KR101888312B1 - Apparatus for drying agricultural and marine products - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an agricultural product dryer comprising: a main body having a drying chamber of a predetermined space formed therein and an opening and closing door installed on a front surface thereof to open and close the drying chamber; a heater installed inside the drying chamber to supply heat required to dry an agricultural product; and a blower installed to blow and circulate heat radiated through the heater. The drying efficiency can be improved.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR DRYING AGRICULTURAL AND MARINE PRODUCTS [0002]

More particularly, the present invention relates to a drying apparatus for agricultural and marine products, which can improve the drying efficiency through quick and uniform drying treatment of agricultural and marine products, and can improve drying quality such as quality maintenance of dried agricultural products .

In general, if you are drying depending on the natural drying method, various agricultural products (pepper, green tea, mushroom, jujube, chestnut, herb etc) and aquatic products (anchovy, shrimp, squid, Since it takes a considerable amount of time, recently, a drying process using an artificial forced drying method using an agricultural and aquatic product drier is performed.

The agricultural and horticultural dryer includes a drying chamber, a hot air supply unit arranged in a multi-layered structure in the drying chamber, a tray for placing a drying object (agricultural and marine products), a hot air supply unit for circulating hot air in the drying chamber to perform drying processing of a drying object (agricultural and marine products) And a controller for controlling operation of the hot air supply unit.

The hot air supply unit includes a heater for supplying heat for drying treatment in the drying chamber and a blower for blowing and circulating the heat generated in the heater in the drying chamber.

However, in the conventional agricultural and horticultural product drier, in the course of continuously circulating air for drying the laundry (agricultural and marine product) stored in the drying chamber, when a certain period of time has elapsed, the humidity of the circulated air becomes high and drying of the laundry It is difficult to smoothly carry out the drying treatment of the dried product (agricultural and marine products) because the hot air is not uniformly conveyed to the dried product (agricultural and marine products), thereby causing a problem in that the drying quality of the agricultural and marine product after drying is different.

In other words, there has been a problem in that there is a technical limitation in increasing the drying efficiency such as uniform drying in utilizing the agricultural and horticultural dryer in the past, and the hot air supply method has a bad influence on the drying quality such as destroying nutrients or poor color in agricultural and marine products .

On the other hand, when a recently proposed agricultural and marine products dryer is disclosed, in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2017-0011475, a microwave generator is provided together with a supply of heated air to emit microwaves, thereby improving the rapid drying and preservation of agricultural and marine products Korean Patent No. 10-1682196 discloses a structure for a agricultural and marine product dryer using a near-infrared LED that uses a near-infrared LED to preserve the nutrient protection and flavor of agricultural and marine products during the drying process There is a tendency that technologies for drying and processing agricultural and marine products, such as the preservation of quality, are proposed.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0011475 Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1682196

Disclosure of the Invention The present invention has been devised to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to improve the drying efficiency through quick and uniform drying treatment of agricultural and marine products, The purpose of the present invention is to provide a dryer for agricultural and marine products.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for drying a hot air supply, which enables the drying process to be carried out quickly while performing the same drying process as the natural drying method, and to improve the drying quality such as preserving nutrients and maintaining natural colors in agricultural and marine products The present invention provides a dryer for agricultural and marine products.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an agricultural and seawater desiccator comprising a main body having a drying chamber formed therein and having an opening and closing door for opening and closing the drying chamber, And a blower installed to blow and circulate the heat radiated through the heater, wherein the rotary driving motor is installed on the upper surface of the main body, A drum is installed in the drying chamber, and a rotation rod is installed upright on the inner center of the drum to connect to the rotation drive motor, while the drum rotates when the rotation rod rotates; A plurality of trays are mounted on upper and lower sides of the turntable so as to be respectively located on the left and right sides of the turntable, and the turntable on which the agricultural and marine products are placed is seated on the turntable; The drum is provided with an opening on the upper surface and a plurality of holes formed around the outer circumferential surface so as to perform heat inflow and circulation processing into the drum; The drum may be made by directly making phytoncide-releasing wood, including cottonwood, pine tree and pine tree, or; An iron plate or a synthetic resin plate, and coating the inner wall with a material selected from the group consisting of yellow, charcoal, germanium, zeolite, and elaborate far infrared ray emitting materials to form a far infrared ray emitting coating layer; It is composed of iron plate or synthetic resin plate, and it is composed of plate type far-infrared ray publication made by mixing one or more kinds selected from far-infrared ray emitting materials including yellow earth, charcoal, germanium, zeolite and elvan .

