8 is an exploded 3d-drawing of the upper cover in Fig.5; Fig.9 is a sectional View of Fig.5 along A-A direction; Fig.1O is a sectional view of Fig.5 along B—B direction; Fig.11 is a detailed view of the part I in Fig.12; Fig.12 is a 3d-drawing of a single bar confluence rod in Fig.8; Fig.13 is a detailed view of the part II in Fig.12; Fig.14 is a sectional 3d—drawing of the accumulator unit in Fig.14; Fig.l5 is a detailed view of the top portion of the accumulator unit in Fig.14; Fig.16 is an exploded 3d—drawing of the second and third water valves in Fig.15; / 17 1. the boiler unit; 11. the upper cover; 12. the heating unit; 13. the sidewall; 14. the sampling unit; 15. the feeding opening; 16. the discharging opening;.1l01. the cover body; 1102. the confluence ring; 1103. the bar confluence rod; 1104. the ring like sheet; 1105. the output duct; 1106. the water inlet duct; 1107. the water outlet duct; 1108. the gas inlet duct; 1109. the water outlet opening; 11033. the abutment surface; 1103b. the first arcuate surface; 1103c. the second arcuate surface; 1103d. the overflow prevention edge; 1103e. the second slope; 1103f. the first slope; l103g. the third slope; 2. the accumulator unit; 20. the connecting block; 21. the barrel; 22. the fourth water valve; 23. the third water valve; 24. the second water valve; . the first water valve; 26. the water level tagging pipe; 27. the fourth duct; 28. the third duct; 29. the second duct; 210. the first duct; 201. the circular shaft; 3. the cooling unit; 4. the depressurization unit.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiment In order to distinguish between the interior duct opening and the exterior duct opening, the duct opening which is inside the container is called the interior duct opening, the duct opening which is outside the container is called the exterior duct opening.

Referring to Fig.1, it is a concentrates preparation device of the invention, the device comprises a boiler unit 1,an accumulator unit 2, a cooling unit 3 and a depressurization unit 4; the output duct 1105 of the confluence 6/ 17 chamber of the boiler unit 1 communicates with the second water valve 24 of the accumulator unit 2, the water outlet duct 1107 of the cooling portion of the boiler unit 1 communicates with the input end of the cooling unit 3 through the water valve, the water inlet duct 1106 of the cooling portion of the boiler unit 1 communicates with the output end of the cooling unit 3 through the water valve, the third water valve 23 of the accumulator unit 2 communicates with the input end of the depressurization unit 4 through the duct, the first and fourth water valves 25,22 of the accumulator unit 2 communicate with the outside.

Referring to Fig.2—4, the sidewall 13 near to the bottom portion of the boiler unit 1 is provided with a sampling unit 14, the upper cover 11 of the boiler unit 1 is provided with a condensing unit, the boiler unit 1 has a sealing structure, a feeding opening 15, a discharging opening 16 and a heating unit are arranged to the bottom portion of the boiler unit 1.

Referring to Fig.5, 6, 9 ,10, the cooling portion of the condensing unit is located outside the upper cover 11, the cooling portion includes a plurality of ring like sheets 1104 arranged coaxially, and the ring like sheet 1104 are arranged along the crow surface of the cover body 1101, the axis of the ring like sheet 1104 is coaxial with the axis of the cover body 1101, the bottom portion of the ring like sheet 1104 fits well with the exterior crow surface of the cover body 1101, the distance from the top portion of the ring like sheet 1104 to the bottom surface of the cover body 1101 is tapering such as to decrease with increasing self diameter. The top ring of the ring like sheet 1104 is provided with a water inlet duct 1106, of which the bottom portion fixedly connects with the top portion of the cover body 1101, the bottom 7/ 17 portion of the water inlet duct 1106 is provided with a plurality of water outlet openings 1109; the bottom ring of the ring like sheet 1104 is provided with a water outlet duct 1107, water with low temperature flows into the top ring through the water inlet duct 1106, water overflows into the next ring below the top ring when the top ring is full of water with low temperature, water with low temperature sequentially fills the rings one after one, finally water goes out of the water outlet duct 1107 of the bottom ring, obviously, the temperature of the top ring is higher than the temperature of the bottom ring.

