JP2013244267A - Method for producing liquid fragrance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a liquid fragrance containing a lot of fragrance component or the like by effectively using generated steam having been discharged with doing nothing in a factory or the like in which a material liquid is concentrated to produce processed food.SOLUTION: A method for producing a liquid fragrance includes: a concentration step of introducing heated steam SO into a heating jacket 13 not contacting with a material liquid A supplied into a material tank 3 and concentrating the material liquid A for a prescribed time at a treatment temperature of not more than 100°C under decompression atmosphere; a cooling step of cooling and liquefying generated steam S1 containing a fragrance component generated in the concentration step; and a recovery step of recovering a liquid containing the fragrance component generated in the cooling step and using the liquid as the liquid fragrance B.

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a liquid fragrance using generated steam generated in the process of concentrating a raw material liquid.

  In factories that produce sweet natto, boiled sardines, jams, and the like, vacuum concentrators that use hot steam to cook under reduced pressure are used. In the vacuum concentrator, the raw material is concentrated in a concentration step to remove excess moisture, and the above-mentioned sweet natto, boiled boiled fish, jam, etc. are produced. I use it. Further, the generated steam generated in the concentration step is directly discharged to the outside.

  However, depending on the type of raw material to be concentrated by the vacuum concentrator, generated steam containing a large amount of scent components exists in the generated steam generated in the concentration step. The generated steam containing a lot of scented components has the potential to be used as flavors and fragrances. However, in the factories where the above-mentioned sweet natto, boiled simmered beans and jams are manufactured, the focus is only on the concentrated processed products. The generated steam is directly discharged as an unnecessary by-product.

  According to this invention, the manufacturing method of the liquid fragrance | flavor of this invention which has the following structures is provided. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, with respect to the raw material liquid supplied into the raw material tank, heating steam is introduced into a heating jacket that is not in contact with the raw material liquid, and the treatment is performed at 100 ° C. or lower in a reduced pressure atmosphere. A concentration step of concentrating the raw material liquid at a predetermined time at a temperature; a cooling step of cooling and liquefying the generated steam containing the scent component generated in the concentration step; and a liquid containing the scent component generated in the cooling step. There is provided a method for producing a liquid perfume, comprising a recovery step of recovering as a liquid perfume. According to this configuration, it is possible to effectively use the generated steam containing the scent component that has been discharged as it is in the process of conventional concentration, and by liquefying the generated steam and processing it into a liquid fragrance, flavors and fragrances can be obtained. As a raw material for other processed products, it can be used as it is as a beverage. In addition, the generated steam containing the scent component generated in the concentration step is generated by concentrating the raw material liquid in a reduced pressure atmosphere at a processing temperature of 100 ° C. or less, so that the flavor, fragrance, etc. are not destroyed. Many are included.

  According to the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, in the concentration step, a part of the total processing amount of the raw material liquid is supplied into the raw material tank in advance to compensate for the reduced raw material liquid during the concentration step. Thus, there is provided a method for producing a liquid fragrance characterized by replenishing the remaining raw material liquid. According to this configuration, when the target concentration ratio is high and the processing amount of the raw material liquid is large, the processing capacity of the apparatus is effectively exhibited without burdening the apparatus, and the liquid fragrance having a predetermined quality is efficiently manufactured. It becomes possible.

  According to the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 1 or 2, the heating jacket includes a plurality of sections connected to different heating steam supply passages, whereby the raw material liquid in the raw material tank is provided. There is provided a method for producing a liquid fragrance, wherein the heating range can be changed in accordance with the amount of the fragrance. According to this configuration, the optimum heating corresponding to the liquid amount of the raw material liquid can be achieved by switching the heating range even when the processing amount of the raw material liquid is small from the beginning or when the concentration proceeds and the liquid amount of the raw material liquid decreases. Since the amount can be secured, it becomes possible to prevent scorching or the like that occurs with excessive progress of concentration of the raw material liquid.

  According to the invention of claim 4, in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 3, the raw material tank is provided with a showering device that prevents foaming of the raw material liquid during the concentration step, and is concentrated. In the process, there is provided a method for producing a liquid fragrance, wherein the raw material liquid can be concentrated while operating the showering device. According to this configuration, when fruit juice or vegetable juice is used as a raw material liquid, foaming in a reduced-pressure atmosphere caused by a change in the raw material liquid viscosity during the concentration process is prevented by the showering device, and generated. It becomes possible to increase the yield of steam.

