KR100737280B1 - Automatic preparation system of the brine water for kimchi and pickling method using its system - Google Patents

Abstract

A salting apparatus with an automatic brine making function for preparing Kimchi designed to produce brine for salting vegetables and to give optimal salting environment at the same time by continuously recycling waste brine of a salting tank is provided, which allows permeation of the brine deep into the vegetables and thus gives uniform salting. The brine-making and salting apparatus for preparing Kimchi comprises: a salting part(30) connected to a brine-making apparatus(20) by a brine recovery pipe and brine supply pipe of a brine storage tank(10); a salting brine supply circuit part containing a supply pump(41), an input pipe connecting the supply pump and a salting tank through the medium of a supply control valve and a final supply pipe supplying brine to each salting tank; a used brine recovery circuit part supplying re-supplied waste brine to the brine storage tank by a brine re-supply pipe and a recovery pump(42) pumping re-supplied waste brine from the brine making apparatus; a brine making circuit part supplying fresh water to the brine-making apparatus and storing the brine onto a brine storage tank; and a control part controlling the on-off control and operation of valves and pumps by a detected signal of a water level sensor of the salting tank and brine making apparatus and a set program.

Description

Automatic preparation system of the brine water for Kimchi and pickling method using its system

1 is a perspective view of the installation state showing the overall configuration of the present invention,

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view of the salt production machine of the present invention,

3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of a brine maker of the present invention;

4 is a partially enlarged perspective view of a pickle of the present invention;

5 is a front sectional view of the present invention;

6 is a plan view of the present invention,

7 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the brine maker of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Agitator 10 Salt solution storage tank 35 Pickling tank 30 Pickling unit 20 Salt solution maker 51 Salt solution supply conduit 41 Supply pump 42a Supply control valve 47 Injection conduit 43 Final supply conduit 45 Pickled water discharge conduit 45a : Return control valve 46: Salt water supply conduit 42: Recovery pump 29: New bow supply conduit

The present invention relates to a pickling device having a brine automatic manufacturing function for kimchi production.

In a large kimchi manufacturing plant that weighs several hundreds of tons a day, the process of making and pickling saline to pickle vegetables requires a great deal of salt and workload as the amount of kimchi produced is large.

For example, brine for pickling 10 tons of kimchi per day requires more than 10 tons of brine, and if you make 10 tons of brine at least 10 tons of salt, you must dissolve at least 1 ton of salt. That is, a long time is required to dissolve salt of about 1 ton in water of 10 tons or more by simple stirring. In most cases, preparing a separate salt dissolving tank and pouring the required amount of salt into it and stirring it by stirring with a stirrer is a general brine manufacturing method, but dissolution time is also a problem. to be.

In particular, if the problem is to immerse the produced brine in order to pickle vegetables such as cabbage, vegetables such as cabbage gradually lowers the concentration of saline due to the dehydration action. This decrease in the concentration of brine is the cause of insufficient pickling is the most important cause of the deterioration of the quality of the produced kimchi.

In order to improve the change in the brine concentration, the salting tank has a method of spraying additional salt when the concentration is low after a certain time. However, it is virtually impossible to disperse evenly in small quantities and evenly disperse vegetables like dozens or hundreds of tons of cabbage. Even if it is treated with diarrhea, the part that is in contact with salt and the part that is not, due to the difference in salinity, can only be inhomogeneously pickled.

In another way, when the concentration of the brine is measured by the concentration measuring sensor and lowered below a certain concentration, a method of supplying the brine by a pump from a separate brine reservoir has been developed. This method is theoretically very good in that salinity is measured by a sensor and the brine is supplied as low as salinity. However, no matter how many at least 10 pickling tanks are installed in the field, the installation of a concentration sensor for each pickling tank and supplying the brine having a concentration suitable for each pickling tank based on the result of the measurement of the concentration are performed in such a system. Significant cost is added to the installation of a processor consisting of a PLC for operation, and in particular, a problem is that there is no means for producing and supplying a suitable concentration of brine for each pickling tank. As a result, the current situation is to adjust the brine concentration to the extent that it is rarely adopted and adds a little dry salt (dry salt).

The present invention is to provide a pickling device having a brine automatic manufacturing function for producing kimchi to provide an optimum pickling environment by continuously refluxing the brine of the pickling bath prepared with the brine prepared at the same time to prepare the pickling brine used for kimchi production do.

The present invention is to provide an automatic manufacturing and automatic pickling device of the saline for kimchi production that can be optimized by automatically adjusting the brine function of the pickling function is changed during the pickling, while continuously producing the pickling brine.