Referring to Fig.7, 8, 9, 10, the collecting portion of the condensing unit is located inside the upper cover 11, the collecting portion includes a bar confluence rod 1103 fitting well with the interior crow surface of the cover body 1101 and a confluence ring 1102 fitting well with the interior circumferential surface of the cover body 1101, the opening of the confluence ring 1102 is toward the top portion of the cover body 1101, the confluence ring 1102 and the cover body 1101 form a confluence chamber, the tail end of the bar confluence rod 1103 extends into the confluence chamber, the single section of the confluence ring 1102 is a form of letter "L", the bottom edge of the "L" is vertical to the interior circumferential surface of the upper cover 11, the vertical edge of the "L" is parallel to the interior circumferential surface of the upper cover 11, the confluence chamber communicates with the outside through the output duct 1105, of which the interior duct opening is near to the bottom portion of the confluence chamber and far below the top portion of the vertical edge of the "L". 8/ 17 Referring to Fig.11, 12, 13, the bar confluence rod 1103 is provided with an abutment surface 1103a corresponding to the interior crow surface of the cover body 1101, two first arcuate surfaces 1103b opposed invagination are symmetrically arranged to the two side surfaces vertical to the abutment surface 1103a, two second arcuate surfaces 1103c opposed invagination are arranged to the top surface parallel to the abutment surface 1103a, between the first and second arcuate surfaces 1103b, 1103c forms an overflow prevention edge 1103d, the bar confluence rod 1103 near to the top end thereof is provided with a first slope 1103f and a second slope 1103e, the angle made with the first and second slopes is an obtuse angle, the second slope 1103e slopes from the top end of the bar confluence rod 1103 to the abutment surface 1103a, the first slope 1103f slopes from the top end of the bar confluence rod 1103 to the abutment surface 1103a, the second arcuate surface 1103c extends to the second slope 1103e, the first arcuate surface 1103b extends to the first slope 1103f. Two third slopes 1103g are symmetrically arranged to the end near to the first slope 1103f of the bar confluence rod 1103, the third slope 1103g make the end near to the first slope 1103f of the bar confluence rod 1103 form a sharp corner, a plurality of bar confluence rods are arranged in a circle around the sharp corner by such arrangement that the third slopes 1103g close up by face to face.

Hot water steam in the boiler condenses into water drop when hot steam touches the cool first or second arcuate surfaces 1103b, 1103c of the bar: confluence rod 1103, water drop slides into the confluence chamber along the first or second arcuate surfaces 1103b, 1103c of the bar confluence rod under the cooperation between the overflow prevention edge 1103d 9/ 17 and the surface tension of the water drop, water drop collects together in the confluence chamber and then goes out of the confluence chamber through the output duct 1105.

Referring to Fig.l4, 15, the accumulator unit 2 is provided with a barrel 21, a first duct 210, a second duct 29, a third duct 29, a fourth duct 27, a first water valve 25, a second water valve 24, a third water valve 23, a fourth water valve 22 and a water level tagging pipe 26. The barrel 21 communicates with the outside through the first, second, third, and fourth ducts 210,29,28,27; the first, second, third, and fourth ducts 210,29,28,27 are switched between opening and closing respectively through the first, second, third and fourth water valves 25,24,23,22; the first duct 210 is located near to the bottom portion of the barrel 21, the interior duct opening of the second duct 29 is near to the bottom portion of the barrel (21) and above the interior duct opening of the first duct 210, the interior duct openings of the third and fourth ducts 28, 27 are near to the top portion of the barrel 21.