  In addition, according to the invention of claim 5, in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 4, the raw material liquid is a straight juice obtained by squeezing and filtering the fruit and / or vegetable that has been harvested. A method for producing a liquid fragrance is provided. According to this aspect, the fruit removal work performed by thinning to improve the grain alignment of the fruit, etc. can be used effectively such as fruit fruit that has been discarded in the past, such as nutritional components at the stage before ripening, etc. Fruits and the like containing a large amount of can be used effectively.

It is a piping diagram which shows an example of the manufacturing apparatus of the liquid fragrance | flavor used in order to implement the manufacturing method of the liquid fragrance | flavor which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Below, an example of the manufacturing method of the liquid fragrance | flavor of this invention is demonstrated in detail, referring drawings. In the following description, first, the configuration of the liquid fragrance manufacturing apparatus 1 used for carrying out the liquid fragrance manufacturing method of the present invention will be described, and then the operation of the liquid fragrance manufacturing apparatus 1 will be described. In addition, the configuration of the method for producing the liquid fragrance of the present invention and the flow of the production of the liquid fragrance will be described in detail.

(1) Configuration of liquid fragrance manufacturing apparatus (see FIG. 1)
The liquid fragrance manufacturing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 uses the heated steam S0 supplied to the external jacket 13 through the steam supply path 17 for the raw material liquid A supplied into the raw material tank 3 in a reduced pressure atmosphere. A vacuum concentrator 5 that can be concentrated to a concentration ratio, a cooling device 7 that cools and liquefies the generated steam S1 obtained by concentrating the raw material liquid A by the vacuum concentrator 5, and the cooling device 7 It is basically configured by including a recovery device 9 that recovers the generated liquid containing the scent component as the liquid perfume B.

  The vacuum concentrator 5 can be a vacuum concentrator used in the manufacture of sweet natto, boiled rice, jam, etc. As an example, the “vertical vacuum concentrator VC type” manufactured and sold by Shinagawa Kogyo Co., Ltd. A vacuum concentrator of type 1100VC can be used. The vacuum concentrator 5 is a concentrator having a maximum throughput of 600 L, a maximum vapor pressure of 0.3 MPa, a maximum output of the vacuum pump 11 of 3.7 kw, and a capacity of the raw material tank 3 of 1100 L. The vertical raw material tank 3 of the vacuum concentrator 5 has pressure resistance, air tightness and liquid tightness that can withstand use in a reduced pressure atmosphere, and extends from the middle height of the raw material tank 3 to the bottom surface. A heating jacket 13 in which a heating space by the heating steam S0 is formed is provided so as to cover the outer peripheral surface of the heating jacket.

  The heating jacket 13 is divided into a plurality of sections (two chambers of an upper stage 13A and a lower stage 13B in this embodiment). The upper stage 13A and the lower stage 13B are respectively connected to different steam supply paths 17, and the target processing amount of the raw material liquid A (in other words, the amount of liquid processed from the start to the end of the operation of the apparatus 1) or the concentration The heating range can be varied by changing the amount of liquid in the raw material tank 3 during the process. For example, when the target processing amount of the raw material liquid A is large or when the amount of the raw material liquid A in the raw material tank 3 is sufficient, both the upper chamber 13A and the lower stage 13B of the heating jacket 13 are used, A larger heating range should be obtained. On the other hand, when processing the raw material liquid A with a small processing amount or when the concentration has progressed and the liquid amount has decreased, for example, one chamber of the lower stage 13B is closed by closing the steam supply path 17 connected to the upper stage 13A. Use only to make a smaller heating range.

  A liquid meter 34 for detecting the amount of liquid in the raw material tank 3 can be attached to the raw material tank 3. In this case, when the amount of liquid detected by the liquid meter 34 falls below a predetermined amount, the solenoid valve disposed in the steam supply path 17 corresponding to the upper stage 13A is closed, and the supply of steam to the upper stage 13A is stopped. Can do.

  Each of the upper stage 13A and the lower stage 13B of the heating jacket 13 is connected to the other end of a steam supply path 17 having a steam supply port 15 at one end and a steam drain path 21 having a steam drain outlet 19 at one end. In the middle of the paths 17 and 21, a control valve, a pressure gauge, and the like for appropriately controlling the opening and closing of the paths are disposed. Among these, the steam supply path 17 is a path for supplying the heating steam S0 used as a heat source for heating the raw material liquid A to the heating space inside the heating jacket 13 described above. In this embodiment, the pressure of the heating steam S0 supplied to the steam supply port 15 is set to 0.3 MPa and the flow rate is set to 280 kg / hr as an example. On the other hand, in the steam drain path 21, the heated steam S0 whose temperature has been lowered by heat exchange with the raw material liquid A becomes liquid (this is called drain), and when this drain accumulates in the heating jacket 13, it is in a hot water bath state that is difficult to heat. Therefore, this is a path provided for the purpose of discharging the drain while avoiding the hot water roast state of the drain.