Here, the stirrer support rods fixedly coupled to the swivel rods are configured to rotate independently of the swivel rods through engagement with the swivel rods using a bearing or a ring body, and the rotational speed is individually adjusted with the swivel rods, ; A temperature sensor and a humidity sensor are mounted on the upper, middle, and lower portions of the main body of the main body, respectively, and temperature and humidity values at respective heights are sensed through the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor. The heating speed of the heater is adjusted in addition to the rotational speed of the heater; The main body is provided with a fixing bracket in a region where the rotary driving motor and the blower are installed to provide a fixing force while attaching a dustproof pad so as to exhibit a shock absorbing function due to vibration and minimize the noise generated by the operation of the power source Can be configured.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an agricultural and marine product dryer including a main body having a drying chamber formed therein and having an opening and closing door for opening and closing the drying chamber, A heater for supplying heat required for drying the agricultural and marine products; and a blower installed to blow and circulate the heat emitted through the heater, wherein a rotary driving motor is installed on the upper surface of the main body, The rotating rod is installed upright in the center of the rotating shaft and is connected to the rotating driving motor so as to rotate in the left and right directions with respect to the vertical line. And a turntable in which agricultural and marine products are placed on the turntable attached to the rotating bar Wherein the partition wall comprises a plate-shaped phytoncide discharge plate made of a phytoncide-releasing wood including a plain wood, a pine tree and a pine tree, ; The stirring rods fixedly coupled to the rotating rods are configured to rotate independently of the rotating rods through engagement with the rotating rods using a bearing or a ring body so that the rotating speed can be controlled independently of the rotating rods, ; A temperature sensor and a humidity sensor are mounted on the upper, middle, and lower portions of the main body of the main body, respectively, and temperature and humidity values at respective heights are sensed through the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor. The heating speed of the heater is adjusted in addition to the rotational speed of the heater; The main body is provided with a fixing bracket in a region where the rotary driving motor and the blower are installed to provide a fixing force while attaching a dustproof pad so as to exhibit a shock absorbing function due to vibration and minimize the noise generated by the operation of the power source .

According to the present invention, it is possible to supply uniform hot air irrespective of the positions arranged on the agricultural and marine product side, which is the object to be dried, through the improved design structure utilizing the low rotational speed and the through hole structure for supplying and circulating hot air, It is possible to improve the drying quality, and the drying efficiency can be increased, such as quick and uniform drying treatment for agricultural and marine products.

The present invention can be rapidly dried while performing the same type of drying process as that of the natural drying method, and it is possible to achieve usefulness for improving drying quality such as preserving nutrients and maintaining natural color in agricultural and marine products.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an external view showing a dryer for agricultural and marine products according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 2 is an internal structural view of a agricultural and marine product dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating one type of partition wall in the agricultural and marine product dryer according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an internal structural view of a agricultural and marine product dryer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the agricultural and horticultural dryer 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a drying chamber 11 having a predetermined space therein and includes an opening / closing door 12 A heater 20 installed inside the drying chamber 11 for generating and supplying heat required for drying agricultural and marine products and a heater 20 installed inside the drying chamber 11, And a blower 30 installed for blowing and circulating the heat dissipated through the drying chamber 11 to the drying chamber 11.

The heater 20 is installed on both side portions of the drying chamber 11 and the blower 30 is installed adjacent to the heater 20 to supply hot air to both sides of the drying chamber 11, As shown in FIG.

