JP2014085100A - Drying system, method for controlling drying system and its control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drying system, method for controlling the drying system and control device for the drying system in which an object to be dried is efficiently dried and energy-saving characteristic is improved.SOLUTION: This invention relates to a drying system comprising a drying device X including a drying chamber 1 in which an object D to be dried is dried through blown air, a heating part 2 connected to the drying chamber 1 so as to heat gas, and a gas amount adjustment part 3 and/or 4 for adjusting a gas amount into the system; and a control device Y connected to the drying device X. The drying device X has a humidity sensor H for measuring a humidity of gas passed through the heating part 2 and a temperature sensor T for measuring a temperature of gas passed through the heating part 2. The control device Y includes a gas amount control part 300 for controlling the gas amount adjustment part 3 and/or 4 in such a way that a humidity measured by the humidity sensor H may become a prescribed value, and a heating temperature control part 200 for controlling the heating part 2 in such a way that a temperature measured by the temperature sensor T may fall in a prescribed temperature range.

Description

  The present invention relates to a drying system for drying and removing moisture / solvent contained in an object to be dried, water droplets / solvent adhering to the object to be dried by bringing a gas into contact with the object to be dried, a method for controlling the drying system, And a control device thereof.

  In order to reduce the moisture content of food or the like, or to dry the industrial product after a washing step with a solvent or pure water, hot air drying is generally employed. Hot air drying is a method in which a material to be dried is placed in a drying chamber, and high-temperature air is blown onto the material to be dried so that moisture and solvent are evaporated and scattered by the heat of the air.

  As a conventional drying apparatus for performing such hot air drying, for example, a drying chamber in which an object to be dried is dried by blowing air, a heating unit provided in an air supply duct connected to the drying chamber, and an outside air in the heating unit. And a gas introduction duct provided with a blower for introducing air. The drying device introduces outside air from the gas introduction duct, heats the introduced outside air in the heating unit, introduces the heated gas into the drying chamber, contacts the object to be dried, and evaporates and scatters moisture and the like. The object to be dried is dried.

JP-A-9-113131

  By the way, when drying a to-be-dried object in a drying apparatus, drying efficiency can be improved by ejecting compressed air with respect to a to-be-dried object using a nozzle (for example, patent document 1). However, in this case, the configuration of the drying device becomes complicated. In addition, when the object to be dried is lightweight, the object to be dried may be blown away if the gas is blown out and blown. In order to cope with this, if a fixing means for fixing an object to be dried in the drying chamber is provided, the configuration of the drying apparatus becomes complicated. Moreover, if the wind speed of the heated air to spray is lowered | hung and drying time is lengthened, efficiency will worsen.

  The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a drying system, a drying system control method, and a drying system control device that improve energy saving by efficiently drying an object to be dried.

  The drying system of the present invention has the following configuration.

  (1) A drying apparatus comprising: a drying chamber in which an object to be dried is dried by blowing air; a heating unit connected to the drying chamber for heating gas; and a gas amount adjusting unit for adjusting the gas amount into the system. And a control device connected to the drying device, wherein the drying device includes a humidity sensor that measures the humidity of the gas that has passed through the heating unit, and a temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit. A temperature sensor for measuring, and the control device includes a gas amount control unit for controlling the gas amount adjusting unit so that the humidity measured by the humidity sensor becomes a predetermined value, and the temperature sensor. And a heating temperature control unit that controls the heating unit such that the measured temperature falls within a predetermined temperature range.

  (2) The heating temperature control unit includes a heating condition determination unit that determines a heating condition for controlling the heating unit, a heating amount calculation unit that calculates a heating amount in the heating unit, and at least two heating amounts. A heating amount comparison unit for comparison, and the heating condition determination unit changes the heating condition so as to change the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit within the predetermined temperature range, and the heating amount The calculation unit calculates the heating amount before and after the temperature change, the heating amount comparison unit compares the heating amount before and after the temperature change, and the heating condition determination unit determines the temperature before the change based on the comparison result. When the amount of heating is small, the temperature is further changed to the temperature side before the change, and when the amount of heating at the temperature after the change is small, the temperature is further changed to the temperature side after the change. A processing unit for changing heating conditions, Every time the temperature is changed by the heat condition determining unit, the calculation of the heating amount by the heating amount calculating unit, the comparison of the heating amount by the heating amount comparing unit, and the change of the heating condition by the heating condition determining unit are repeated. good.

(3) The humidity sensor may be a sensor that measures relative humidity.
(4) The humidity sensor may be a sensor that measures saturation.

  In addition, each said form can also be caught as invention of the control method of a drying system, and the control apparatus of a drying system.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, energy saving property can be improved by drying to-be-dried material efficiently.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the drying apparatus of the drying system concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the control apparatus of the drying system concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an air diagram which shows the minimum setting of the temperature range concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control flow concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an air line figure which shows the state of the introduced gas concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a table | surface which shows the calculation of the heating amount concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the control apparatus of the drying system concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control flow concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a table | surface which shows the calculation of the heating amount concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the drying apparatus of the drying system concerning other embodiment of this invention.

[First Embodiment]
[1. Constitution]
[1.1 System overview]
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a drying system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 showing an example of a drying system. The drying system includes a drying device X shown in FIG. 1 and a control device Y shown in FIG. The drying device X includes a drying chamber 1 in which an object to be dried D is dried by blowing air, a heating unit 2 that is connected to the drying chamber 1 and heats the gas, and a gas amount that adjusts a gas amount into the system of the drying device X. The adjustment units 3 and 4 are provided.

  The drying chamber 1 of the drying apparatus X includes a humidity sensor H that measures the humidity of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 and a temperature sensor T that measures the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2. The control device Y is connected to the heating unit 2 and the gas amount adjusting units 3 and 4 of the drying device X, and is configured to control the heating unit 2 and the gas amount adjusting units 3 and 4.

