KR20160047968A - Artificial snow producing ice maker and method of controlling temperature for artificial snow producing ice maker - Google Patents

Artificial snow producing ice maker and method of controlling temperature for artificial snow producing ice maker Download PDF

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KR20160047968A
KR20160047968A KR1020150050692A KR20150050692A KR20160047968A KR 20160047968 A KR20160047968 A KR 20160047968A KR 1020150050692 A KR1020150050692 A KR 1020150050692A KR 20150050692 A KR20150050692 A KR 20150050692A KR 20160047968 A KR20160047968 A KR 20160047968A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Disclosed by the present invention are a shaved ice making machine and an ice state controlling method thereof. The shaved ice making machine comprises: a rotary drum which is rotated by power applied to make ice on the outer circumference surface; an ice making tank which accommodates ice making water which is in contact with the outer circumference surface of the rotary drum; a cooling unit which circulates refrigerant to the rotary drum so that the ice making water being in contact with the outer circumference surface of the rotary drum is changed into ice; a blade unit which scrapes out ice by coming in touch with the outer circumference surface of the rotary drum; and a control unit which controls the cooling unit by corresponding to an ice storage room accommodating ice generated by the blade unit and the ice making state in the rotary drum. The control unit includes: a condition sensing unit which senses at least one between the condensation temperature of the condenser of the cooling unit and the condensation pressure of the condenser of the cooling unit; a condition comparing unit which compares at least one between the condensation temperature and the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing unit with preset normal operating conditions; and a controller which controls the operation of an air blower (air cooling type) or the operation of a cooling water flow rate control unit (water cooling type) in the cooling unit in case of overcooled or overheated operating conditions in comparison with the preset normal operating conditions.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a powder ice ice maker and an icing state control method thereof.

The present invention relates to a powder ice ice maker and a method of controlling the ice making state of the powder ice ice maker. More particularly, the present invention relates to a powder ice ice maker that performs a cooling cycle in which a refrigerant undergoes compression, condensation, expansion, (The phase change pressure of the refrigerant in the condenser, hereinafter also referred to as the condensation pressure) and the condensation temperature (the phase change of the refrigerant in the condenser), which is one of the refrigerating and condensing units The evaporation pressure and the evaporation temperature for the refrigerant of the rotary drum (which performs an evaporation function, hereinafter also referred to as a rotary drum or a freezing drum) in which ice is generated can be uniformly controlled And it is possible to uniformly maintain the icing state on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum and uniformly control the icing operation state of the powder ice ice maker Powder can relate to the ice maker and ice conditions of this control method.

A generally known rotary drum type ice maker is provided with a cylindrical rotary drum for ice-making inside the ice maker in a rotatable manner, and a water dish in which a part of the rotary drum is immersed is stored in the ice maker. A circulating coolant circulated by a cooling system is supplied to the interior of the rotary drum to cool the rotary drum to form a layered It is meant to be made to grow ice.

The ice maker is provided with a cutter in contact with the surface of the rotary drum so that the ice on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating rotary drum is taken off and dropped into the low bingo.

A related art is disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0878589 (registered on Jan. 01, 2009, entitled " Drum type ice maker ").

It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator which can uniformly control the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature with respect to the refrigerant of the condenser which is a constitution of the cooling unit in the ice making operation state of the powder ice ice maker, To provide a powder ice ice maker capable of uniformly maintaining the evaporating temperature and uniformly maintaining the ice making state on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum and uniformly controlling the ice making operation state of the powder ice ice maker and a method of controlling the ice making state thereof .

A powder ice ice maker according to the present invention includes: a rotary drum rotated by a power source applied to form ice on an outer circumferential surface; An ice-making water tank for receiving de-iced water to which an outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum is contacted; A cooling unit for circulating the refrigerant in the rotary drum so that the ice-making water in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum turns into ice, compressing-condensing-expanding-evaporating the refrigerant; A blade portion contacting the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum to scrape off ice; A lower bingo in which ice generated by the blade portion is received; And a control unit for controlling the cooling unit in accordance with an icing state in the rotary drum. Wherein the cooling unit comprises: a compressor for compressing refrigerant; An air-cooled condenser in which the refrigerant compressed through the compressor is condensed; An expansion unit for expanding the refrigerant condensed through the condenser and supplying the expanded refrigerant to the interior of the rotary drum; A blower for supplying air to the condenser to cool the condenser; Wherein the control unit comprises: a condition sensing unit sensing at least one of a condensation temperature of the condenser and a condensation pressure of the condenser; A condition comparator for comparing at least one of a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure sensed by the condition sensing unit with at least one of a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure of a predetermined normal operation condition; And a controller for controlling the operation of the blower when the supercooling operation condition or the superheat operation condition is compared with the predetermined normal operation condition; And a control unit.