A partition wall 40 having a plurality of perforations 41 is installed on both sides of the inside of the drying chamber 11 so as to allow the heat blown by the blower 30 to flow inward.

The plurality of perforations 41 formed in the partition wall 40 are spaced apart from the upper part of the partition wall to the lower part so that the diameter of the perforation 41 gradually increases toward the lower side, Thereby uniformly dispersing and supplying the heat uniformly.

At this time, the heat blowing and circulation process through the blower 30 is performed through the plurality of pores 41 formed in the partition wall 40, and the heat is supplied from the side portion of the partition wall 40, The heat is blown from the lower part to the upper part of the drying chamber 11 so as to overcome the temperature difference between the upper and lower sides of the drying chamber 11.

A rotation bar 52 is disposed in the center of the drying chamber 11 so as to be rotatable in the left and right directions with reference to a vertical line on the upper side of the rotation driving motor 50 installed on the upper surface of the main body.

The rotation bar 52 is controlled to rotate at a low speed.

The stirring rods 52 connected to the rotary driving motor 50 and disposed upright in the drying chamber 11 are coupled to the stirring rods 54 so as to be respectively located on the left and right sides of the rotating rod body.

At this time, it is preferable that the harvesting support 54 is arranged in multiple stages on the upper and lower sides of the upright rotation bar 52, and is mounted in a multi-stage, and it is composed of a frame body.

It is preferable that the feeding support 54 is formed of a plate-like body instead of a frame body. In this case, it is preferable to form a plurality of through holes or a mesh-like structure with respect to the lower face. It can be used as a direct tape, so it may not be necessary to use the tape separately.

The tray support 54 may be formed with a through-hole or a mesh net structure so that hot air can be immediately introduced into the tray 60 side from the outer side surface close to the partition 40.

Then, a pot 60 on which agricultural and marine products for drying treatment are placed is placed and placed on a pot support 54 coupled to the rotary bar 52.

At this time, the agricultural and marine products may be placed in a state where the tray 60 is placed on the tray support 54.

The tray 60 may have a structure in which pores are formed throughout the entire body, or may have a structure in which a mesh structure is formed throughout the body. The shape of the tray 60 may be such that the agricultural and marine products .

That is, through the rotation driving using the rotation drive motor 50 and the rotation bar 52 and the structure of the plurality of through holes 41 formed in the partition wall 40, uniform heat distribution over the entire area of the drying chamber, It is possible to provide an advantage that the drying process can be performed evenly irrespective of the vertical arrangement of the agricultural and marine products arranged in the upper and lower parts in the drying chamber 11 and arranged in multiple stages.

The main body 10 is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet so that the outside air can be introduced and the air in the drying chamber can be exchanged for the purpose of adjusting the humidity in the drying chamber 11 according to the operation of the heater 20.

The barrier ribs 40 are constructed so as to be able to discharge far infrared rays and phytoncide to the agricultural and marine products side without treating them with simple barrier ribs, thereby preserving nutrients in the agricultural and marine products, which are objects to be dried.

For this, the partition 40 is a type of iron plate or synthetic resin plate, and the inner wall is formed by mixing one or more kinds selected from far-infrared ray emitting materials including yellow earth, charcoal, germanium, zeolite, Infrared radiation-emitting coating layer 43 is formed by coating with a material.

The partition wall 40 may be formed of a steel plate or a synthetic resin plate and may be made of a mixture of one or more materials selected from far-infrared ray emitting materials including yellow earth, charcoal, germanium, zeolite, And a far-infrared ray publication 44 of one plate type.

The partition wall 40 may be a plate type far-infrared ray publication made of a material mixed with at least one selected from far-infrared ray emitting materials including yellow earth, charcoal, germanium, zeolite, have.

The partition wall 40 is a different type, and can be directly constituted of a plate-shaped phononchip discharge plate made of phytoncide-emitting wood including a white wood, a pine tree, and a pine tree.

Here, in the case of using the above-described loess and charcoal as a plate material, a synthetic resin such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), or ABS is mixed and mixed at a certain ratio for moldability and durability.

