JP2010100716A - Method for producing vegetable solid - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a vegetable solid which contains a vegetable raw material and rice bran as a main raw material to be easy of transportation and storage. <P>SOLUTION: The vegetable raw material such as a rice straw and rice hull, as well as the rice bran are used as main raw materials, both materials are so blended as to provide a ratio of the vegetable raw material to the rice bran of 50-93 wt.% to 7-50 wt.%, and are mixed. The resultant mixture is ground and then compressed so solidified as to produce the vegetable solid. The resultant vegetable solid is finished so that the solid has a very hard and smooth surface, and the solid does not break or does not deteriorate even if stored for long periods. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a vegetable solid that can effectively use wastes such as rice straw, rice husks, and rice bran produced during the production of rice grains.

  In the production process of rice grains, a large amount of emissions such as rice straw, rice husks, and rice bran are produced. When these wastes are treated as waste, incineration disposal generates a large amount of heat and a large amount of carbon dioxide. Being unfavorable for the environment. In addition, in order to avoid such an environmental load, it is costly to install special equipment for incineration.

  Carbonizing rice husk and reusing it as rice husk charcoal, or reusing rice bran as rice husk can be considered, but there are problems such as high processing costs for carbonization and insufficient usage to match the amount of emissions. is there.

It has also been proposed to reuse rice husk and rice bran for fuel, fertilizer, soil conditioner, storage laying, feed, and the like. For example, Patent Document 1 describes that a soil improver is produced by blending a mixture containing rice husk and rice bran into charcoal and okara and forming a pellet. Moreover, in patent document 2, when reusing the used culture medium used for mushroom cultivation, the manufacturing method which manufactures the organic product which added the auxiliary material containing rice husk and rice bran to the used culture medium, and was pelletized is described. Yes.
JP 2005-2305 A JP 2006-141218 A

  In the above-mentioned prior literature, rice husk and rice bran are reused without incineration, but the rice husk and rice bran that are used as additives and are used in small quantities and discharged in large quantities can be sufficiently treated. difficult. In addition, there is a problem that a storage space is required before processing when the transportation cost and the discharge time for collecting various raw materials at the manufacturing base are different depending on the raw materials.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a vegetable solid material that is easy to transport and store using a vegetable raw material and rice bran as a main raw material.

  The method for producing a vegetable solid according to the present invention comprises a plant raw material and rice bran as main components, and the ratio of the vegetable raw material and rice bran is blended with the plant raw material of 50 to 93% by weight and the rice bran of 7 to 50% by weight. The resulting mixture is pulverized and then compressed to solidify. Further, the plant material is rice straw and / or rice husk. Furthermore, the obtained mixture is pulverized so as to be crushed.

  By having the above-mentioned configuration, plant raw materials and rice bran that are discharged in large quantities by having plant raw materials and rice bran as the main components can be processed without incineration, and in the same region at almost the same time The main ingredients are rice straw, rice husk and other plant raw materials discharged from the rice field, and rice straw can be processed immediately, eliminating the need to store the plant raw material and rice bran in the state. And since it compresses and solidifies, there is little space to store as a solid substance.

  Since the mixture of the plant raw material and rice bran blended with the plant raw material 50 to 93% by weight and the rice bran 7 to 50% by weight is pulverized and solidified, a solid material with increased strength can be obtained and transported. It is possible to maintain a solid state without being crushed in a loaded state during and during storage.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram relating to a production apparatus for producing a vegetable solid according to the present invention. Rice hopper A is charged into hopper 1, and rice husk B, which is a plant material, is charged into hopper 2.

  The introduced rice bran A and rice husk B are supplied from the hopper to the input port 4 of the supply mechanism 3 by a predetermined amount. It is mixed while being conveyed by a fixed amount supply unit 5 provided below the input port unit 4. In the fixed-quantity supply part 5, a screw conveying apparatus is rotated with the drive motor 6, and rice bran A and rice husk B are conveyed, stirring, and it mixes substantially uniformly. Then, the mixture of rice bran A and rice husk B is discharged from the discharge port 7 formed at the end of the quantitative supply unit 5 and is directly fed into the molding mechanism 8. In the molding mechanism 8, the charged mixture is pulverized while being crushed and then compressed to be solidified into pellets and molded into a vegetable solid C.