Referring to Fig.16, the second and third water valves have synchronous action, which is achieved by such arrangement, the connecting block 20 with a contour corresponding to the handle of the water valve is respectively provided with a through hole at each end of the head and tail ends, the handle of the water valve at the respective positionlis provided with a through hole, the connecting block 20 is configured between the two handles of the water valve, two circular shafts 201 connects the handle with the connecting block 20, and then circular shaft 201,the handle and the connecting block 20 are fastened together by retaining ring. /17 The concentrates preparation device of the invention includes a depressurization process, a condensing process, an accumulating process, a draining process and a sampling process.

Depressurization process Switching off the first, fourth and sixth water valves 25, 22, switching on the second, third, fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth water valves 24,23. Turning on the depressurization unit 4 to make the air in the boiler pass sequentially through the fifth, second, third and ninth water valves 24, 23 into the depressurization unit 4 so as to decrease the air pressure in the boiler.

Condensing process Turning on the cooling unit 3 to make cooling liquid thereof loop sequentially through the seventh water valve, the top ring, the bottom ring and the eighth water valve, the temperature of the top cover of the boiler is less than the temperature of the hot steam in the boiler with the help of cooling liquid. Turning on the heating unit 12 in the boiler to increase the temperature of the mixture therein, the boiling point of water in the mixture is decreased under the low air pressure in the boiler, so the water can be boiling at low temperature to produce hot steam, which condenses into water drop when touches the bar confluence rod 1103 with lower temperature with respect to hot steam, water drop slides into the confluence chamber along the first or second arcuate surface 1103b, 1103c with the help of cooperation between overflow prevention edge ‘1103d and surface tension of water drop, the confluence chamber collects water drop slid from the bar confluence rod 1103. Through thecondensing process, water in the mixture in the boiler is continuously transferred into the 11/17 confluence chamber so as to decrease the content of water in the mixture.

Accumulating process When water level in the confluence chamber is over the interior duct opening of the output duct 1105, through which water is drained into the accumulator unit 2, water passes sequentially through the fifth water valve and the second water valve 24, there are three conditions in the accumulating process: 1. the air pressure in the boiler is greater than the air pressure in the accumulator unit 2; 2. the air pressure in the boiler is equal to the air pressure in the accumulator unit 2; 3. the air pressure in the boiler is less than the air pressure in the accumulator 2.

When in condition 1, water in the confluence chamber is compressed into the accumulator unit 2 by the air pressure.

When in condition 2, water in the confluence chamber flows into the accumulator unit 2 under the gravity force, because the confluence chamber is above the accumulator unit.

When in condition 3, turning on the depressurization unit 4 to decrease the air pressure in the accumulator unit 2 and make it less than the air pressure in the boiler, such that the condition 3 is changed to condition 1 or condition 2; the accumulator unit 2 accumulates water through above three methods.

Because the heating unit 12 in the boiler ‘is heating, the temperature in the boiler is greater than the temperature in the accumulator unit 2, so the air pressure in the boiler is greater than the air pressure in the accumulator unit 2, thus, heating is good for condition 1. 12/17 When the density of the concentrates reaches the predetermined—density, the heating unit 12 stops heating, the air pressure in the boiler is decreased, turning on the depressurization unit 4 for avoiding that the air pressure in the boiler is less than the air pressure in the accumulator unit 2, the air pressure in the accumulator unit 2 is less than the air pressure in the boiler through the depressurization unit 4 so as to compress the water condensed from the rest steam into accumulator unit 2. Because the water level in the confluence chamber is above the interior duct opening of the output duct 1105, steam in the boiler do not directly pass into the accumulator unit 2 so as to reduce bad impact from steam to the depressurization unit 4; because the interior duct opening of the second duct 29 is near to the bottom portion of the barrel 21, and the interior duct opening of the third duct 28 is near to the top portion of the barrel 21, it is avoided that water compressed out of the second duct 29 is immediately inhaled into the third duct 28 when the depressurization unit 4 works, such arrangement that the interior duct opening is arrange to the top portion of the barrel 21 can reduce the risk of water in the barrel 21 passing into the third duct 28.