Here, the far-infrared ray emitting materials act to sterilize the agricultural and marine products that are dried by the negative ion emission as well as the far-infrared ray emission, and perform the dehumidification function in the drying chamber 11 The humidity can be controlled, the drying efficiency according to the use of the dryer, and the drying quality for dried agricultural and marine products can be greatly improved.

Here, the phytoncide-emitting trees act as antimicrobial and antiseptic treatments for the agricultural and marine products that are dried by the emission of the negative ions together with the emission of far-infrared rays. It is possible to control the humidity, and the drying efficiency according to the use of the dryer and the drying quality for agricultural and marine products can be greatly improved.

That is, by providing functionality to the partition wall 40, it is possible not only to use the hot air as a simple inflow processing but also to use it as a quality maintenance means such as nutrient preservation and color of agricultural and marine products.

Although it is possible to apply the conventional zinc-plated sorbet to the tray 60, it is preferable that the sorbet 60 is provided with an aluminum sorbet having an excellent thermal conductivity and heat dispersion to induce faster heat transfer and even spread of heat, Thus, the drying time for the agricultural and marine product can be shortened, the drying can be performed evenly throughout the agricultural and marine products, and the corrosion due to the humidity in the drying chamber 11 can be prevented.

Since the tray support 52 can be used as a tray, it is also preferable that the tray support 52 is made of an aluminum material so that rapid heat transfer and uniform spread of heat can be induced.

The main body 10 may be provided with a light emitter 70 such as a far-infrared lamp or a far-infrared LED by being positioned on the inner side surface of the opening and closing door 12 and the inner side surface of the rear side of the drying chamber 11, respectively.

The light emitters 70 are arranged in a multi-stage structure from the upper part to the lower part, and are installed long in the form of a bar so that far-infrared heat is emitted toward the agricultural and marine products placed on the respective transporter 60 and far- .

At this time, the light emitting unit 70 is disposed at a corresponding position on the side of the teat 60 arranged in the drying chamber 11.

The light emitting unit 70 may use a fluorescent lamp, and it may provide an advantage of reducing drying time.

The light emitting unit 70 emits a certain amount of heat through light emission. In addition to the above-mentioned function, the light emitting unit 70 can quickly reach the temperature required for drying the agricultural and marine products through the discharge of heat even when the outside temperature of the installation place drops below zero In addition, it is possible to solve the difficulty of temperature control which occurred in the winter season using only the existing hot wind.

In the drying chamber 11 of the main body 10, a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor are mounted at the upper, middle, and lower heights, respectively, and the temperature value and the humidity value at each height are sensed through the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor, The rotating speed of the rotary drive motor 50 and the blower 30 can be adjusted and the degree of heating of the heater 20 can be adjusted.

Here, in a control unit to which a microcomputer or the like is attached and has various input and output, the temperature value is controlled to be constant over the entire area in the drying chamber 11, and the humidity value is controlled to be the optimum environmental condition for the drying quality.

That is, the dryer 1 can be operated and controlled under the same environmental conditions as the natural drying method using sunlight and wind, and the drying quality can be expected to be improved by preserving the nutrients of dried agricultural and marine products and giving natural colors .

On the other hand, in constructing the agricultural and seafood dryer 1 according to the present invention, as shown in Fig. 4, the partition wall 40 in the above-described structure may be removed and the drum 80 may be provided.

Here, the remaining components except for the drum 80 are the same as those described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The drum 80 is preferably a cylindrical drum. The drum 80 is installed in the drying chamber 11 such that the rotary shaft 52 connected to the rotary drive motor 50 is located at the center of the drum 80, And are coupled to rotate together when the rotation bar 52 is rotated by the rotation drive motor 50.

The drum 80 is formed with an opening 82 on its upper surface and a plurality of perforations 81 formed around the outer circumferential surface thereof to perform heat inflow and circulation processing into the drum 80.