  As the humidity sensor H, a sensor that measures relative humidity may be used. That is, by using a relative humidity sensor, the drying system may be controlled based on the relative humidity of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 3 to remove moisture contained in / attached to the material to be dried D.

  Further, as the humidity sensor H, a sensor for measuring the degree of saturation may be used. That is, by using a saturation sensor, the drying system may be controlled based on the saturation of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 3, and moisture / solvent contained / attached to the material to be dried D may be removed. . As described above, the humidity sensor H includes a sensor for measuring relative humidity or saturation, and can be appropriately selected according to the object to be dried. However, in the following embodiments, for convenience of explanation, the humidity sensor H is A description will be given assuming that the relative humidity is measured and the removal target is moisture.

  In addition, as the to-be-dried object D in this embodiment, a foodstuff, an industrial product, etc. can be considered, for example. However, the drying apparatus X is for drying moisture and / or solvent contained in the object and moisture and / or solvent adhering to the object, and the object to be dried is not limited to these.

  The drying apparatus X is used, for example, when the object to be dried D is a food, to reduce the water content contained in the food. For example, when the to-be-dried object D is an industrial product, it is used for drying an industrial product washed with a solvent or pure water. That is, in the following, an example of drying the moisture of the material to be dried D will be described, but the embodiment includes a mode of drying the solvent of the material to be dried D.

[1.2 Configuration of drying apparatus]
As shown in FIG. 1, the drying chamber 1 of the drying apparatus X is provided with a carry-in port I for an object to be dried D on one side surface and a carry-out port O on a side surface facing this. An air supply port S is provided on the upper surface of the drying chamber 1, and an exhaust port E is provided on the lower surface. However, the positions of the carry-in port I, the transfer port O, the air supply port S, and the exhaust port E are not limited to these.

  In addition, a transport device C that passes and transports the object D to be dried is provided through the transport inlet I and the transport outlet O. As the transport device C, for example, a conventional transport device such as a belt conveyor can be used.

  In the drying chamber 1, a duct for supplying gas is connected to the air supply port S, and a duct for discharging gas is connected to the exhaust port E. In addition, in this embodiment, although it was set as the continuous drying type drying chamber 1 which dries the several to-be-dried material D conveyed, it does not have the carrying-in entrance I and the carrying-out port O, and the single to-be-dried product D is inside It is good also as a batch-type drying chamber which accommodates and dries.

  The humidity sensor H is provided in the vicinity of the exhaust port E in the drying chamber 1. The humidity sensor H is connected to a gas amount control unit 300 of the control device Y described later.

  The duct having one end connected to the air supply port S of the drying chamber 1 is an air supply duct 1 a that supplies heated gas to the drying chamber 1. The temperature sensor T is provided in the air supply duct 1 a, and the other end of the air supply duct 1 a is connected to the heating unit 2. The temperature sensor T is connected to a heating temperature control unit 200 of a control device described later.

  The heating unit 2 heats the introduced gas to a predetermined temperature, and for example, an electric or vapor heating device can be used. The heating unit 2 is connected to the heating unit driving means 21 of the control device Y described later.

  One end of the gas introduction duct 2a is connected to the side opposite to the side where the air supply duct 1a of the heating unit 2 is connected. The gas introduction duct 2 a is a duct that introduces gas into the heating unit 2. The other end of the gas introduction duct 2a of the present embodiment communicates with the outside of the drying system and serves as an outside air introduction port. However, it may not be outside air as long as it is a gas that dries moisture and / or a solvent of an object to be dried. .

  A gas amount adjusting unit 3 is provided in the gas introduction duct 2a. The gas amount adjusting unit 3 includes a blower 3 a and an introduction damper 3 b that introduce gas into the drying device X. The blower 3a is a fan that allows gas to flow in the direction of the heating unit 2. The introduction damper 3b is a motor damper that adjusts the amount of gas introduced into the gas introduction duct 2a by changing the degree of opening and closing, and is provided at the other end of the gas introduction duct 2a. The gas amount adjusting unit 3 is connected to a gas amount adjusting unit driving unit 31 of the control device Y described later.

  The duct having one end connected to the exhaust port E of the drying chamber 1 is an exhaust duct 1 b that discharges the gas in the drying chamber 1. The other end of the exhaust duct 1b communicates with the outside of the drying system and serves as a gas outlet. A gas amount adjusting unit 4 is provided in the exhaust duct 1b. The gas amount adjusting unit 4 includes a discharge damper 4a and a blower 4b.

  The discharge damper 4a is a motor damper that adjusts the amount of gas discharged from the drying chamber 1 so as to match the amount of gas supplied from the air supply port S by changing the degree of opening and closing. The gas amount adjusting unit 4 is connected to a gas amount adjusting unit driving means 31 of the control device Y described later. The blower 4b is a fan that flows the gas discharged from the drying chamber 1 toward the outside of the drying system.

[1.3 Configuration of control device]
As shown in FIG. 2, the control device Y is connected to the temperature sensor T and the humidity sensor H of the drying device X. The control device Y controls the operation of the drying system based on the values of these sensors. Specifically, the control device Y operates with a predetermined program including a CPU and a memory to which the input unit 101 and the output unit 102 are connected. It consists of a computer and a dedicated electronic circuit. The control device Y includes a heating temperature control unit 200, a gas amount control unit 300, a heating unit driving unit 21, and a gas amount adjusting unit driving unit 31.

  The heating temperature control unit 200 is connected to a heating unit driving means 21 that drives the heating unit 2 in accordance with a control signal from the heating temperature control unit 200. The gas amount control unit 300 is connected to a gas amount adjustment unit driving means 31 that drives the gas amount adjustment units 3 and 4 in accordance with a control signal from the gas amount control unit 300.