The present invention relates to a pickling device having a brine automatic manufacturing function for kimchi production.

The present invention is to supply a new brine brine manufacturer capable of automatically mass-produce a brine, a salted brine supply device capable of automatically supplying a suitable amount to the pickle tank by storing the brine prepared, and by adjusting the brine of the concentration changed during the pickling process An object is to provide an optimum pickling.

The overall configuration of the present invention is shown in perspective view in Figure 1, Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional configuration of the brine producer of the present invention, Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the brine producer of the present invention, Figure 4 is a pickled portion of the present invention A partially enlarged perspective view of a part, FIGS. 5 and 6 are a sectional view and a plan view of the present invention. 7 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the brine maker of the present invention.

The present invention is provided with a stirrer (1) in the upper center, the brine storage tank 10 is connected to the brine recovery pipe and the brine supply conduit respectively on the upper and lower sides,

Pickles 30 for pickling the vegetables loaded in the pickling tank 35 arranged in parallel by the brine supplied from the brine storage tank,

A brine maker 20 for regenerating brine recovered from the pickled portion or for supplying freshly prepared brine to the brine storage tank;

The supply pump 41 connected to the brine supply conduit 51 of the brine storage tank, the injection conduit 47 and the injection conduit connecting the supply pump and the pickling tank through the supply control valve 42a, respectively, Pickling brine supply circuit portion consisting of the final supply conduit (43) to supply the brine to the pickling tank,

Brine replenishment conduit for re-supplying the brine used in the brine manufacturer through the pickling water discharge conduit 45 and the recovery control valve 45a installed at the lower part of the pickling section of the pickle portion, and the replenished waste brine from the brine manufacturer Waste brine recovery circuit unit for supplying to the brine storage tank 10 by the recovery pump 47 to pump,

New athletes are supplied to the brine maker by a new athlete's supply conduit (29), and the brine discharged through the recovery pump and the recovery conduit is made to the brine storage tank by making the supplied new athletes the necessary concentration by the brine maker. The brine manufacturing circuit unit to be stored in the brine storage tank by the recovery pump 47 to supply and the supply control valve 42a, recovery control valve 45a, and the supply pump 41, the recovery pump 47 The present invention relates to a pickling device having a brine automatic manufacturing function for kimchi manufacturing, comprising a control unit for controlling off control and operation by a pickling tank and a sensing signal of a water level sensor of a brine maker and a set control program.

Although the brine storage tank in the present invention is shown in a cylindrical shape, it is possible to adopt any form that can store a large amount of liquid therein. The stirrer 1 installed at the upper end part is installed to prevent the sedimentation caused by salting out partially inside the stored brine for a long time, and to discharge the foreign matter accumulated at the bottom during discharge.

The brine storage tank, the pickling tank, and the brine manufacturing machine are connected to the conduit by the pickling brine supply circuit part, the waste brine recovery circuit part, and the brine production circuit part via the supply pump 41 and the recovery pump 47. The brine maker is placed in the middle of the brine storage tank and the pickling tank, and the brine maker is placed below the pickling section to receive the brine discharged from the pickling section of the pickling section by its own weight.

In the present invention, the pickles are arranged in parallel in the pickling tanks 35, the injection conduit 47 is disposed in the center of the pickling tank to each pickling tank by the final supply conduit 43 branched toward each pickling tank Brine will be supplied. The arrangement of the pickling tank can be arbitrarily increased or decreased depending on the amount of kimchi to be produced, and the pickling tank is connected to the water level sensor 31 to maintain the required amount of saline to be filled therein.

In the present invention, the brine maker is to dissolve the three-minute dissolution tank in the primary fraction 27 and the secondary fraction 28, the height is different as shown in FIG.

On the upper side of the first fractionation section, a new athlete supply conduit (29) is installed to constitute a new athlete supply unit,

The middle fractional part constitutes the blower part separated from the air blower conduits 22 connected to the pump 25 by the perforated plate 23 at the lower part,

The final fractionation unit is configured of a storage discharge unit provided with a sensor unit 21 on one side, a drain unit 26 on the lower side, and an exhaust conduit 26a on the outside.

The primary and secondary overflow sections 27a and 28a are respectively formed on the upper side of the primary and secondary fractions of the brine maker, and when the brine or fresh water is filled and reaches a certain level, it passes through the following compartments. Let it overflow.