A powder ice ice maker according to the present invention includes: a rotary drum rotated by a power source applied to form ice on an outer circumferential surface; An ice-making water tank for receiving de-iced water to which an outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum is contacted; A cooling unit for circulating the refrigerant in the rotary drum so that the ice-making water in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum turns into ice, compressing-condensing-expanding-evaporating the refrigerant; A blade portion contacting the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum to scrape off ice; A lower bingo in which ice generated by the blade portion is received; And a control unit for controlling the cooling unit in accordance with an icing state in the rotary drum. Wherein the cooling unit comprises: a compressor for compressing refrigerant; A water-cooled condenser in which the refrigerant compressed through the compressor is condensed; An expansion unit for expanding the refrigerant condensed through the condenser and supplying the expanded refrigerant to the interior of the rotary drum; A flow rate regulator for regulating the cooling water supplied while supplying the cooling water to the condenser; Wherein the control unit comprises: a condition sensing unit sensing at least one of a condensation temperature of the condenser and a condensation pressure of the condenser; Condition comparison unit comparing the condensation temperature and the condensation pressure in the normal operating conditions, predetermined at least one of condensation temperature and condensation pressure to be detected by the condition detector; And a controller for controlling the operation of the flow rate regulating unit when the supercooling operation condition or the overheated operation condition is compared with a predetermined normal operation condition; And a control unit.

A method for controlling an icing state of a powder ice ice maker according to the present invention includes the steps of sensing at least one of a condensation temperature of the condenser and a condensation pressure of the condenser through the condition sensing unit for a powder ice ice maker provided with a condenser for condensing a refrigerant, ; A condition comparison step of comparing at least one of a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure detected in the condition sensing step with a predetermined normal operation condition; And controlling the operation of the blower when the supercooling or overheating operation condition is compared with the predetermined normal operation condition; (In the air-cooled condenser, the cooling rate of the condenser is proportional to the increase of the air amount for cooling the condenser when the blower rotation speed increases).

A method for controlling an icing state of a powder ice ice maker according to the present invention includes the steps of sensing at least one of a condensation temperature of the condenser and a condensation pressure of the condenser through the condition sensing unit for a powder ice ice maker equipped with a condenser for condensing a refrigerant by a water- ; A condition comparison step of comparing at least one of a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure detected in the condition sensing step with a predetermined normal operation condition; And an operation control step of controlling the operation of the flow rate control unit when the supercooling operation condition or the overheated operation condition is compared with a predetermined normal operation condition; (In the water-cooled condenser, the cooling rate of the condenser is increased when the flow rate of the cooling water is increased).

The powder ice ice maker and its icing state control method according to the present invention can uniformly control the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature with respect to the refrigerant of the condenser which is one of the cooling units in the icing operation state of the powder ice ice maker, It may maintain a uniform evaporation pressure and evaporation temperature of the refrigerant of the rotary drum that the ice is produced, and as a result It is possible to uniformly maintain the ice making state on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum and to control the ice making operation state of the powder ice ice maker uniformly.

In particular, by maintaining such a condensing pressure and a condensing temperature at a constant level, it is possible to substantially improve the ice making temperature, the ice making load, the ice making quality, the ice making performance, and the ice making efficiency at the rotary drum (outer circumferential surface).

Further, the present invention can maintain the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature of the condenser at normal operating conditions by controlling the blower that supplies air to the condenser so that the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature of the air-cooled condenser do not deviate from the normal operating condition.

Particularly, the present invention controls the condenser pressure and the condensation temperature of the condenser in a normal operation mode by controlling the flow rate control unit (cooling water control valve) that controls the cooling water supplied to the condenser so that the condensation pressure and the outdoor temperature of the water- Condition.