  The input unit 101 includes an input device that accepts information input from an operator and an interface that notifies the control device Y of the input information. The input unit 101 is a means for an operator to input an operation request to the drying system or a change of a set value, for example. As the input device, for example, a touch panel (including one installed on the display device of the output unit 102), a mouse, a keyboard, and the like can be used.

  The output unit 102 includes an interface that outputs information from the control device Y, and a display device that displays a screen that allows the operator to confirm and select operation contents based on the output information. The output unit 102 is a means for displaying, for example, the state of the drying system in a list or a diagram, or displaying an alarm for the operation of the system or the operator. As the display device, for example, a display having a display screen such as a liquid crystal display panel can be used.

[1.3.1 Configuration of Heating Temperature Control Unit]
The heating temperature control unit 200 is a processing unit that controls the heating unit 2 of the drying device X based on the measurement value of the temperature sensor T. Specifically, the heating temperature control unit 200 includes a set temperature storage unit 201, a temperature comparison unit 202, and a heating condition determination unit 203.

The set temperature storage unit 201 is a unit that stores a reference temperature for controlling the heating unit 2.
Specifically, the set temperature storage unit 201 stores a temperature range corresponding to the drying device X and the object to be dried D. That is, the predetermined temperature range is determined from the heat resistance temperature of the entire equipment of the drying apparatus X and the heat resistance temperature of the object to be dried D, which are stored in the preset temperature storage unit 201 in advance. For example, when the heat resistance temperature of the drying apparatus X is 300 ° C. and the heat resistance temperature of the material to be dried D is 260 ° C., it is conceivable to control the temperature within a temperature range of less than 260 ° C.

  The upper limit of the predetermined temperature range is set to a temperature that is lower than the heat-resistant temperature and as high as possible. That is, the upper limit of the predetermined temperature range is set to a temperature that does not affect the performance and quality of the drying device X and the material to be dried D, and a high temperature on the heat-resistant temperature side. Specifically, the set temperature may be set to a temperature 5 to 10 ° C. lower than the heat resistant temperature from the viewpoint of measurement error and response delay. For example, when the heat resistant temperature is 260 ° C., the set temperature is 250 to 255. It is preferable that the temperature is set to ° C.

  The lower limit of the predetermined temperature range is preferably set to a minimum temperature that can achieve a desired degree of drying of the material to be dried D. Further, the lower limit of the temperature range may be set as follows from the temperature and humidity of the outside air.

  That is, the control device Y controls the gas amount adjusting units 3 and 4 so that the relative humidity measured by the humidity sensor H that measures the relative humidity becomes the target relative humidity as described later. The lower limit of the aforementioned predetermined temperature range is determined by the target relative humidity. This principle will be described with reference to FIG.

Here, assuming that the object to be dried D is in a target dry state by blowing air with a relative humidity of 2% onto the object to be dried D, the lower limit of the temperature will be described assuming the following two conditions of outside air. .
Temperature (℃) Relative humidity (%) Absolute humidity (g / kg ')
Outside air 1: 40 60 28
Outside air 2: 33 62 20

  As shown in FIG. 3, if the target relative humidity is 2%, the relative humidity cannot be set to 2% unless the temperature is set to 123 ° C. or higher for the outside air 1 and 113 ° C. or higher for the outside air 2. Therefore, it is preferable to set the temperature at which the target relative humidity can be obtained from the ambient temperature and humidity as the lower limit of the predetermined temperature range.

  As for the upper limit and the lower limit of the predetermined temperature range as described above, a predetermined temperature is stored in advance in the set temperature storage unit 201 for the predetermined object to be dried D. In addition, the lower limit of the predetermined temperature range is calculated from the temperature and humidity of the obtained outside air by providing an outside air temperature sensor that measures the outside air temperature and an outside humidity sensor that measures the outside air humidity outside the drying device X. It may be configured as described above.

  Here, the set temperature storage unit 201 of the present embodiment also stores the set temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 in a predetermined temperature range. The set temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 is preferably set on the high temperature range side in a predetermined temperature range.

  The temperature comparison unit 202 is a processing unit that compares a plurality of numerical values, for example, and determines a numerical value difference or a numerical value difference. Specifically, the temperature comparison unit 202 includes the measured value of the temperature sensor T converted into a digital signal by an A / D conversion unit (not shown) and the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 stored in the set temperature storage unit 201. The set temperature is compared, and the comparison result is output to the heating condition determining unit 203.

  The heating condition determination unit 203 is a processing unit that receives the comparison result output from the temperature comparison unit 202 and obtains the heating condition of the heating unit 2 based on the comparison result. Specifically, the heating condition determination unit 203 determines the heating condition that is the heating temperature of the heating unit 2 so that the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 becomes the set temperature stored in the set temperature storage unit 201. The determined heating conditions are output to the heating unit control means 31.

[1.3.2 Configuration of gas amount control unit]
The gas amount control unit 300 includes a set humidity storage unit 301, a humidity comparison unit 302, and a gas amount condition determination unit 303. Specifically, the gas amount control unit 300 is a processing unit that controls the gas amount adjustment units 3 and / or 4 of the drying device X based on the measurement value of the humidity sensor H.

  The set humidity storage unit 301 is a unit that stores a relative humidity serving as a reference for controlling the gas amount adjusting units 3 and / or 4. Specifically, the set humidity storage unit 301 stores a predetermined relative humidity according to the object to be dried D. That is, the predetermined relative humidity is a relative humidity at which the object to be dried D can be dried to a target degree of drying, and is determined by the amount of moisture removed from the object to be dried D. As the predetermined relative humidity, the relative humidity corresponding to the material to be dried D is stored in the set humidity storage unit 301 in advance.

  The humidity comparison unit 302 is a processing unit that compares a plurality of numerical values, for example, and determines a numerical value difference or a numerical value difference. More specifically, the humidity comparison unit 302 compares the measured value of the humidity sensor H converted into a digital signal by an A / D conversion unit (not shown) and the relative humidity value stored in the set humidity storage unit 301, The comparison result is output to the gas amount condition determining unit 303.