Draining process When the water level tagging pipe 26 displays that the water level reaches the predetermined—density, the second water valve 24 is turn25 off firstly, because the second water valve 24 acts together with the third water valve 23 through the connecting block 24, the third water valve 23 is turned off when the second water valve 24 is turned off, from then on, water condensed in the boiler is stored by the confluence chamber provisionally, the accumulator unit 2 is isolated from the boiler after the second and third water valves 24,23 are switched off; the fourth water valve 22 is switched 13/17 on for an equal air pressure between the accumulator unit 2 and the outside atmosphere, the first water valve 25 is switched after achieving the equal air pressure, water in the accumulator unit 2 flows out from the first water valve 25 due to the gravity force, the draining of accumulator unit 2 is achieved.

After water in the accumulator unit 2 is drained off, the first and fourth water valves 25,22 are turned off firstly so as to isolate the accumulator unit 2 from the outside atmosphere, after that, the second water valve 24 is turned on secondly, meanwhile the third water valve 23 is turned on too, because the air pressure in the accumulator unit 2 is greater than the air pressure in the boiler, water in the duct is compressed back to the boiler at the time when the second and third water valves 24,23 are turned on, water is kept in the confluence chamber rather than flows into the concentrates due to the buffering effect of the confluence chamber. When the air pressure in the accumulator unit 2 is equal to the air pressure in the boiler, condensed water provisionally stored in the confluence chamber flows to the accumulator unit 2 under the gravity force. The depressurization unit 4 is switched on for keeping a low air pressure condition in the boiler so as to keep the air pressure at a predetermined—density, switching on the depressurization unit 4 speeds up water in the confluence chamber flowing to the accumulator unit 2.

Sampling process Referring to Fig.21,22,23, the sampling unit 14 takes samples of concentrates in the boiler during the concentrating process to make concentration detection of samples. In order to increase detecting accuracy, the handle 1406 is rotated fast before sampling, referring to Fig.18, the 14/ 17 remnant sample left in the sampling bore 1404 is thrown out due to the centrifugal force, then the sampling bore is upwards with the help of the direction mark on the handle 1406; the movable rod 1403 is drawn out to the withdraw position after the sampling bore 1404 is full of concentrates, detector detects the concentration of the sample in the sampling bore, or detector detects the concentration of the sample in the glassware dropped from the sampling bore due to the gravity force after rotating the movable rod 1403 to make the sampling bore 1404 be downwards. The movable rod 1403 is pushed back to the insertion position after sampling process.

After the density of concentrates in the boiler reaches the predetermined—density, the heating unit 12, the depressurization unit 14, the fifth water valve and the sixth water valve are switched off firstly, air from the outside goes into the boiler through the gas inlet duct 1108 so as to make the air pressure in the boiler be equal to the outside air pressure, the present air pressure in the boiler is greater than the beginning of concentrating, the boiling point of water in the concentrates increases accordingly. Because the heating unit 12 is turned off, water in the concentrates do not boil any long, the concentrates do not loose water any more, that is the present density is kept.

Opening the discharging opening 16 to let the prepared concentrates flow out from the discharging opening 16, which is switched off after the concentrates is drained off. Opening the feeding opening 15 to let the mixture unconcentrated flow into the boiler, the feeding opening 15 is switched off when the mixture reaches the predetermined—density to isolate air in the boiler from the outside atmosphere for the next concentrating process. / 17 Obviously, water in the accumulator unit 2 can be drained out during the boiler is inputting mixture or outputting conentrates. The detailed process is that, the ninth water valve is switched off firstly, then the sixth water valve is switched on, due to the pressure difference water in the confluence chamber is compressed to the accumulator unit 2; after the air pressure in the accumulator unit 2 and in the boiler is equal to the air pressure of the outside atmosphere, water in the confluence chamber flows to the accumulator unit 2 under the gravity force, meanwhile the first water valve is switched on for draining of water from the accumulator unit 2.

The depressurization unit 4 is an air extracting pump or a vacuum pump.