In the present invention, the pickled portion is supplied with the brine by the supply pump 41 of the brine supply conduit 51 connected to the discharge portion of the brine storage tank 10 as shown in Figure 4 respectively the brine by the injection conduit 47 Fill in the pickles of

When the brine in the pickling tank is above a certain level, the operation of the supply pump 41 is stopped by a signal transmitted from the water level sensor 31,

When the time set by the control unit has elapsed, it is supplied to the fractionation section of the brine maker by the recovery conduit 44 connected to the discharge section 44a at the bottom of the pickling tank and passed through the intermediate fraction section and the final fraction section. The recovery pump 42 is configured to recover the brine storage tank.

The operational relationship according to this structural feature of the present invention is described.

Vegetables such as cabbage, which has been cut and washed in order to manufacture kimchi, are filled in a pickling tank installed in multiple stages, such as pickles 30 of FIG. 1. In consideration of the characteristics of the stuffed vegetables, that is, the thickness of the leaves, the production time in the case of Chinese cabbage, an appropriate concentration of saline is assumed. When the brine concentration is calculated, the amount of brine to be supplied to the whole pickling tank is calculated, and the amount of salt to be dissolved in the brine is also calculated. This calculated amount of salt is measured and placed on top of the perforated plate 23 of the brine maker as shown in FIG.

In this state, the dissolution of the salt supplies fresh fresh water to the first fractionated space of the brine maker through the fresh-supply supply conduit 29 of the brine maker. When fresh water is supplied and filled into the first partition 27, the water flows through the first overflow portion 27a to the next compartment, that is, where salt is loaded in the perforated plate, where the lower part of the perforated plate is loaded. While being supplied with strong air pressure from the air blower conduit 22 installed in the salt is loaded and the vortex and the stirring is made to be severely inside the water supplied. Salt is dissolved by the vortex and stirring, and the dissolved brine is moved again through the secondary overflow portion 28a, where the water level is sensed by a separate level sensor portion 21. When it is detected by the level sensor unit that the water level has reached a certain level, the signal is transmitted to the control unit, and the brine generated by causing the recovery pump 42 to operate according to the transmitted signal is supplied to and stored in the brine storage tank.

If the brine production process is repeated continuously, a constant concentration of brine is stored in the brine storage tank, and the stored brine is again operated by the operation of the feed pump 41 connected to the brine supply conduit 51 and the inlet conduit 47 and the branch here. It is supplied to the pickling vessel via a final supply conduit (43).

When the brine is supplied to the pickling tanks to monitor whether the water level reaches a certain level by the water level sensor 31 connected to each pickling tank, and when the brine is filled in the pickling tank by a predetermined target level, also supplies a filling signal to the control unit This control unit stops the operation of the above-described supply pump and closes the supply control valve 42a.

In this state, a certain pickling time is set according to the state of the cabbage, and when the set time (e.g., from 6 pm to 6 am the next day, that is, 3 hours in the case of setting four cycles at 12 hours) Signals to open the recovery control valve 45a of the salt water discharge conduit 45 connected to the lower side, and when the valve is opened by this signal, the brine in the pickling tank by its own weight again through the salt water supply conduit 46 It is supplied to the separated section of the primary fraction of the brine maker. The discharged brine is again sensed by the level sensor unit 21 is supplied to the brine storage tank is stored again.

When all the brine in the pickling tank is discharged over a period of time, the brine is repeatedly supplied from the pickling tank to the pickling tank to fill the brine in each pickling tank, and the pickling operation is performed again.

In addition to the structural features of the present invention described above, the present invention provides a new pickling method according to this structure.

Vegetable pickling method in the present invention, in the pickling method of the kimchi production vegetables immersed in salted water to immerse the vegetables, divided, washed,

Loading the vegetables in the pickling tank (35) up and down continuously,

Filling the brine adjusted to a certain concentration in the pickling tank 100 to 300mm higher than the top of the vegetables to rinse 3 to 5 hours,

Discharging the brine in the pickling tank by opening the brine drain conduit 45 at the bottom of the pickling tank for 20 to 40 minutes,

Mixing the brine discharged from the pickling bath to uniform the concentration,

It is composed of a method of pickling vegetables for producing kimchi, characterized in that the step of supplying uniformly mixed brine to the above-mentioned pickling tank.

In the pickling process of the present invention, unlike the conventional salting of the brine to vegetables for a predetermined time, the salting is completely dehydrated in the middle and then re-supply by mixing the brine to a certain concentration, such dehydration, mixing, resupply By repeating, the pickling is perfected, making it possible to produce kimchi with the highest quality.

In the present invention, from the step of dissolving salt to pickle vegetables, all operations are carried out in connection with the pickling process. In particular, the dissolution of the salt proceeds rapidly by the vortex of the air, so that three to five times rapid dissolution can be achieved as compared to the dissolution using a conventional stirring impeller, thereby greatly reducing the work time.