  The gas amount condition determination unit 303 is a processing unit that receives the comparison result output from the humidity comparison unit 302 and obtains the gas amount condition of the gas amount adjustment unit 3 and / or 4 based on the comparison result. The gas amount condition determining unit 303 outputs a condition for controlling the gas amount adjusting units 3 and / or 4 to the gas amount adjusting unit driving unit 31 so that the relative humidity in the drying chamber 1 becomes the set relative humidity.

[2. Action]
[2.1 Operation of drying equipment]
Operation | movement of the drying apparatus X of the drying system of this embodiment which has the above structures is demonstrated below. As shown in FIG. 1, the material to be dried D is transported by the transport device C and introduced into the drying chamber 1 of the drying device X. The drying chamber 1 dries the material D to be dried by the heated gas. Here, only operation | movement of the drying apparatus X of this embodiment is demonstrated along a gas flow first.

  The blower 3a is operated while maintaining a constant rotational speed, and the introduction damper 3b controlled to be in an open state introduces, for example, outside air into the gas introduction duct 2a. At this time, the amount of gas to be introduced is adjusted by the degree of opening and closing of the introduction damper 3b. In the gas introduction duct 2a, the blower 3a causes the introduced gas to flow to the heating unit 2 side. Then, the heating unit 2 heats the gas to a set temperature within a predetermined temperature range. The air supply duct 1 a supplies the heated gas from the supply port S to the drying chamber 1.

  In the drying apparatus X, the heated gas is supplied to the material D to be dried. The material to be dried D is dried by the gas thus supplied. The conveying device C conveys the dried material D to be dried to the outside of the drying chamber 1. The relative humidity of the gas in the drying chamber 1 increases as the material to be dried D is dried. In this case, the open state of the introduction damper 3b is controlled, gas is further introduced and heated, and the heated gas is supplied to the drying chamber 1 so that the relative humidity in the drying chamber 1 is adjusted to a predetermined relative humidity.

  Further, the gas in the drying chamber 1 is introduced into the exhaust duct 1b through the exhaust port E by an amount corresponding to the amount of gas introduced into the heating unit 2 and discharged to the outside of the drying device X. In this case, the blower 4b is operated while maintaining a constant rotational speed, and the amount of gas discharged is adjusted by the opening / closing degree of the discharge damper 4a provided in the exhaust duct 1b. The gas that has passed through the discharge damper 4a is discharged by the blower 4b flowing to the outside of the drying device X.

[2.2 Control flow]
Next, the control flow of the control device Y will be described with reference to FIG. The control device Y controls the gas amount adjusting units 3 and / or 4 so that the measured value of the humidity sensor H becomes a predetermined relative humidity, and the measured value of the temperature sensor T becomes a set temperature within a predetermined temperature range. Thus, the heating unit 2 is controlled.

  Here, the case where the to-be-dried object D whose heat-resistant temperature is 130 degreeC is dried is demonstrated as an example. In this case, for example, in the control device Y, the set humidity storage unit 301 has a predetermined relative humidity of 2%, and the set temperature storage unit 201 has a predetermined temperature range of 80 to 120 ° C. and the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2. A preset temperature of 120 ° C. is stored.

  When the operation of the drying apparatus X is started, the gas amount control unit 300 controls the introduction damper 3b to an open state, and introduces, for example, outside air into the gas introduction duct 2a. Moreover, the heating temperature control part 200 controls the heating part 2 so that the measured value of the temperature sensor T becomes a predetermined value (120 ° C.) (step S01).

  Specifically, the measured value detected by the connected temperature sensor T is transmitted to the temperature comparison unit 202 of the heating temperature control unit 200 (step S02). The temperature comparison unit 202 reads a set temperature within a predetermined temperature range stored in advance in the set temperature storage unit 201, compares it with the measured value of the temperature sensor T, and outputs the comparison result to the heating condition determination unit 203. .

  Based on the comparison result, the heating condition determination unit 203 determines a heating condition for controlling the heating unit 2 so that the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 becomes 120 ° C. The heating condition determination unit 203 controls the heating unit 2 by outputting the determined heating condition to the heating unit driving unit 21. Therefore, the heating unit 2 heats the introduced gas so that the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 becomes 120 ° C.

  Further, the measurement value detected by the connected humidity sensor H is transmitted to the humidity comparison unit 302 of the gas amount control unit 300 (step S02). The humidity comparison unit 302 reads a predetermined humidity stored in advance in the set humidity storage unit 301, compares it with the measured value of the humidity sensor H, and outputs the comparison result to the gas amount condition determination unit 303.

  Based on the comparison result, the gas amount condition determination unit 303 determines the gas amount condition to be introduced so that the relative humidity becomes 2%. The gas amount condition determining unit 303 outputs the determined gas amount condition to the gas amount adjusting unit driving unit 31 to control the opening / closing degree of the introduction damper 3b. Therefore, the introduction damper 3b introduces the gas so that the relative humidity of the gas in the drying chamber 1 is 2%.

  For example, if the heating temperature of the heating unit 2 is gradually increased, if the measured value of the temperature sensor T does not reach 120 ° C. (NO in step S03), the heating temperature in the heating unit 2 is increased, Continue heating.

  On the other hand, when the measured value of the temperature sensor T reaches 120 ° C. (YES in step S03), the gas amount control unit 300 checks whether the measured value of the humidity sensor H has reached 2%. When the measured value of the humidity sensor H does not reach 2% relative humidity (NO in step S04), the introduction of gas and the heating are continued. At this time, until the relative humidity reaches 2%, the gas amount control unit 300 controls the opening degree of the introduction damper 3b to be increased to increase the amount of gas to be introduced.

