KR200186471Y1 - Nozzle spray type humidification system for dough conditioner fermenter - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dough conditioner fermenter used in the baking or confectionery process, and more particularly to a nozzle spray humidification system that can maintain and control the humidity in the dough conditioner fermenter within an appropriate range.

The nozzle spray humidification system for the dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention is directly connected to a water supply pipe equipped with an solenoid valve and sprays fine water, and the sprayed water is disposed on a path through which the water sprayed from the spray nozzle passes. It consists of an electric heater for evaporating and a fan device for circulating humidified and heated air inside the fermenter.

By adopting the nozzle spray type humidification system for the dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention, the inside of the fermenter can be controlled to a sufficient humidity and proper temperature within a short time, and it can reduce the power consumption and eliminate the risk of electric shock, and simplify the fermenter itself. It can be made beautiful in appearance.

Description

Nozzle spray type humidification system for dough conditioner fermenter

The present invention relates to a dough conditioner fermenter used in the baking or confectionery process, and more particularly to a nozzle spray humidification system that can maintain and control the humidity in the dough conditioner fermenter within an appropriate range.

In general, the dough conditioner fermenter is a device for performing the process of freezing storage, thawing, and fermentation before baking dough in the baking or confectionery process, in order to keep the process properly maintained moisture and temperature within an appropriate range I need to make it work.

A device for maintaining the humidity in the dough conditioner fermenter within a predetermined range, conventionally and recently, comprising: water flowing through a water supply valve, a steam tank for storing the water, an electric heater for heating water in the steam tank; In addition, a steam tank-heater humidification system has been used, which consists of a steam supply pipe, a nozzle, and a temperature controller for introducing steam generated from a steam tank into a fermenter.

However, the humidification system as described above has a large power consumption due to the continuous heating of the electric heater, there is a risk of leakage due to the input of water and the generation of steam, and there was a case of leakage.

In addition, since the humidification system is located in two sets at the top of the machine room, the machine room is complicated by the electric piping, and the appearance is not good. Above all, it takes a long time to generate water vapor because it generates steam by heating. There was a problem that the amount of steam does not occur, so the fermentation quality of the dough is somewhat reduced.

The present invention is to solve the problems as described above, the object of the present invention is a nozzle injection type for supplying water vapor by spraying the fine water through the electric heater by a nozzle that is directly connected to the water supply pipe can spray fine water By employing a humidification system, the dough conditioner fermenter can be supplied with an appropriate amount of water in a short time.

Another object of the present invention is to reduce the power consumption, to eliminate the risk of leakage and to minimize the required parts by using the nozzle spray type humidification system as described above to simplify the machine room and beautiful appearance.

Figure 1a is a partially cut perspective view showing a nozzle spray humidification system for dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention.

FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ of FIG. 1A; FIG.

FIG. 1C is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB ′ in FIG. 1A.

Figure 2 is a control block diagram of a nozzle spray humidification system for dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention.

※ Explanation of code about main part of drawing ※

1: dough conditioner fermenter 20: control panel

30: fan 40: electric heater

50: spray nozzle 60: cooler

100: controller

The nozzle spray type humidification system for the dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention is directly connected to the water supply pipe and spray means for spraying fine water, and the sprayed water is disposed on a path through which the sprayed water from the spray means passes. And heating means such as an electric heater, and circulation means such as a fan device for circulating humidified and heated air in the fermenter.

In addition, between the water supply pipe and the spray nozzle is characterized in that the solenoid valve controlled by the controller to control the water supply to the spray nozzle.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the nozzle spray humidification system for the dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1A is a partial cut cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a nozzle spray humidification system for a dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention, and FIGS. 1B and 1C are cross-sectional views taken along line A-A 'and B-B', respectively.

The dough conditioner fermenter 1 includes a fermenter main body 10, a cooling device for freezing dough or the like and lowering the temperature in the fermenter 1, an electric heater 40 for increasing the temperature in the fermenter 1, The main part is composed of a nozzle spray type humidification system composed of a spray nozzle 50 for supplying moisture into the fermenter 1, and a control unit for controlling the apparatuses.

Among the parts constituting the dough conditioner fermenter 1, the cooling device is installed in the machine room located at the top of the fermenter 1 and the cooler 60 installed in the space on the rear side of the fermenter 1 to operate the compressor 60. It consists of 62.

The cooler 60 is operated by a compressor 62 driven by the compressor driver 160 by the controller 100 shown in FIG. 2.

Of course, the cooler 60 may be provided by forming a space on the side as well as the rear of the fermentor 1, or by placing the machine room at the bottom of the fermenter 1, the compressor 62 may be installed at the bottom of the fermenter 1 There will be.

In particular, the nozzle spray type humidification system for the dough conditioner fermenter, which is a main part of the present invention, is installed in the water supply pipe 54 in which the solenoid valve 52 for controlling the water supply and the water supply is sprayed to spray fine water such as mist (50). ) And an electric heater 40 for promoting the evaporation of the water sprayed from the spray nozzle 50 and increasing the temperature inside the fermenter 1.