  As an example of the raw material tank 3, a shower ball 23 is provided from the center of the upper surface to the raw material tank 3. The shower ball 23 is used for diffusing and spraying water or the like for cleaning the raw material tank 3.

  In the present invention, a shower ring device (not shown) may be provided separately from the shower ball 23. The showering device is used for spraying water or the like into the raw material tank 3 during the concentration process. As the raw material liquid A, fruit juice, vegetable juice, or the like is foamed in a reduced-pressure atmosphere by changing the viscosity during the concentration process. When the raw material liquid A, which is easily generated, is used, it has a role of preventing the foaming and increasing the yield of the generated steam S0.

  As an example of the raw material tank 3, a light projector 25 that illuminates the raw material tank 3 is provided on the upper surface during concentration processing, cleaning of the raw material tank 3, and the like. And the inspection window (illustration omitted) which confirms the inside of the raw material tank 3 illuminated by the light projector 25 is provided in the appropriate position of the side peripheral surface of the raw material tank 3. FIG. Further, as an example of the raw material tank 3, a liquid suction port 27 for supplying the raw material liquid A into the raw material tank 3 is provided in the upper and lower portions of the side peripheral surface. In the present embodiment, the two liquid suction ports 27 are provided when two kinds of liquids are charged as raw material liquids or when powders such as sugar are charged. The liquid suction port 27 for the raw material liquid can be connected to the liquid storage tank. Further, as an example of the lower part of the raw material tank 3, the bottom surface includes a liquid outlet 29 for discharging the concentrated raw material liquid A accumulated at the bottom in the raw material tank 3, and the state of the raw material liquid A being concentrated. For viewing, a sampling cock 31 is provided for taking a part of the raw material liquid A being concentrated as a sample.

  In addition, the raw material tank 3 is provided with a pressure sensor (not shown) for measuring the pressure in the raw material tank 3 and a temperature sensor 33 for measuring the temperature in the raw material tank. Based on the pressure value, the pressure in the raw material tank 3 is adjusted to a predetermined reduced pressure atmosphere (for example, 0.1 MPa), and the temperature of the raw material liquid A in the raw material tank 3 is adjusted based on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor 33. The supply of the heating steam S0 and the supply stop are switched so that a predetermined processing temperature (for example, 45 ° C. to 50 ° C.) can be maintained.

  Further, on the upper surface as an example of the raw material tank 3, the generated steam S <b> 1 generated in the raw material tank 3 by the concentration of the raw material liquid A is used as a cooling cylinder 7 (an example of the same cooling device 7 as the cooling device 7). ) Is connected to one end of a vapor transfer path 37 for leading to the upper part. Moreover, the cooling cylinder 7 connected to the other end of the steam conveyance path 37 described above is a cylindrical member that is long in the vertical direction, for example, and a cooling water supply path 39 supplied from the outside is provided on the upper part. One end of a suction path 43 extending toward the vacuum pump 11 is connected to the bottom of the cooling cylinder 7. The vacuum pump 11 is used for sucking air and steam S1 in the raw material tank 3. Specifically, the cooling device 7 may be a condenser as a heat exchanger. In this case, a pipe (not shown) for circulating cooling water is arranged inside the cylindrical cooling device body, When the steam S1 contacts the outside of the pipe, the steam S1 is condensed and liquefied.

  In addition, one end of a recovery path 45 extending toward a recovery tank 9 (which uses the same reference numeral as that of the recovery device 9), which is an example of the recovery device 9, is connected to the lower side peripheral surface of the cooling cylinder 7 as an example. ing. In the recovery path 45, the generated steam S1 containing the scent component supplied to the upper part of the cooling cylinder 7 is cooled in the cooling cylinder 7 to become a liquid, and the liquid flows downward and collects at the bottom of the cooling cylinder 7. This is a path for guiding the waste toward the collection tank 9.

  The recovery tank 9 is a storage tank for recovering the liquid containing the fragrance component that has been cooled by the cooling cylinder 7 as the liquid fragrance B. At the lower part of the recovery tank 9, an extraction port 47 for taking out the liquid perfume B stored in the recovery tank 9 is provided, and there is communication between the recovery tank 9 and the vacuum pump 11. A path 49 is connected. In this example, since the vacuum pump 11 is a water seal type, a drain port 50 used when discharging the seal water of the pump is provided.