The cooling unit 3 is provided with an input end and an output end, the cooling liquid flows into the cooling unit 3 from the input end, the cooling fin of the cooling unit 3 takes heat away from the cooling liquid into the atmosphere so as to make the temperature of the cooling liquid from the output end of the cooling unit 3 cooler than the temperature of the cooling liquid from the input end of the cooling unit 3.

Claims

Claims 1. A design method for the accumulator unit for the concentrates preparation device, comprising providing a sealing barrel (21); characterized by providing a first duct (210), a second duct (29), a third duct (29), a fourth duct (27),a first water valve (25), a second water valve (24), a third water valve (23), a fourth water valve (22) and a water level tagging pipe (26); communicating the barrel (21) with the outside through the first, second, third, and fourth ducts (210,29,28,27); arranging for the first, second, third, and fourth ducts (210,29,28,27) to switch between opening and closing respectively through the first, second, third and fourth water valves (25,24,23,22); arranging for the third water valve (23) of the accumulator (2) to connect with the input end of the depressurization unit (4) through the duct communicating the first and fourth water valves (2S,22) with the atmosphere. 2. A design method for the accumulator unit for the concentrates preparation device according to claim 1, characterized by arranging for the first duct (210) to be located near to the bottom portion of the barrel (21); 2 arranging the interior duct opening of the second duct_(29) near to the bottom portion of the barrel (21) and above the interior duct opening of the first duct (210); arranging the interior duct openings of the third and fourth 17/ 17 ducts (28, 27) near to the top portion of the barrel (21); fixedly connecting the second and third water valves (24,23) with each other by the connecting block (20) so as to rotate together. 3. A design method for the accumulator unit for the concentrates preparation device according to claim 2, characterized by respectively providing the connecting block (20) with a through hole at each end of the head and tail ends; arranging for the contour of the connecting block (20) to correspond to the handle of the water valve; at the respective position providing the handle of the water valve with a through hole; arranging the connecting block (20) between the two handles of the water valve; arranging for two circular shafts (201) to connect the handle with the connecting block (20); fastening the circular shaft (201), the handle and the connecting block (20) together through retaining ring. Amended Claims filed ‘: \ ‘-\! i b . 16/ 17 Claims

1. A method of production of an accumulator unit for a concentrates preparation device, comprising providing a sealing barrel (21); characterized by providing a first duct (210), a second duct (29), a third duct (29), a fourth duct (27),a first water valve (25), a second water valve (24), a third water valve (23), a fourth water valve (22) and a water level tagging pipe (26); communicating the barrel (21) with the outside through the first, second, third, and fourth ducts (210,29,28,27); arranging for the first, second, third, and fourth ducts (2lO,29,28,27) to switch between opening and closing respectively through the first, second, third and fourth water valves (25,24,23,22); arranging for the third water valve (23) of the accumulator (2) to connect with the input end of the depressurization unit (4) through the duct; communicating the first and fourth water valves (25,22) with the atmosphere.

2. A method of production of an accumulator unit for a concentrates preparation device according to claim 1, characterized by arranging for the first duct (210) to be located near to the bottom portion of the barrel (21); arranging the interior duct opening of the second duct (29) near to the bottom portion of the barrel (21) and above the interior duct opening of the first duct (210); arranging the interior duct openings of the third and fourth 17 / 17 ducts (28, 27) near to the top portion of the barrel (21); fixedly connecting the second and third water valves (24,23) with each other by the connecting block (20) so as to rotate together.

3. A method of production of an accumulator unit for a concentrates preparation device according to claim 2, characterized by respectively providing the connecting block (20) with a through hole at each end of the head and tail ends; arranging for the contour of the connecting block (20) to correspond to the handle of the water valve; at the respective position providing the handle of the water valve with a through hole; arranging the connecting block (20) between the two handles of the water valve; arranging for two circular shafts (201) to connect the handle with the connecting block (20); fastening the circular shaft (201), the handle and the connecting block (20) together through retaining ring.