The spray nozzle 50 is disposed at the center of the U-shaped electric heater 40, thereby allowing the water sprayed from the spray nozzle 50 to pass through the portion where the electric heater 40 is installed.

The spray nozzle 50 sprays water as the solenoid valve 52 is opened, and the particle size of the sprayed water is very fine to a size similar to water vapor with a size such as fog. Therefore, the water does not need to be heated to evaporate.

However, even when some large particles of water are generated during the spraying by the spray nozzle 50, the sprayed water passes through the portion in which the electric heater 40 is installed, thereby completely evaporating by the heat of the electric heater 40.

Spray nozzle 50 applied in the embodiment of the present invention is a spray nozzle of the K-1 type (size: PT 1/4 × 1.0, material: SUS-304) manufactured by Katori, Japan (KATORI).

The electric heater 40 uses a dry heat heater, but conventionally used a wet heat heater for heating the water of the dry heat heater and the steam tank in the present invention can be simplified because the moist heat heater is unnecessary. In addition, two or more electric heaters 40 may be installed side by side as necessary.

By spraying the water finely in the same manner as described above and passing through the electric heater 40 to evaporate, it is possible to solve the risk of electric leakage that has often occurred in the conventional humidifier.

The fan 30, which is installed together with the spray nozzle 50 and the electric heater 40, allows the water sprayed from the spray nozzle 50 to flow through the electric heater 40 and the vapor vaporized completely through the fermenter 1. It functions to circulate inside of.

In addition, the air inside the fermenter 1 for supplying the solenoid valve 52 for supplying fine moisture as fog through the spray nozzle 50 and the electric heater 40 and water vapor to completely evaporate the sprayed water. The fan 30 for circulating is operated through the solenoid valve driver 150 controlled by the controller 100 shown in FIG. 2, the electric heater driver 140, and the fan motor driver 130.

Unexplained reference numerals 10b and 10a are a loading plate 10b for loading dough and a loading table 10a for loading the loading plate 10b.

On the other hand, with reference to the block diagram of Figure 2 the control unit for controlling the cooling device and the nozzle injection humidification system described in detail as follows.

The control unit of the dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention is composed of an input unit (100A), a controller 100 and an output unit (100B), and some of the input unit 100A, the controller 100 and the output unit (100B) is a dough conditioner fermenter It is installed in the machine room arrange | positioned at the upper end of (1).

The input unit 100A includes a control panel 20 for manually controlling or automatically controlling the dough conditioner fermenter 1, and at least one or more installed at predetermined positions in the fermenter 1, respectively, so that the entire space inside the fermenter 1 is provided. It consists of a temperature sensor 20a and a humidity sensor 20b for accurately measuring the temperature and humidity of the control panel 20, the operation signal in the control panel 20 and the temperature signal of the temperature sensor 20a and the humidity signal of the humidity sensor 20b Is input to the controller 100.

The controller 100 drives the cooling device and the nozzle spray humidification system according to the signal input from the input unit 100A, and the output unit 100B is disposed at a predetermined position of the control panel 20 so that the dough conditioner fermenter 1 Display unit 120 for operating the LED lamp or display 22 indicating the operating state, and fan motor driving unit for driving the fan motor 32 to operate the fan 30 for circulating the air in the fermenter 1 130, an electric heater driving unit 140 for operating the electric heater 40 to increase the temperature inside the fermentor 1, and a spray for supplying moisture to maintain the humidity in the fermenter 1 within a predetermined range. The solenoid valve driving unit 150 for driving the solenoid valve 52 that is opened to operate the nozzle 50, and the compressor 62 for operating the cooler 60 to lower the temperature inside the fermenter 1 Compressor drive unit 160 and the like .

In the manual operation according to the operator's manipulation of the control panel 20, the controller 100 performs an operation such as freezing, thawing, or fermentation selected according to the temperature, humidity, and time set by the operator.

In automatic operation, the controller 100 performs an operation such as freezing, thawing, or fermentation, which is selected according to a pre-optimized programmed temperature, humidity, and time.

That is, when the temperature inside the fermenter 1 measured by the temperature sensor 20a is lower than the set range, the electric heater 40 and the fan 30 are opened through the electric heater driver 140 and the fan motor driver 130. By operating the supply of warm air by raising the temperature inside the fermenter (1) in the preset range, if higher than the set range stops the operation of the electric heater (40) and operates the cooler 60 through the compressor drive unit 160 to fermenter ( 1) It performs temperature control function to lower the internal temperature within the set range.

In addition, when the humidity inside the fermentor 1 measured by the humidity sensor 20b is lower than the set range, the solenoid valve 52 is operated through the solenoid valve driving unit 150 to spray water through the spray nozzle 50. It supplies water, and if the humidity is higher than the set range, it performs the moisture control function to stop the water supply.

It is natural that the above-described setting range of temperature and setting range of humidity vary depending on what function the dough conditioner fermenter 1 is to be operated.