(2) Configuration of liquid fragrance manufacturing method (see FIG. 1)
In the method for producing the liquid fragrance of the present invention, the heating steam S0 is introduced into the heating jacket 13 that is not in contact with the raw material liquid A with respect to the raw material liquid A supplied into the raw material tank 3, and under a reduced pressure atmosphere. Concentrated step of concentrating the raw material liquid A for a predetermined time at a treatment temperature of 100 ° C. or lower, a cooling step of cooling and liquefying the generated steam S1 containing the scent component generated in the concentration step, and the cooling step generated And a recovery step of recovering a liquid containing a scent component as a liquid perfume.

  In the present embodiment, in the concentration step, a part of the target processing amount of the raw material liquid A is supplied to the raw material tank 3 in advance, and the remaining raw material liquid A is supplemented to compensate for the reduced raw material liquid A during the concentration step. When the processing amount of the raw material liquid A is large, the liquid perfume production apparatus 1 described above is effectively exerted the processing capacity of the liquid perfume manufacturing apparatus 1 and a liquid of a predetermined quality. It is comprised so that the fragrance | flavor B can be manufactured efficiently. The raw material liquid A can be supplied from a liquid storage tank (not shown) connected to the liquid suction port 27 because the raw material tank 3 side is in a reduced pressure state. The supply flow rate of the raw material liquid A can be controlled manually, by a timer, a flow meter, or the like.

  Next, the flow of manufacturing the liquid perfume B when using the liquid perfume manufacturing apparatus 1 described above and the raw liquid A as an orange juice having a target throughput of 1500 liters will be described as an example. The mandarin orange juice is a straight juice obtained by squeezing and filtering the mandarin orange fruit. First, the vacuum pump 11 is operated to reduce the pressure in the raw material tank 3 to 0.1 MPa. Next, the citrus juice serving as the raw material liquid A is sucked into the decompressed raw material tank 3 from the liquid suction port 27 described above. At this time, the whole processing amount of the mandarin orange juice is not supplied at a time, but only a part thereof is supplied. Thereafter, the apparatus 1 is continuously operated while replenishing the raw material liquid A that has decreased due to concentration. The replenishment may be performed intermittently in several times during the operation of the apparatus 1 or continuously while adjusting the flow rate.

  After supplying the raw material liquid A, the heating steam S0 is supplied to the steam supply port 15 at a pressure of 0.3 MPa and a flow rate of 280 kg / hr. And the said heating steam S0 is guide | induced in the heating jacket 13 through the steam supply path 17, and heats the raw material liquid A supplied in the raw material tank 3 by heat exchange. In the present embodiment, the processing temperature of the raw material liquid A supplied into the raw material tank 3 is set to about 45 ° C. to 50 ° C., and the target concentration ratio is set to 300 liters, which is 1/5. The raw material liquid A is concentrated until it becomes. The time required to reach the target concentration ratio is about 5.5 hours. During this time, the generated steam S1, which will be described later, is also cooled and collected.

  Further, simultaneously with the start of the concentration of the raw material liquid A by heat exchange using the heating steam S0 described above, the drain is discharged from the steam drain outlet 19 to avoid the hot water of the drain in the heating jacket 13. Further, during the concentration of the raw material liquid A, the temperature sensor 33 manages the temperature of the raw material liquid A in the raw material tank 3 so that the temperature of the raw material liquid A becomes a constant temperature. And the supply of the heating steam S0 and the supply stop are repeated intermittently as appropriate. Furthermore, paying attention to the change in the viscosity of the raw material liquid A, the showering device is operated as appropriate in order to prevent the foaming of the raw material liquid A and increase the yield of the generated steam S0.

  During the concentration of the raw material liquid A, the above-mentioned projector 25 illuminates the inside of the raw material tank 3 and confirms the concentrated state of the raw material liquid A in the raw material tank 3 and the change in the liquid amount from the inspection window. Further, the generated steam S1 containing the scent component of the mandarin orange that is generated as the raw material liquid A is concentrated is guided from the upper part of the raw material tank 3 to the upper part of the cooling cylinder 7 through the steam transfer path 37. The generated steam S1 introduced into the cooling cylinder 7 is cooled and liquefied by the cooling water supplied from the supply path 39, flows along the inner wall surface of the cooling cylinder 7 and the like, and flows toward the lower part of the cooling cylinder 7. It collects as a liquid at the bottom of the cooling cylinder 7.