Further, the present invention controls at least one of the condenser pressure and the condensation temperature (excessive or inferior operation) in the blower or the cooling water control (control) by a method comparing with the normal operation condition, Can be maintained at a normal operating condition.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a powder ice ice maker to which an air-cooled condenser according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a method of controlling the icing state of a powder ice ice maker to which the air-cooled condenser according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a powder ice ice maker to which a water-cooled condenser according to a second embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a method of controlling the icing state of a powder ice ice maker to which a sanitary condenser according to a second embodiment of the present invention is applied.
5 is a graph showing an enthalpy diagram of a refrigerant in a powder ice ice maker according to the present invention.
6 is a configuration diagram showing an operation state of a conventional air-cooled type drum powder ice ice maker.
7 is a configuration diagram showing an operation state of a conventional water-cooled drum type ice ice maker.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a powder ice ice maker according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a method of controlling an ice making state of a powder ice ice maker according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, a powder ice ice maker according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a rotary drum 10, an ice-making water tank 20, a cooling unit 30, A blade unit 40, a lower bingo tray 50, and a control unit 60. [

The rotary drum 10 is rotated by a power source so that ice (I) is formed on the outer peripheral surface. The rotating drum 10 is rotated by a known driving unit. A coolant passage or a nozzle may be provided in the rotary drum 10 to cool the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum 10 so that the coolant for forming the ice I may be cooled. The rotary drum 10 serves as an evaporator in which the refrigerant expanded by the expansion portion 33 of the cooling unit 30 is supplied.

The ice-making water tank (20) receives de-iced water (W). At this time, the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 10 is brought into contact with the ice-making water W accommodated in the ice-

The cooling unit (30) circulates the refrigerant to the rotary drum (10). The cooling unit (30) supplies the inside of the rotary drum (10) with the refrigerant to cool the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum (10). The cooling unit 30 causes the ice making water W which is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum 10 to turn into ice I. [

The cooling unit 30 includes a compressor 31, a condenser 32, an expansion unit 33, and a blower 34. The compressor 31 compresses the refrigerant. The compressor 31 compresses the refrigerant discharged from the rotary drum 10 at room temperature and low pressure into a high-temperature, high-pressure gas state. The condenser 32 condenses the high-temperature, high-pressure gaseous refrigerant compressed through the compressor 31 to a room-temperature high-pressure liquid state. The expansion unit (33) expands the refrigerant condensed into the liquid state at room temperature and high pressure through the condenser (32) into the low temperature low pressure gas state and supplies it to the inside of the rotary drum (10). The blower 34 supplies air to the condenser 32 to cool the condenser 32. Here, the rotary drum 10, the compressor 31, the condenser 32, and the expansion portion 33 are connected to form a closed loop through the cooling line 30a, thereby circulating the refrigerant. At this time, the compressor 31, the condenser 32, the expansion unit 33, and the blower 34 can be applied to various known types. The powder ice ice maker according to the first embodiment of the present invention is air-cooled and the cooling unit 30 is cooled by the blower 34.

The blade portion 40 comes into contact with the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum 10 to scrape off the ice. The blade portion 40 contacting the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 10 scrapes the ice I formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 10 as the rotary drum 10 rotates.

The bingo 50 receives the ice I produced by the blade 40.

The control unit 60 is controlled in response to the operating condition of the condenser 32 set in order to keep the icemaker state in the rotary drum 10 at the optimum state in the cooling unit 30. [ The control unit 60 includes a condition sensing unit 61 for a condenser, a condition comparator 62, and a controller 63. [ The condition sensing unit 61 senses the condensation temperature or the condensation pressure of the condenser 32. The condition comparator 62 compares the condensation temperature or the condensation pressure sensed by the condition sensing unit 61 with a preset normal operating condition based on the enthalpy diagram of the refrigerant. The controller 63 controls the operation of the blower 34 so that the condensation pressure or the condensation temperature is kept constant compared with the predetermined normal operating condition.

The condition sensing unit 61 normally applies a temperature sensing sensor or a pressure sensing sensor.

As shown in FIG. 2, a method for controlling the ice-making state in the air-cooled type ice-making ice-making apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a condition sensing step S1, a condition comparison step S2, (S3).

The condition sensing step S1 may be performed through the condition sensing unit 61 described above. The condition sensing step (S1) detects the condensation temperature or the condensation pressure of the condenser (32).

The condition comparison step S2 may be performed through the condition comparator 62 described above. The condensation temperature or the condensation pressure detected in the condition sensing step S1 is compared with a predetermined normal operating condition based on the enthalpy diagram of the refrigerant as shown in FIG.

The state control step S3 may be performed through the controller 63 described above. The operation of the blower 34 is controlled such that the supercooling operation condition or the overheating operation condition (not to deviate from the predetermined normal operation condition, that is, the condenser refrigerant condition does not become the supercooling operation condition or the superheat operation condition) .