For example, if the dough conditioner fermenter 1 performs the function of fermenting frozen or thawed dough or dough kneaded immediately, an appropriate temperature range at the time of fermentation is 35 to 39 ° C, preferably 38 ° C. The appropriate humidity range will be 80 to 90%, preferably 85%.

Hereinafter, the operation of the nozzle spray humidification system for the dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention will be described in more detail.

When the frozen dough is thawed and fermented according to the operation in the control panel 20, the temperature inside the fermenter 1 should be maintained at 38 ° C. and humidity at 85%.

In order to maintain the temperature and humidity in the fermenter 1 in the above-described state, the controller 100 is a fan according to the temperature and humidity signals detected by the temperature sensor 20a and the humidity sensor 20b installed inside the fermenter 1. The operation signal is sent to the motor driver 120, the electric heater driver 140, and the solenoid valve driver 150.

The electric heater driving unit 140 operates the electric heater 40 to heat air according to the operation signal of the controller 100, and the solenoid valve driving unit 150 opens the solenoid valve 52 so that the spray nozzle 50 It sprays fine moisture like a mist, and the sprayed water evaporates completely while passing through the electric heater 40. Then, the fan motor driving unit 130 operates the fan 30 to circulate the heated air containing steam into the fermenter 1.

Humidified and heated air circulated by the fan 30 passes through the space between the machine room and the fermentation chamber and the space between the main body outer wall and the fermentation chamber and is supplied into the fermentation chamber from the upper part and the front part of the fermenter.

In addition, unlike the accompanying drawings, at least one or more holes may be drilled in the fermentation chamber walls between the mounting tables 10a to supply humidified and heated air through these holes.

By applying the nozzle spray humidification system in this way, the time for reaching the temperature of 38 ° C. and the humidity of 85% is significantly shortened as compared with the prior art.

Of course, in the baking or confectionery process to produce a variety of bread or sweets, the optimum temperature and humidity in the freezing, thawing or fermentation process for each type of bread or confectionery, in addition to the above 38 ℃ temperature and 85% humidity Various temperatures and humidity will apply. Accordingly, the optimum temperature and the optimal humidity operated or pre-programmed through the control panel 20 will be set according to the characteristics of the various products, and the nozzle injection humidification system of the present invention is designed according to the control of the controller 100. The temperature and humidity inside the fermenter 1 are automatically adjusted according to the characteristics of each.

The progress of the temperature change, the humidity change, and the required time as described above is displayed through display means such as an LED lamp or a display 22 installed in the control panel 20.

Table 1 shows a comparison result of fermentation of dough using a nozzle spray humidification system for the dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention and a humidity generating system using a conventional heater and a steam tank.

division Humidity generation of the present invention Nozzle Injection System Conventional heater steam tank type Humidity Generation System Set temperature arrival time (0 ℃ → 38 ℃) 10 minutes 30 minutes Humidity Arrival Time (30% → 85%) 1 minute 15 minutes Dough Fermentation Range Evenly fermented (humidity increase) Evenly fermented Power consumption 300 W 650 W × 2 Possible leakage 0% 4%

Looking at the above Table 1, when the nozzle spray type humidification system of the present invention was adopted, it was confirmed that the time for reaching the set value of the temperature and humidity in the fermentation chamber was much shorter, and the dough was fermented while containing sufficient moisture. As a result, the power consumption was very low and there was no possibility of leakage.

The electric wiring, water supply pipe or fermenter configuration for applying the nozzle spray humidification system for the dough conditioner fermenter of the present invention will be easily understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.

When the nozzle spray humidification system of the present invention is applied to the dough conditioner fermenter, it is possible to ferment the dough by spraying the fine water through the electric heater by the nozzle that can be directly connected to the water supply pipe to spray the fine water. When operating the fermenter, it is possible to reach and maintain the temperature and humidity inside the fermenter in a suitable state within a short time.

In addition, it is possible to reduce the power consumption by using the nozzle injection-type humidification system as described above, it is possible to completely eliminate the concerns about leakage.

Furthermore, the number of parts required to make the dough conditioner fermenter can be minimized, thereby reducing the production cost of the equipment and simplifying the machine room in which the main equipment is mounted, and the overall appearance of the dough conditioner fermenter can be enhanced. .

Claims (3)

In the dough conditioner fermenter used in the process of freezing, thawing or fermenting the dough or dough used for baking or confectionery, spray means for directly connecting to the water supply pipe to spray fine water; Heating means disposed on a path through which the water sprayed by the spray nozzle passes and for evaporating the sprayed water; Nozzle spray humidification system for dough conditioner fermenter characterized in that the circulation means for circulating the sprayed or evaporated water in the fermenter. The method of claim 1, A spray nozzle type humidification system for a dough conditioner fermenter, characterized in that the spray means is a spray nozzle, the heating means is a dry heat electric heater, and the circulation means is a fan apparatus. The method of claim 1, The water supply pipe is nozzle controlled humidification system for a dough conditioner fermenter characterized in that the solenoid valve is controlled by a controller to control the water supply to the spray nozzle is installed.