At this time, the opening 82 formed on the upper surface of the drum 80 is formed as an open-type opening extending from the center to the edge area, and the perforation 81 formed around the outer circumferential surface of the drum 80 extends from the upper part to the lower part So that the diameter of the perforation is gradually increased toward the lower side so that the uniform distribution and supply of heat can be uniformly performed on the side of the agricultural and marine product to be dried.

At this time, heat blowing and circulation processing through the blower 30 is performed through a plurality of pores 81 formed in the drum 80, and heat is supplied from a side portion of the drum 40 to be rotated, The heat is blown and circulated through the drum 80 from the lower part to the upper part so as to overcome the upper and lower temperature differences in the drying chamber 11 due to the development.

In addition, the inflow of the upper and lower hot winds can be controlled using the rotational force of the drum 80, and the drying environment can be controlled.

The stirring rod 54 fixed to the rotating rod 52 may be rotated separately from the rotating rod through engagement with the rotating rod side using a bearing or a ring body. By adjusting the rotational speed, the drying environment can be controlled and dried.

The drum 80 may be configured to exhibit functionality such as far infrared ray emission or phytoncide emission in order to improve the drying quality of dried agricultural and marine products.

To this end, the drum 80 may be constructed as a type and directly made of phytoncide-releasing wood, including cottonwood, pine, and pine.

The drum 80 may be another type of iron plate or synthetic resin plate, and may be coated with a material mixed with at least one selected from far-infrared ray emitting materials including yellow earth, charcoal, germanium, zeolite, To form a far infrared ray emitting coating layer.

The drum 80 may be another type of iron plate or synthetic resin plate. The drum 80 may be made of a material mixed with one or more selected from far-infrared ray emitting materials including yellow earth, charcoal, germanium, zeolite, It is possible to combine one plate type far infrared ray publication.

Here, in the case of using the above-described loess and charcoal as a plate material, a synthetic resin such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), or ABS is mixed and mixed at a certain ratio for moldability and durability.

The drum 80 is configured to rotate while providing the structure of the double wall in the drying chamber 11 of the main body 10 different from the structure of the partition wall 40 described above so as to increase the time for staying hot air flowing into the drum 80 It is possible to improve the warming property by preventing external leakage and outflow, and it is possible to provide an advantage of increasing the drying efficiency.

The drum 80 is provided with a pair of divided bodies, which can be opened and closed through one side hinge connection, thereby facilitating the operation of disposing and dismounting the drum 60. Also, So that it can be locked.

In addition, the main body 10 is provided with a fixing bracket in a region where the motor of the rotary drive motor 50 and the blower 30 is installed to provide a fixing force while attaching a dustproof pad to exhibit a shock- Thereby making it possible to minimize the occurrence of noise due to the operation of the power unit.

The agricultural and horticultural dryer 1 according to the present invention having the above-described structure can set and control the drying temperature and the drying time for each item of the agricultural and marine products for drying treatment, and the usage temperature may be different depending on the summer or winter season.

For example, pepper can be used in a drying temperature range of 48 to 55 ° C for 50 to 60 minutes, mushrooms can be used in a drying temperature range of 35 to 50 ° C for a drying time of 40 to 50 minutes, Can be used at a drying temperature range of 35 to 45 ° C for 20 to 30 minutes and the seaweed can be used at a drying temperature range of 40 to 50 ° C for a drying time of 10 to 20 minutes, Lt; 0 > C and a drying time of 80 to 100 minutes.

That is, through the agricultural and seawater dryer 1 according to the present invention having the above-described structure, it is possible to provide an improved design structure using a low rotational speed and an efficient arrangement design of a through-hole structure for supplying and circulating hot air, It is possible to supply the hot air evenly regardless of the position of the nozzle, and thus it is possible to reduce the drying time while maintaining the uniform quality as well as to maintain the nutrition of agricultural and marine products and maintain the natural color, thereby improving the drying efficiency and drying quality can do.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. May be made, which will be within the technical scope of the present invention.