In the first example, in the air-cooled cooling unit, when the condensation temperature detected in the condition sensing step S1 is a supercooling operating condition lower than the temperature of the normal operation condition, the state control step S3 reduces the rotation of the blower 34 The condensation temperature of the condenser 32 can be increased by decreasing the air flow rate by stopping the operation of the condenser 32 so as to achieve the predetermined normal operating condition.

In the second example, when the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing step S1 is the supercooling operation condition, that is, when the condensation pressure is lower than the normal operation condition, the state control step S3 reduces the rotation of the blower 34 Or by stopping the air flow to reduce the airflow, the condensing pressure of the condenser 32 can be increased to achieve a predetermined normal operating condition.

That is, when the condensation temperature and the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing step S1 are in the supercooling operation condition lower than the normal operation condition, the state control step S3 is performed to reduce the operation of the blower 34 The condensation temperature and the condensation pressure of the condenser 32 to be cooled by the air cooling method can be increased to achieve a predetermined normal operating condition.

In the third example, when the condensation temperature sensed in the condition sensing step S1 is an overheating operation condition higher than the normal operation condition temperature, the state control step S3 increases the air volume of the blower to decrease the condensation temperature of the condenser 32 To be a predetermined normal operating condition.

In the fourth example, when the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing step S1 is the over-heating operation condition, that is, when the condensation pressure is higher than the normal operation condition, the state control step S3 increases the air volume, The condensing pressure of the condenser can be reduced to a predetermined normal operating condition.

That is, when the condensation temperature and the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing step S1 are higher than the normal operation condition, the state control step S3 controls the rotation of the blower 34 by increasing the air volume of the blower , The condensation temperature of the condenser (32) and the condensation pressure can be reduced to achieve a predetermined normal operating condition.

Accordingly, the powder ice ice maker according to the first embodiment of the present invention can maintain the temperature constant on the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum 10 through the continuous ice making operation, and the substantially uniform ice ice quality in the rotary drum 10 Ice (I) can be formed, and the ice-making efficiency can be maximized.

Hereinafter, a powder ice ice maker and its icing state control method according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a powder ice ice maker according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a method of controlling the ice making state of a powder ice ice maker according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4, the water-cooled powder ice ice maker according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a rotary drum 10, an ice-making water tank 20, a cooling unit 30, A blade unit 40, a lower bingo tray 50, and a control unit 60. [

The rotary drum 10 is rotated by a power source so that ice (I) is formed on the outer peripheral surface. The rotating drum 10 is rotated by a known driving unit. A coolant passage or a nozzle may be provided in the rotary drum 10 to cool the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum 10 so that the coolant for forming the ice I may be cooled. The rotary drum 10 serves as an evaporator in which the refrigerant expanded by the expansion portion 33 of the cooling unit 30 is supplied.

The ice-making water tank (20) receives de-iced water (W). At this time, the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 10 is brought into contact with the ice-making water W accommodated in the ice-

The cooling unit (30) circulates the refrigerant to the rotary drum (10). The cooling unit (30) supplies the inside of the rotary drum (10) with the refrigerant to cool the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum (10). The cooling unit 30 causes the ice making water W which is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum 10 to turn into ice I. [

The cooling unit 30 may include a compressor 31, a condenser 32, an expansion unit 33, and a cooling water flow rate control unit 36. The compressor 31 compresses the refrigerant. The compressor (31) can compress the refrigerant discharged from the rotary drum (10) at room temperature and low pressure into a high-temperature, high-pressure gas state. The condenser 32 condenses the refrigerant compressed in the high-temperature and high-pressure gas state through the compressor 31 into the normal-temperature high-pressure liquid state. The expansion unit (33) expands the refrigerant condensed into the liquid state at room temperature and high pressure through the condenser (32) into the low temperature low pressure gas state and supplies it to the inside of the rotary drum (10). The cooling water flow rate regulator 36 supplies cooling water to the condenser 32 to cool the condenser 32. The cooling water flow rate regulator 36 may be provided with a water supply line 37 for supplying the cooling water to the condenser 32 and a water discharge line 38 for discharging the cooling water passing through the condenser 32. The cooling water flow rate regulator (36) regulates the cooling water supplied to the condenser (32). The cooling water flow rate regulating portion 36 may be constituted by a valve. The cooling water flow rate regulator 36 may be provided in the water supply line 37 or the water discharge line 38. Here, the rotary drum 10, the compressor 31, the condenser 32, and the expansion unit 33 are connected to form a closed loop through the refrigerant gas piping line 30a, thereby circulating the refrigerant. At this time, the compressor 31, the condenser 32, the expansion unit 33, and the cooling water flow rate control unit 36 can be applied to various known types. In the powder ice ice maker according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the cooling unit 30 can be cooled by the water-cooled condenser 32 controlled by the cooling water flow rate regulator 36.