  On the other hand, when the measured value of the humidity sensor H reaches 2% (YES in step S04), the material to be dried D is transported to the drying chamber 1 and drying of the material to be dried D is started (step S05). Then, the relative humidity in the drying chamber 1 increases as the drying object D progresses. Accordingly, even when the object to be dried D is dried, the heating temperature control unit 200 controls the heating unit 2 so that the measurement value of the temperature sensor T is 120 ° C., and the gas amount control unit 300 The introduction damper 3b is controlled so that the measured value of the sensor H is maintained at 2% (steps S06 to S09) until a desired dry state is achieved in a certain amount of the material to be dried D, that is, as desired. This is done intermittently until the amount of water removal is achieved.

[3. principle]
About the drying system of this embodiment which operate | moves as mentioned above, the operation | movement principle is demonstrated with reference to the air diagram shown in FIG. In addition, in FIG. 5, each point shown by an alphabet respond | corresponds to the state of each gas demonstrated below. Specific values such as gas temperature and humidity shown below are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these numerical values.

  The predetermined temperature range of the present embodiment is set as high as possible in consideration of the heat resistance temperature of the drying device X and the material to be dried D as described above. Such setting of the temperature range is based on the following principle.

  In the following calculation, the heated gas supplied to the drying chamber 1 adheres to the object to be dried D or is cooled by the release (vaporization or the like) of the object to be dried contained in the object to be dried D. Think only. Therefore, heat loss to the outside of the drying apparatus X due to air leakage or the like is not considered.

Here, the heating amount will be described assuming the introduction of outside air under the following conditions.
Temperature (℃) Relative humidity (%) Absolute humidity (g / kg ')
Outside air A: 22 50 8
Moreover, the to-be-dried material D can be achieved by drying at a relative humidity of 2%, and the water removal amount of the to-be-dried material D is considered as 25000 g / h.

  Assuming the case where the outside air A is heated to two temperatures of 100 ° C. and 120 ° C. and supplied to the drying chamber 1, the amount of the outside air to be introduced and the heating amount thereof were calculated. The calculation results are shown in a table in FIG. Here, B1 of FIG. 5 shows the state of the gas which heated the external air A to 100 degreeC. This B1 gas is supply air supplied to the drying chamber 1. Since this supply air is vaporized and cooled by drying the material to be dried D, the gas state in the drying chamber 1 is as shown in B2.

  That is, the absolute humidity of the heating condition B1 is 8 g / kg ′ as in the outside air A, but the absolute humidity of B2 is 10.2 g / kg ′. The difference in absolute humidity in the vertical axis direction is the water removal amount. Therefore, the amount of water removed when the outside air A is heated to 100 ° C. is 2.2 g / kg ′.

  Similarly, FIG. 5 shows the state of the supply air obtained by heating the outside air A to 120 ° C. as C1, and the state of the vaporized and cooled gas as C2. The absolute humidity of C1 is 8 g / kg ′ as in the outside air A, and the absolute humidity of C2 is 14.8 g / kg ′. Accordingly, when the outside air A is heated to 120 ° C., the water removal amount is 6.8 g / kg ′.

  Similarly, FIG. 5 shows the state of the supply air obtained by heating the outside air A to 140 ° C. as D1, and the state of the vaporized and cooled gas as D2. The absolute humidity of D1 is 8 g / kg ′ similarly to the outside air A, and the absolute humidity of D2 is 19.5 g / kg ′. Accordingly, when the outside air A is heated to 140 ° C., the water removal amount is 11.5 g / kg ′.

  The outside air introduction amount is obtained by dividing the moisture removal amount 25000 g / h of the material D to be dried by each moisture removal amount. Therefore, the amount of outside air introduced when the outside air A is heated to 100 ° C. is 11364 kg ′ / h. On the other hand, when heated to 120 ° C., it becomes 3676 kg ′ / h, and when heated to 140 ° C., it becomes 2174 kg ′ / h.

  The amount of heating of the introduced outside air can be obtained from the amount of outside air introduced × (enthalpy of supply air−enthalpy of outside air). In addition, the enthalpy in each air state is shown at the tip of the broken arrow in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the heating amount (kJ / h) when the outside air A is heated to 100 ° C. is 909120. On the other hand, when heated to 120 ° C., it becomes 367600, and when heated to 140 ° C., it becomes 260800.

  Therefore, when drying the same object under the same conditions, the higher the temperature, the smaller the amount of gas introduced, and thus the lower the amount of heating. The present invention is an application of the above principle derived by the inventor to a drying system. By setting the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 to a high temperature region in a predetermined temperature range, less heating is performed. The material to be dried D is dried in an amount.

[4. effect]
The effect of the present embodiment as described above is that the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 is set to the high temperature region side in a predetermined temperature range, so that the heating amount can be reduced as described above. The energy saving property of the drying system can be improved.

[Second Embodiment]
[1. Constitution]
The structure of the control apparatus Y of the drying system of 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated with reference to FIG. In the second embodiment, the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 is changed within a predetermined temperature range. Since the configuration of the drying device X is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. In the control device Y, the same portions as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  The heating temperature control unit 200 of the control device Y of the second embodiment further includes a heating amount calculation unit 204, a heating amount storage unit 205, and a heating amount comparison unit 206. The heating condition determination unit 203 includes a condition for changing the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 in a predetermined temperature range as the heating condition of the heating unit 2. Specifically, the temperature can be increased or decreased. For example, a condition for changing the temperature at a predetermined interval, such as a condition for changing the temperature by 10 ° C., can be considered.

  The heating amount calculation unit 204 is a means for calculating the heating amount in the heating unit 2. For example, the heating amount in a predetermined time is calculated based on the set temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 stored in the set temperature storage unit 201 and the gas amount to be introduced determined by the gas amount condition determining unit 303.