Another feature of the present invention is in the pickling process, in the case of the Chinese cabbage, the brine is difficult to penetrate to the inside of the cabbage enclosed in dozens of layers, and even if diarrhea infiltration, the salt concentration in the lower part and the upper part is uniform The difficulty in pickling was to solve the problem of the conventional pickling process.

The reason is that the brine in the pickling tank is discharged to the outside at regular intervals and stored again in the brine storage tank. During the process of storage, the concentration of the brine that was uneven at the top and bottom is uniformly controlled. Since it is supplied to a pickling tank, it is possible to evenly pickle cabbages that are stacked on top of each other without the upside down work.

Another feature of the present invention is that the brine was difficult to penetrate the inside of the cabbage discharged all the brine by the discharge process is also discharged the brine inside the inside of the cabbage, and again supplying a uniformly adjusted brine to the inside of the cabbage Optimum pickling is achieved by achieving a uniform brine concentration, regardless of surface and surface.

Claims (4)

In the brine production and pickling device for kimchi production by connecting a pickling tank pickling a large amount of vegetables by the brine of the brine storage tank that stores the brine manufactured by the salt-soluble brine manufacturing unit by salt, In order to connect the pickling unit 30 and the brine maker 20 by the brine recovery conduit and the brine supply conduit of the upper and lower sides of the brine storage tank 10 is provided with a stirrer (1) in the upper center, The supply pump 41 connected to the brine supply conduit 51 of the brine storage tank, the injection conduit 47 and the injection conduit connecting the supply pump and the pickling tank through the supply control valve 42a, respectively, Pickling brine supply circuit portion consisting of the final supply conduit (43) to supply the brine to the pickling tank; Brine replenishment conduit for re-supplying the brine used in the brine manufacturer through the pickling water discharge conduit 45 and the recovery control valve (45a) installed in the lower part of the pickling vessel of the pickle portion, and the replenished waste brine from the brine manufacturer Waste brine recovery circuit unit for supplying to the brine storage tank 10 by the recovery pump 42 for pumping; The new athlete supply conduit (29) supplies fresh salt to the brine maker, and makes the supplied fresh athlete to the required concentration by the brine maker to convert the brine discharged through the recovery pump and the recovery conduit into the brine storage tank. Brine manufacturing circuit unit for storing the brine storage tank by the recovery pump 42 to supply, Then, the on / off control and operation of the supply control valve 42a, the recovery control valve 45a, the supply pump 41, and the recovery pump 42 are carried out with the detection signal of the water level sensor of the pickling tank and the brine maker. Pickling device having a brine automatic manufacturing function for kimchi production, characterized in that the control unit for controlling by a set control program. The method of claim 1, The brine maker is to divide the dissolution tank into the primary fraction (27) and the secondary fraction (28) having a different height for three minutes, On the upper side of the first fractionation section, a new athlete supply conduit (29) is installed to constitute a new athlete supply unit, The middle fractional part constitutes the blower part separated from the air blower conduits 22 connected to the pump 25 by the perforated plate 23 at the lower part, The final fractionation part is provided with a level sensor part 21 on one side, a drain part 26 is formed on the lower side, and on the outside constitutes a storage discharge part provided with a discharge conduit 26a. Pickling device with brine automatic manufacturing function. The method of claim 1, Pickling unit 30 is supplied to the brine by the supply pump 41 of the brine supply conduit 51 connected to the outlet of the brine storage tank 10 to fill the brine in each pickling tank by the injection conduit 47 , When the brine in the pickling tank is above a certain level, the operation of the supply pump 41 is stopped by a signal transmitted from the water level sensor 31, When the time set by the control unit has elapsed, it is supplied to the fractionation section of the brine maker by the recovery conduit 44 connected to the discharge section 44a at the bottom of the pickling tank and passed through the intermediate fraction section and the final fraction section. Pickling device having a brine automatic manufacturing function for producing kimchi, characterized in that the recovery pump 42 to recover to the brine storage tank. In the pickling method of vegetables for kimchi manufacturing, dipping and washing the pickled vegetables in salt water, Loading the vegetables in the pickling tank (35) up and down continuously, Filling the brine adjusted to a certain concentration in the pickling tank 100 to 300mm higher than the top of the vegetables to rinse 3 to 5 hours, Discharging the brine in the pickling tank by opening the brine drain conduit 45 at the bottom of the pickling tank for 20 to 40 minutes, Mixing the brine discharged from the pickling bath to uniform the concentration, The method of pickling vegetables for producing kimchi, characterized in that consisting of the step of re-supplying the uniformly mixed brine to the pickling tank.

Images