The blade portion 40 comes into contact with the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum 10 to scrape off the ice. The blade 40 contacting the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 10 can scrape ice I formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 10 as the rotary drum 10 rotates.

The bingo 50 receives the ice I produced by the blade 40.

The control unit 60 is controlled in response to the operating condition of the condenser 32 set in order to keep the icemaker state in the rotary drum 10 at the optimum state in the cooling unit 30. [ The control unit 60 may include a condition sensing unit 61, a condition comparison unit 62, and a controller 63. [ The controller is a pressure-actuated water regulating valve that automatically adjusts the flow rate of the cooling water by the condensation pressure so that the condensation pressure maintains the predetermined normal operation value at all times. The controller is also called a pressure automatic water supply valve, And the condensation pressure is kept constant at all times.) It is preferable that the operation is economical because the cooling water is shortened during the operation stop, and the installation position is the cooling water inlet side of the condenser.

The condition sensing unit 61 senses at least one of the condensation temperature of the condenser 32 and the condensation pressure of the condenser 32. The condition comparator 62 compares the condensation temperature or the condensation pressure sensed by the condition sensing unit 61 with a preset normal operating condition based on the enthalpy diagram of the refrigerant. The controller 63 controls the operation of the cooling water flow rate regulator 36 so that the condensation pressure or the condensation temperature is kept constant compared with the predetermined normal operating condition.

4, the condition detecting step S1, the condition comparing step S2, the operation controlling step S4 (see FIG. 4), and the operation of the ice- ).

The condition sensing step S1 may be performed through the condition sensing unit 61 described above. The condition sensing step S1 senses at least one of the condensation temperature of the condenser 32 and the condensation pressure of the condenser 32.

The condition comparison step S2 may be performed through the condition comparator 62 described above. The condition comparison step S2 compares at least one of the condensation temperature and the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing step S1 with a predetermined normal operating condition based on the enthalpy diagram of the refrigerant as shown in FIG.

The operation control step S4 may be performed through the controller 63 described above. The operation control step S4 controls the operation of the cooling water flow rate regulator 36 so as not to deviate from the predetermined normal operating condition, that is, the refrigerant state of the condenser does not become a supercooling operation condition or an overheating operation condition.

In the first example, when the condensation temperature sensed in the condition sensing step S1 is a supercooling operation condition lower than the normal operation temperature condition, the operation control step S4 is performed in such a manner that the cooling water flow rate regulator 36 operates to decrease the cooling water flow rate So that the condensation temperature of the condenser 32 cooled by the water cooling type can be increased to achieve a predetermined normal operating condition.

In the second example, when the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing step S1 is a supercooling operation condition, that is, when the condensation pressure is lower than the settling operation condition, the operation control step S4 controls the cooling water flow- By operating to reduce the flow rate, it is possible to increase the condensation pressure of the water-cooled type condenser 32 to be in a predetermined normal operating condition.

That is, when the condensation temperature and the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing step S1 are in the supercooling operation condition lower than the normal operation condition, the operation control step S4 causes the cooling water flow rate control unit 36 to decrease the cooling water flow rate, The condensation temperature and the condensation pressure of the condenser 32 cooled by the water cooling method can be increased to achieve the predetermined normal operating condition.

In the third example, when the condensation temperature sensed in the condition sensing step S1 is a superheating operation condition higher than the normal operation temperature condition, the operation control step S4 controls the cooling water flow rate control unit 36 to increase the cooling water flow rate So that the condensation temperature of the condenser 32, which is cooled by the water-cooled system, can be reduced to achieve a predetermined normal operating condition.

In the fourth example, when the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing step S1 is an overheating operation condition higher than the normal operation condition, the operation control step S4 causes the cooling water flow rate control unit 36 to increase the cooling water flow rate, To reduce the condensation pressure of the condenser 32 to be cooled to a predetermined normal operating condition.

That is, when the condensation temperature and the condensation pressure sensed in the condition sensing step S1 are in the overheat operation condition higher than the normal operation condition, the operation control step S4 causes the cooling water flow rate control unit 36 to increase the cooling water flow rate, It is possible to reduce the condensation temperature and the condensation pressure of the water-cooled type condenser 32 and to achieve the predetermined normal operating condition.