  As an example of the calculation by the heating amount calculation unit 204, the enthalpy of the outside air temperature is subtracted from the enthalpy of the set temperature stored in the set temperature storage unit 201 and multiplied by the gas amount introduced by the gas amount condition determination unit 303. The method of calculating | requiring a heating amount is mentioned. The heating amount calculation unit 204 includes a function of outputting the calculated heating amount to the heating amount storage unit 205 and the heating amount comparison unit 206.

  The heating amount storage unit 205 is a unit that stores the heating amount calculated by the heating amount calculation unit 204. The heating amount comparison unit 206 is a processing unit that compares a plurality of numerical values, for example, and determines a numerical value magnitude or a numerical value difference. Specifically, the heating amount storage unit 205 compares the heating amount stored in the heating amount storage unit 205 with the heating amount calculated by the heating amount calculation unit 204.

[2. Action]
The control flow of the drying system of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described below. Since the operation of the drying device X of the drying system is the same as that of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  A control flow of the control device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Here, in the control device Y, the set humidity storage unit 301 has a predetermined relative humidity of 2%, the set temperature storage unit 201 has a predetermined temperature range of 100 to 140 ° C., and the set temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 The case where 120 degreeC is each memorize | stored is made into an example.

  The control flow of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment until the drying start of the material to be dried D (step S05 in FIG. 4). Therefore, in this embodiment, the control after the set temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 reaches 120 ° C., the relative humidity reaches 2%, and the drying of the object to be dried D is started will be described. .

  When drying of the object to be dried D is started (step S05), the heating amount for a predetermined time at the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 is calculated. That is, the set temperature storage unit 201 outputs the set temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2, and the gas amount condition determination unit 303 outputs the determined gas amount to be introduced to the heating amount calculation unit 204.

  The heating amount calculation unit 204 calculates the calculated heating amount A for a predetermined time from the input set temperature and gas amount (step S51). The calculated heating amount A is output to and stored in the heating amount storage unit 231 by the heating amount calculation unit 204.

  When the calculation of the calculated heating amount A ends, the heating condition determination unit 203 determines a heating condition for changing the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 to, for example, 130 ° C. within a predetermined temperature range. The heating condition determining unit 203 controls the heating unit 2 by outputting the determined heating condition to the heating unit driving unit 21 (step S52). In addition, the set temperature after changing the heating condition is output and stored in the set temperature storage unit 201 by the heating condition determining unit 203.

  When the set temperature is changed, the heating unit driving means 21 controls the heating unit 3 so that the measured value of the temperature sensor T becomes 130 ° C. based on the input heating condition, and adjusts the gas amount. Based on the gas amount condition input from the gas amount condition determining unit 303, the unit driving unit 31 controls the introduction damper 3b so that the measured value of the humidity sensor H maintains 2% relative humidity. When the temperature and the relative humidity reach the target values, the heating amount calculation unit 204 calculates the calculated heating amount B at the changed temperature (step S53).

  When the calculated heating amount B is calculated, the heating amount calculation unit 204 outputs the calculated heating amount B to the heating amount storage unit 205 and the heating amount comparison unit 206. The heating amount comparison unit 206 compares the calculated heating amount A stored in the heating amount storage unit 205 with the calculated heating amount B input from the heating amount calculation unit 204 (step 54).

  Here, when the calculated heating amount A is compared with the calculated heating amount B and the heating amount of the calculated heating amount A is large (YES in step S55), the heating condition determining unit 203 changes the heating condition and changes ( The temperature is further changed to the temperature side of 130 ° C. (step S56). Here, the temperature is changed to 140 ° C., for example. When the calculated heating amount B is large (NO in step S55), the heating condition determining unit 203 changes the heating condition to further change the temperature to the temperature side before the change (120 ° C.) (step S55). S57). Here, the temperature is changed to 110 ° C., for example.

  When the temperature is further changed, the heating amount calculation unit 204 calculates the heating amount after the temperature change (step S53), the heating amount comparison unit 206 compares the calculated heating amount (step S54), and the heating condition determination unit 203 performs heating. The condition change (step S56 or step S57) is repeated. The control device Y performs the above control intermittently until a desired dry state is achieved in a certain amount of the material to be dried D, that is, until a desired moisture removal amount is achieved.

[3. principle]
The operation principle of the drying system according to this embodiment that operates as described above will be described with reference to FIG. First, as explained in the first embodiment, it is obvious that the material to be dried D can be dried with a smaller heating amount by setting the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 as high as possible.

  On the other hand, when the drying system is actually operated, heat loss to the outside of the drying system may occur. As for heat loss, since the temperature around the drying device is low, the amount of heat that escapes through the duct and the drying chamber wall, the amount of heating required to raise the temperature of the object to be dried D, and the transport port I of the drying chamber 1 Air leakage from the outlet O may be considered. Further, since the amount of water / solvent contained in the material to be dried D changes constantly, the relative humidity in the drying chamber 1 is also affected.

  Generally, the heat loss is considered to increase as the temperature of the drying device increases. Therefore, even when the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 is set to the high temperature region side in a predetermined temperature range, It is also assumed that the amount of gas introduced to maintain the relative humidity at a predetermined relative humidity increases, and as a result, the amount of heating increases.

  Accordingly, the operation principle will be described on the assumption that the amount of the material to be dried D having a large heat capacity is constant, the moisture content of the material to be dried D that is input to the drying apparatus varies, and the amount of water removal changes. . Here, a case where the material to be dried D is wood having a specific heat of 1.3 kJ / kg · k is taken as an example.

  When this wood is dried at 2500 ° C./hour at 100 ° C., 120 ° C. and 140 ° C., the heat storage amount (kJ / h) is 65000 at 100 ° C., 130,000 at 120 ° C., and 195000 at 140 ° C. This heat storage amount is a heating amount that is deprived of the object to be dried D when it is dried.