  Next, the forming mechanism 8 will be described with an example. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view regarding the internal structure of the forming mechanism 8, and FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view regarding the forming mechanism 8. A disk-shaped flat die 10 is fixed on the upper surface of the base 12 of the molding mechanism 8, and a rotating shaft 21 for rotating the roller device 20 is provided upright at the center of the flat die 10. The rotating shaft 21 is driven to rotate by a drive motor provided at the bottom of the base 12. When the rotating shaft 21 rotates, the roller device 20 rotates on the upper surface of the flat die 10.

  In the flat die 10, a large number of small holes 11 are formed in a ring shape around the rotation shaft 21 so as to penetrate in the vertical direction. The small hole 11 is set so that the diameter increases in a tapered shape as it goes upward in the upper part. By changing the inner diameter of the small hole 11, the outer diameter of the pellet-like solid substance can be changed.

  A pair of rotating shafts 24 project from the side surface of the roller device 20 along the horizontal direction, and a press roller 22 is fixed to each rotating shaft 24. The rotation shaft 24 is rotated by a drive motor provided inside the roller device 20. When the rotation shaft 24 rotates, the pair of press rollers 22 rotate in the same direction.

  The outer peripheral surface of the press roller 22 is formed to have substantially the same width as the width of the region in which the small holes 11 are formed on the upper surface of the flat die 10, and a large number of grooves 23 and protrusions along the width direction of the outer peripheral surface. 25 is formed and has a concave-convex shape like a gear.

  When the molding mechanism 8 is operated, the rotating shaft 21 is rotated to rotate the roller device 20 in a predetermined direction on the upper surface of the flat die 10. While rotating the roller device 20, the rotation shaft 24 is rotated to rotate the pair of press rollers 22 in the forward direction (the rotation direction that is the same direction as the traveling direction on the surface in contact with the flat die 10). Move.

  The press roller 22 operates so as to revolve along the region where the small hole 11 is formed on the upper surface of the flat die 10 while rotating. Therefore, the outer peripheral surface of the press roller 22 revolves so as to slide on the upper surface of the flat die 10.

  The mixture of rice bran A and rice husk B is introduced from above the roller device 20 and stays on the upper surface of the flat die 10. The mixture staying on the upper surface of the flat die 10 is pressed between the outer peripheral surface of the press roller 22 and the upper surface of the flat die 10 when the press roller 22 slides on the upper surface of the flat die 10. To be crushed. Therefore, rice husk B contained in the mixture is crushed and finely crushed. At that time, the rice bran A is also crushed together, and the oil contained in the rice bran A is absorbed by the rice husk B so that both are well-familiar. Moreover, the lipolytic enzyme contained in the rice bran is inactivated by the frictional heat generated when it is crushed, so that the decomposition of fat is suppressed and the quality deterioration of the rice bran can be suppressed. In addition, insect eggs and microorganisms that parasitize the rice bran are mostly killed by heat treatment of frictional heat and mechanical treatment by crushing, so that deterioration of quality by living organisms can be prevented when storing solid matter for a long time. .

  The crushed material thus crushed is pushed into the small hole 11 as the press roller 22 revolves and is compressed in the small hole 11. Since a large number of grooves 23 and protrusions 25 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the press roller 22, the pulverized material can be efficiently pushed into the small holes 11. When the pulverized material is pushed into the small holes 11 one after another, the inside of the small holes 11 is solidified into a cylindrical shape in a state where the crushed rice husk B and the rice bran A are almost uniformly mixed. Solid matter is pushed out from below. And the solid substance extruded to predetermined length is isolate | separated with a cutting device etc., and falls below, and the vegetable solid solid shape | molded by the pellet form is obtained.

  The vegetable solids obtained in the above manufacturing process are compressed and solidified in a state in which rice husk, which is a vegetable raw material, is pulverized and familiar with rice bran. Can be finished. Therefore, even when a pressure is applied in a loaded state or when an impact is applied, a solidified state can be maintained when transporting or storing the material in a state that is difficult to break. Further, even when stored for a long time, quality deterioration of rice bran is suppressed and deterioration is prevented.

  In the above-mentioned example, rice husk is used as a plant material, but rice straw cut out other than rice husk can be used, and sawdust, bark, wood waste, etc. discharged during wood processing may be used. . Moreover, you may mix and use these raw materials.

  When mixing the vegetable raw material with rice bran, it is not necessary to add water, and the vegetable raw material and rice bran may be mixed as they are in the discharged normal state. Therefore, the manufacturing process can be simplified.