1: Agricultural and aquatic products dryer 10:
11: drying chamber 12: opening / closing door
20: heater 30: blower
40: partition wall 41: perforation
50: rotation drive motor 52:
54: teabag support 60: teabag
70: luminous body 80: drum
81: Through hole

Claims (3)

A main body in which a drying chamber of a predetermined space is formed in the inside of the drying chamber and an opening and closing door for opening and closing the drying chamber is installed on a front surface of the main body; a heater installed inside the drying chamber for supplying heat required for drying agricultural and marine products; And an air blower installed to blow and circulate the heat emitted through the air outlet,
A rotary drive motor is installed on the upper surface of the main body, a drum is installed in the drying chamber, and a rotary bar is installed upright in the center of the drum to connect the drum to the rotary drive motor.
A plurality of trays are mounted on upper and lower sides of the turntable so as to be respectively located on the left and right sides of the turntable, and the turntable on which the agricultural and marine products are placed is seated on the turntable;
The drum is provided with an opening on the upper surface and a plurality of holes formed around the outer circumferential surface so as to perform heat inflow and circulation processing into the drum;
The drum
It is made up of phytoncide-emitting trees including cottonwood, pine trees and pine trees, or made directly;
An iron plate or a synthetic resin plate, and coating the inner wall with a material selected from the group consisting of yellow, charcoal, germanium, zeolite, and elaborate far infrared ray emitting materials to form a far infrared ray emitting coating layer;
It is composed of iron plate or synthetic resin plate, and it is composed of plate type far-infrared ray publication made by mixing one or more kinds selected from far-infrared ray emitting materials including yellow earth, charcoal, germanium, zeolite and elvan And a drying unit for drying the agricultural and marine products. A main body in which a drying chamber of a predetermined space is formed in the inside of the drying chamber and an opening and closing door for opening and closing the drying chamber is installed on a front surface of the main body; a heater installed inside the drying chamber for supplying heat required for drying agricultural and marine products; A rotation driving motor is installed on an upper surface of the main body, and a rotation bar is disposed upright in a central portion of the drying chamber, and the rotation driving motor is connected to the rotation driving motor, And a plurality of trays are mounted on the upper and lower sides in multi-stages so that the trays are placed on the left and right sides of the rotation bar, respectively, and the trays on which the agricultural and marine products are placed are mounted on the trays And a plurality of holes are formed in both inner sides of the drying chamber, A method for drying a dried seafood product,
Wherein,
Composed of a plate-type phytoncide plate made of phytoncide-releasing wood, including white wood, pine tree and pine wood;
Wherein the stirring rod fixedly coupled to the rotating rod includes:
And the rotation angle of the rotating rod is controlled independently of the rotation axis by controlling the rotational speed of the rotating rod independently of the rotation axis of the rotating rod.
A temperature sensor and a humidity sensor are mounted on the upper, middle, and lower portions of the main body of the main body, respectively, and temperature and humidity values at respective heights are sensed through the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor. The heating speed of the heater is adjusted in addition to the rotational speed of the heater;
The main body is provided with a fixing bracket in a region where the rotary driving motor and the blower are installed to provide a fixing force while attaching a dustproof pad so as to exhibit a shock absorbing function due to vibration and minimize the noise generated by the operation of the power source And a drying unit for drying the agricultural and marine product. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the stirring rod fixedly coupled to the rotating rod includes:
And the rotation angle of the rotating rod is controlled independently of the rotation axis by controlling the rotational speed of the rotating rod independently of the rotation axis of the rotating rod.
A temperature sensor and a humidity sensor are mounted on the upper, middle, and lower portions of the main body of the main body, respectively, and temperature and humidity values at respective heights are sensed through the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor. The heating speed of the heater is adjusted in addition to the rotational speed of the heater;
The main body is provided with a fixing bracket in a region where the rotary driving motor and the blower are installed to provide a fixing force while attaching a dustproof pad so as to exhibit a shock absorbing function due to vibration and minimize the noise generated by the operation of the power source And a drying unit for drying the agricultural and marine product.

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