Next, the heating amount will be described assuming outside air under the same conditions as in the first embodiment.
Temperature (℃) Relative humidity (%) Absolute humidity (g / kg ')
Outside air A: 22 50 8
Moreover, the to-be-dried material D can be achieved by drying at a relative humidity of 2%, and the water removal amount of the to-be-dried material D is considered as 25000 g / h.

  When the heat storage amount of the material to be dried D at each temperature is added to the amount of heat calculated in the first embodiment, all the heat amounts (kJ / h) necessary for drying the material to be dried D are 100 ° C. It becomes 497600 at 974120, 120 ° C, and 455800 at 140 ° C, and the heating amount when dried at 140 ° C is the smallest.

  On the other hand, assuming that the moisture removal amount of the material to be dried D has changed to 12500 g / h, performing the same calculation, all the heating amounts (kJ / h) necessary for drying the material to be dried D are: It becomes 519480 at 100 ° C, 313800 at 120 ° C, and 325320 at 140 ° C, and the heating amount when dried at 120 ° C is the smallest.

  As described above, depending on the drying conditions, the heating amount is not always small at the set temperature set in the high temperature range within a predetermined range. Therefore, first, the heating amount is reduced to a set temperature in a high temperature range within a predetermined temperature range, and then the material to be dried D can be dried at a temperature with the smallest heating amount by changing the temperature.

[4. Effects]
The effects of the present embodiment as described above are as follows in addition to the effects of the first embodiment. That is, the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2 is changed, and the amount of heat calculated at each temperature is compared and set to a temperature that has a low amount of heating, thereby improving the energy saving performance of the drying system. Can do.

[Other embodiments]
(1) The configuration of the drying device X is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, heat exchangers 10a and 10b are provided in the gas introduction duct 2a and the exhaust duct 1b, respectively, to exchange the sensible heat of the exhausted gas and the sensible heat of the introduced gas. It is also good. Thereby, since the sensible heat of the exhausted gas can be used for heating the introduced gas, the energy saving property can be further improved.

  (2) Moreover, you may provide the circulation duct 12 in which the air blower 11a and the heating part 11b were provided in the drying chamber 1, as shown in FIG. By comprising in this way, it becomes possible to reheat the hot gas in the drying chamber 1, and energy saving property can be improved more.

  (3) Further, as shown in FIG. 10, a diffusion fan 13 may be provided inside the drying chamber 1. By increasing the wind velocity of the gas corresponding to the object to be dried D configured as described above, the drying speed of the object to be dried D can be increased and the drying efficiency can be increased, so that the energy saving property can be improved. Each configuration of the drying apparatus X described above can be applied individually to the drying apparatus, or all can be applied.

  (4) In the above embodiment, the relative humidity or the saturation is measured by the humidity sensor H, but the method for obtaining the relative humidity or the saturation is not limited to the direct measurement. That is, temperature, absolute humidity, dew point temperature, and the like can be measured and calculated based on these measured values. Moreover, you may use the moisture content etc. of the to-be-dried material D instead of relative humidity and a saturation degree.

  (5) The heating conditions of the heating unit 2 and the gas amount conditions of the gas amount adjusting units 3 and 4 determined in the above embodiment are the same as those of the drying device X such as the type of the heating unit 2 and the capacity of the drying chamber 1. In addition to the configuration, it is set as appropriate based on the amount of water removed from the material to be dried D. In addition, these conditions include gas leakage to the outside of the system, time for the transport device C to transport the material D to be dried in the drying chamber 1, heat loss calculated based on the heat capacity of the transport device C, etc. It is determined in consideration of various conditions, and can be appropriately changed according to the installation status of the drying system.

  (6) In the above embodiment, the set temperature is set to a high temperature range lower than the heat resistance temperature, but the temperature can be set in consideration of the position of the temperature sensor T. That is, if the temperature sensor T is provided in the air supply duct 2a, the temperature in the drying chamber is assumed to be lower than the temperature measured by the temperature sensor T. In such a case, the drying chamber 1 can be adjusted to a desired temperature by setting the temperature higher than the heat-resistant temperature.

  (7) In the above-described embodiment, the temperature sensor T is provided in the air supply duct 1a. However, the temperature sensor H can measure the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2, and the heat resistance temperature of the object to be dried. May be appropriately arranged in consideration of the above. That is, the temperature sensor T is not necessarily required to measure the gas immediately after passing through the heating unit 2, and may be provided in the exhaust duct 1 b, or the air supply port S, the exhaust port E, and the object to be dried D of the drying chamber 1. It can also be provided in the vicinity.

  (8) In the above embodiment, the humidity sensor H is provided near the exhaust port E of the drying chamber 1, but the humidity sensor H measures the humidity (relative humidity / saturation) of the gas that has passed through the heating unit 2. In view of the degree of drying necessary for the object to be dried, the arrangement may be appropriately performed. That is, the humidity sensor H is not necessarily required to measure the gas in the vicinity of the exhaust port E, and may be provided in the air supply duct 1a or the exhaust duct 1b, or the air supply port S of the drying chamber 1 or the object to be dried D. It can also be provided in the vicinity.

  (9) In the above embodiment, the gas amount to be introduced is adjusted by controlling the degree of opening and closing of the motor damper as the gas amount adjusting unit 3 and / or 4, but only the blower is installed and the rotation speed of the blower is controlled. The gas amount may be adjusted by doing so. Further, the amount of outside air may be adjusted by combining the adjustment of the opening / closing degree of the motor damper and the adjustment of the rotational speed of the blower.

  (10) In the above embodiment, the heating amount in a predetermined time is obtained from the set temperature stored in the set temperature storage unit 201 and the gas amount determined in the gas amount condition determining unit 303. However, the actual temperature and gas You may calculate by measuring quantity. That is, in addition to the temperature sensor T, a means for actually measuring the amount of introduced gas can be provided, and calculation can be performed based on each measured value. In that case, the heating condition determination unit 203 is provided with a timer function to calculate the heating amount for a predetermined time.