  The plant raw material and rice bran are mixed and mixed in a ratio of 50 to 93% by weight of the plant raw material and 7 to 50% by weight of the rice bran. When the ratio of rice bran is lower than 7% by weight, the hardness is lowered and it becomes easy to break during transportation and storage. On the other hand, if the ratio of rice bran exceeds 50% by weight, the solid matter becomes soft and cannot be solidified sufficiently.

  In addition, various additives can be added according to the use, with vegetable raw materials and rice bran as the main components, and the additives only need to be added to such an extent that the hardness does not decrease during compression solidification.

  As described above, the manufacturing method according to the present invention can reuse waste generated in the process of processing rice grains and processing wood as it is, simplifying the manufacturing process, reducing energy consumption, and reducing waste. Since it does not occur, the environmental load can be made very small.

  Using rice husk and rice bran discharged in the normal rice grain production process, they were mixed at a blending ratio of rice husk 93 wt% and rice bran 7 wt%. The bulk specific gravity of the mixture was 0.2, and the water content was 12.1%. The rice husk and rice bran were uniformly mixed and pulverized by the production apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and the pulverized product was compressed and solidified to obtain a pellet-like vegetable solid having a length of 3 to 5 cm and a diameter of 12 mm. The apparent specific gravity of the vegetable solid was 0.6.

  The produced vegetable solids had a smooth surface and no fluffy parts. The hardness of the vegetable solid was measured by a hardness meter and found to be 30 kgf. After the plant solids were stored at room temperature for 3 months in a state of being loaded indoors, the quality of the plant solids was confirmed, and no deterioration was found. Further, the hardness was 32 kgf, and the property did not change even in the loaded state without becoming brittle over time.

Vegetable solids were produced in the same manner by changing the blending ratio of rice bran to 10%, 15%, 20%, 30% and 50%. A solid substance having almost the same hardness could be obtained at any blending ratio. Moreover, although it changed and manufactured also to the diameter of the pellet-shaped solid substance to 6 mm and 15 mm, the plant-like solid substance of substantially the same quality was able to be obtained in any case.
<Comparative example>

  A pellet-shaped solid was produced by the production apparatus shown in FIG. 1 without adding rice bran at 100% by weight of rice husk, but could not be solidified sufficiently. Next, a solid was produced at a blending ratio of 95% by weight of rice husk and 5% by weight of rice bran. The surface of the produced solid material was brittle in an upright state and had insufficient hardness.

  Moreover, although the pellet-shaped solid substance was manufactured with the manufacturing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 with 100 weight% of rice bran, although the manufactured solid substance was hold | maintained, soft and sufficient intensity | strength was not obtained.

  The plant solids produced by the production method according to the present invention can be used as they are for fuels, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc., and can also be used as raw materials for biofuels such as bioethanol. Further, by using rice straw or rice husk as a plant raw material, it can be used for storage laying, feed, and the like. And since long-term storage is possible, it becomes possible to minimize the disposal process by quality degradation.

It is a schematic block diagram regarding the manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the vegetable solid concerning this invention. It is a schematic perspective view regarding the internal structure of a shaping | molding mechanism. It is a schematic sectional drawing regarding a shaping | molding mechanism.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hopper 2 Hopper 3 Fixed supply mechanism 4 Input port part 5 Fixed supply part 6 Drive motor 7 Outlet part 8 Molding mechanism

The method for producing a vegetable solid according to the present invention comprises a plant raw material and rice bran as main components, and the ratio of the vegetable raw material and rice bran is blended at 50 to 93% by weight of the vegetable raw material and 7 to 50% by weight of the rice bran. The resulting mixture is crushed so as to be crushed and then compressed to be solidified. Further, the plant material is rice straw and / or rice husk.

The method for producing a vegetable solid according to the present invention comprises a plant raw material consisting mainly of rice husk, rice straw, sawdust, bark, wood chips or a mixture of these, and the ratio of the plant raw material and rice bran. It mix | blends and mixes by 50 to 93 weight% of plant raw materials, and 7 to 50 weight% of rice bran, pulverizes the obtained mixture so that it may grind | pulverize, It is characterized by compressing and solidifying.

Claims (4)

  The plant raw material and rice bran are the main ingredients, and the ratio of the plant raw material and rice bran is mixed with the plant raw material 50 to 93% by weight and the rice bran 7 to 50% by weight, and the resulting mixture is pulverized and compressed. A method for producing a vegetable solid characterized by solidifying.   The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein the plant raw material is rice straw and / or rice husk.   The production method according to claim 1, wherein the obtained mixture is pulverized so as to be crushed.   The vegetable solid produced | generated by the manufacturing method in any one of Claim 1 to 3.

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