  Further, the liquid accumulated at the bottom of the cooling cylinder 7 flows toward the recovery tank 9 through the recovery path 45 by the vacuum pump 11 and is recovered and stored in the recovery tank 9. In addition to the recovered liquid, air from the raw material tank 3 flows into the recovery tank 9, but the air is discharged through the vacuum pump 11. When the raw material liquid A in the raw material tank 3 reaches the target concentration ratio, the steam supply port 15 is closed to stop the supply of the heating steam S0, the operation of the vacuum pump 11 is stopped, and the pressure in the raw material tank 3 is reached. To the atmosphere. Further, the supply of the cooling water to the cooling cylinder 7 is stopped, the outlet 47 is opened, and the liquid accumulated in the recovery tank 9 is taken out to be used as a liquid fragrance B for flavor or fragrance. The liquid fragrance B is a raw material for bread making and confectionery, for example.

  After the extraction of the liquid containing the scent component collected in the collection tank 9 and the discharge of the raw material liquid A concentrated to the target concentration ratio remaining in the raw material tank 3 are completed, water and hot water are discharged from the shower ball 23. Is sprayed to clean the inside of the raw material tank 3 to prepare for the next supply of the raw material liquid A. In addition, the raw material liquid A that can be used in the method for producing a liquid fragrance of the present invention is not limited to the above-described orange juice, and various fruit juices and vegetable juices can be used. For example, when apple juice is used, fruit extraction is performed for the purpose of thinning. It is possible to use straight juice obtained by squeezing and filtering the immature apple fruit. By using apple fruit juice, it is possible to effectively use fruit fruit before ripening that has been discarded in spite of the fact that it contains a lot of nutrients. In addition, watermelon, pineapple, tomato, etc. can also be used as high value-added raw materials.

  The above is the basic embodiment of the present invention, but the method for producing the liquid fragrance of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and is a part within the scope of the present invention. It is possible to change or omit the general configuration, or add conventional techniques well known to those skilled in the art. For example, the pressure and flow rate of the heating steam S0, the processing temperature of the raw material liquid A in the raw material tank 3 and the pressure in the raw material tank 3 are not limited to the numerical values described in the above-described embodiment, but the type and processing of the raw material liquid A It is possible to adjust appropriately according to the difference in quantity. Further, the liquid fragrance B produced according to the present invention can be used alone as it is, or a plurality of liquid fragrances B of different types can be blended and used.

  The manufacturing method of the liquid fragrance | flavor of this invention has wide applicability in the field | area where a vacuum concentration apparatus is used.

1 Liquid fragrance production equipment 3 Raw material tank 5 Vacuum concentrator 7 Cooling cylinder (cooling equipment)
9 Collection tank (collection device)
11 Vacuum pump 13 Heating jacket 15 Steam supply port 17 Steam supply route 19 Steam drain outlet 21 Steam drain route 23 Shower ball 25 Floodlight 27 Liquid inlet 27 Liquid outlet 31 Sampling cock 33 Temperature sensor 34 Fluid meter 37 Steam transfer Path 39 (cooling water) supply device 43 suction path 45 recovery path 47 take-out path 49 connection path 50 drain port A raw material liquid B liquid perfume S0 heating steam S1 generated steam

Claims (5)

With respect to the raw material liquid supplied into the raw material tank, heating steam is introduced into a heating jacket that is not in contact with the raw material liquid, and the raw material liquid is concentrated for a predetermined time at a processing temperature of 100 ° C. or less in a reduced pressure atmosphere. A concentration step;
A cooling step of cooling and liquefying the generated steam containing the scent component generated in the concentration step;
And a recovery step of recovering the liquid containing the scent component generated in the cooling step as a liquid perfume, and a method for producing the liquid perfume. In the manufacturing method of the liquid fragrance | flavor of Claim 1,
In the concentration step, a part of the total processing amount of the raw material liquid is supplied in advance into the raw material tank, and the remaining raw material liquid is replenished to make up for the reduced raw material liquid during the concentration step. A method for producing liquid fragrance. In the manufacturing method of the liquid fragrance | flavor of Claim 1 or 2,
The heating jacket includes a plurality of sections connected to different heating steam supply passages, whereby the heating range can be changed according to the amount of the raw material liquid in the raw material tank. A method for producing a fragrance. In the manufacturing method of the liquid fragrance | flavor as described in any one of Claims 1-3,
The raw material tank includes a showering device that prevents foaming of the raw material liquid during the concentration step,
In the concentration step, the raw material liquid can be concentrated while operating the showering apparatus. In the manufacturing method of the liquid fragrance | flavor as described in any one of Claims 1-4,
The said raw material liquid is the straight juice obtained by pressing and filtering the fruit and / or vegetable which were picked, The manufacturing method of the liquid fragrance | flavor characterized by the above-mentioned.

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