  (11) In the above-described embodiment, the heating condition determination unit 203 has been described with an example in which the temperature is changed by 10 ° C., but the interval at which the temperature is changed is not limited to this. For example, in a predetermined temperature range, immediately after the drying of the material to be dried D is started, the change at a large temperature interval (for example, 20 ° C.) is repeated a certain number of times, and thereafter, the change is performed at a small temperature interval (for example, 1 ° C.). You may make it let it. By configuring in this way, it is possible to quickly find a temperature with a small amount of heating immediately after the start of drying, and then change the temperature to a temperature with a small amount of heating more accurately, so that energy saving can be further improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drying chamber 2 Heating part 3, 4 Gas quantity adjustment part 3a, 4b Blower 3b Introduction damper 4a Discharge damper 10a, 10b Heat exchanger 11a Blower 11b Heating part 12 Circulation duct 13 Diffusion fan D Dried object T Temperature sensor H Humidity sensor 21 Heating unit driving unit 31 Gas amount adjusting unit driving unit 101 Input unit 102 Output unit 200 Heating temperature control unit 201 Setting temperature storage unit 202 Temperature comparison unit 203 Heating condition determination unit 204 Heating amount calculation unit 205 Heating amount storage unit 206 Heating amount Comparison unit 300 Gas amount control unit 301 Set humidity storage unit 302 Humidity comparison unit 303 Gas amount condition determination unit

Claims (8)

A drying apparatus comprising: a drying chamber in which an object to be dried is dried by blowing air; a heating unit connected to the drying chamber for heating gas; and a gas amount adjusting unit for adjusting a gas amount into the system; A drying system having a control device connected to the drying device;
The drying device
A humidity sensor that measures the humidity of the gas that has passed through the heating unit, and a temperature sensor that measures the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit,
The control device includes:
A gas amount control unit that controls the gas amount adjustment unit so that the humidity measured by the humidity sensor becomes a predetermined value;
A drying system comprising: a heating temperature control unit that controls the heating unit such that the temperature measured by the temperature sensor falls within a predetermined temperature range. The heating temperature controller is
A heating condition determining unit for determining a heating condition for controlling the heating unit;
A heating amount calculation unit for calculating a heating amount in the heating unit;
A heating amount comparison unit for comparing at least two heating amounts,
The heating condition determining unit changes the heating condition so as to change the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit within the predetermined temperature range,
The heating amount calculation unit calculates the heating amount before and after the temperature change,
The heating amount comparison unit compares the heating amount before and after the temperature change,
The heating condition determining unit
Based on the comparison results,
When the heating amount at the temperature before the change is small, the temperature is further changed to the temperature side before the change,
When the amount of heating at the temperature after the change is small, it is a processing unit that changes the heating conditions so as to further change the temperature to the temperature side after the change,
Every time the temperature is changed by the heating condition determining unit, the calculation of the heating amount by the heating amount calculating unit, the comparison of the heating amount by the heating amount comparing unit, and the change of the heating condition by the heating condition determining unit are repeated. The drying system according to claim 1.   The drying system according to claim 1, wherein the humidity sensor is a sensor that measures relative humidity.   The drying system according to claim 1, wherein the humidity sensor is a sensor that measures saturation. A drying apparatus comprising: a drying chamber in which an object to be dried is dried by blowing air; a heating unit connected to the drying chamber for heating gas; and a gas amount adjusting unit for adjusting a gas amount into the system; A control device connected to the drying device, and a control method of the drying system,
Control the gas amount adjusting unit so that the humidity of the gas in the drying chamber has a predetermined value,
The method for controlling a drying system, wherein the heating unit is controlled so that the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit falls within a predetermined temperature range. Controlling the heating unit to change the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit in the predetermined temperature range;
Calculate the heating amount before and after the temperature change in the heating part,
If the heating amount at the temperature before the change is small based on the result of comparing the heating amount, the temperature is further changed to the temperature side before the change,
When the amount of heating at the temperature after the change is small, change the heating condition of the heating unit to further change the temperature to the temperature side after the change,
6. The method for controlling a drying system according to claim 5, wherein each time the temperature is changed, the calculation of the heating amount, the comparison of the heating amounts, and the change of the heating conditions are repeated. A drying apparatus comprising: a drying chamber in which an object to be dried is dried by blowing air; a heating unit connected to the drying chamber for heating gas; and a gas amount adjusting unit for adjusting a gas amount into the system; A control device connected to the drying device, and a control device for the drying system,
The control device is
An outside air amount control unit that controls the outside air introduction means so that the humidity measured by the humidity sensor that measures the humidity of the gas becomes a predetermined value;
And a heating temperature control unit that controls the heating unit so that the temperature measured by the temperature sensor falls within a predetermined temperature range. The heating temperature controller is
A heating condition determining unit for determining a heating condition for controlling the heating unit;
A heating amount calculation unit for calculating a heating amount in the heating unit;
A heating amount comparison unit for comparing at least two heating amounts,
The heating condition determining unit changes the heating condition so as to change the temperature of the gas that has passed through the heating unit within the predetermined temperature range,
The heating amount calculation unit calculates the heating amount before and after the temperature change,
The heating amount comparison unit compares the heating amount before and after the temperature change,
The heating condition determining unit
Based on the comparison results,
When the heating amount at the temperature before the change is small, the temperature is further changed to the temperature side before the change,
When the amount of heating at the temperature after the change is small, it is a processing unit that changes the heating conditions so as to further change the temperature to the temperature side after the change,
Each time the temperature is changed by the heating condition determination unit, the calculation of the heating amount by the heating amount calculation unit, the comparison of the heating amount by the heating amount comparison unit, and the change of the heating condition by the heating condition determination unit are repeated. The control device for a drying system according to claim 7, wherein

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