Accordingly, the powder ice ice maker according to the second embodiment of the present invention can maintain the temperature constant on the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum 10 through the continuous ice making operation, and in the rotary drum 10, Ice (I) can be formed, and the ice-making efficiency can be maximized.

5 is a graph showing an enthalpy diagram of a refrigerant in a powder ice ice maker according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, in a powder ice ice maker having a condensing pressure and a condensation temperature of 17.5 kg / cm 2 and 40 ° C. set at predetermined normal operating conditions, the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature are respectively set to 28 kg / The conditions of the supercooling operation condition in which the condition condition and the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature are shown to be 9.9 kg / cm 2 and 20 ° C, respectively, are examples that are overexpressed for a clear distinction. Fig. 6 shows the structure of a conventional air-cooled drum ice maker, and Fig. 7 shows the structure of a conventional water-cooled drum ice maker.

The conventional air-cooled type ice-powder ice-maker shown in FIG. 6 includes a condition sensing unit for sensing the operation state of the condenser 32, that is, a sensing unit for sensing the condensation pressure or the condensation temperature, 34, the operation state of the condenser 32 is affected by the temperature change of the operation ambient temperature of the powder ice ice maker, so that it is difficult to maintain the optimum ice making state. That is, if the ambient temperature of the ice making operation is changed by morning or evening or by seasonal change, the condensed state changes during operation, and it is difficult to maintain the optimum ice-making state.

   The conventional water-cooled drum type ice-making ice-maker shown in FIG. 7 has no condition sensing portion for sensing the operation state of the condenser 32, that is, a sensing portion for sensing the condensation pressure or the condensation temperature, The operation state of the condenser 32 of the powder ice ice maker is influenced by the change in the temperature of the cooling water obtained and the change in the flow rate of the cooling water so that the optimum ice making state is maintained it's difficult. That is, when the amount of cooling water to be obtained is high or the cooling water temperature is low, it is impossible to avoid overcooling operation. On the contrary, when the cooling water amount is low or the cooling water temperature is high, it is difficult to avoid the superheating operation.

Here, the predetermined normal operating condition indicates a state in which the condensing temperature of the condenser 32 and the condensing pressure of the condenser 32 are normally regulated.

Also, the supercooling operation condition indicates a state in which the cooling water is excessively supplied in the conventional water-cooled drum ice-maker of Fig. 7, or the air-cooling type drum ice maker of Fig. In particular, when the normal powder ice ice maker is operated under the supercooling operating condition, the refrigerant pressure in the gaseous state on the suction side of the compressor 31 is only 36% of the steady state, so that the refrigerant circulation amount per hour is lowered and the ice making capacity may be lowered. As a result, insufficient frost formation and irregularity of the ice (I) may occur on the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum 10, which is an evaporator, resulting in deterioration of the ice structure and ice-making efficiency as a whole. Under the supercooling operating condition, ice hardness is high in part, but defrosting and irregularity of ice (I) may cause the ice-making efficiency to be very low.

The overheating operation condition indicates a state in which the cooling water is insufficient in the water-cooling type, or a state in which the air volume is insufficient in the air-cooling type. In particular, when the normal apparatus is operated under the overheated operation condition, the refrigerant pressure in the gaseous state on the suction side of the compressor 31 is excessively excessive to 340% of the normal state. Thus, the burden on the compressor 31 and the condenser 32 is increased, The efficiency can be lowered. In the overheated operation condition, the ice is uniformly maintained as a whole, while the temperature of the ice is high, so that it is likely to melt easily, which may affect the life of the ice maker due to a decrease in the ice amount and an increase in the pressure inside the ice maker.

The icing state of the powder ice ice-maker according to the present invention under the predetermined normal operating condition, supercooling operating condition, and superheating operating condition can be shown in Table 1 below. In Table 1, the heat of condensation indicates the heat radiation energy in the condenser 32, and the amount of heat of evaporation can indicate the freezing energy in the evaporator.

Figure pat00001

According to the above-described powder ice ice maker and its icing state control method, it is possible to control the amount of cooling (or the amount of heat radiation) for cooling the condenser 32, which is one of the components of the cooling unit 30, 32) By uniformly controlling the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature of the refrigerant, the evaporation pressure and the evaporation temperature for the refrigerant of the rotary drum 10 in which ice is generated can be uniformly maintained, It is possible to uniformly maintain the icing state of the powder ice ice maker and uniformly control the icing operation state of the powder ice ice maker. In addition, it is possible to keep the ice making temperature, the ice making load, the ice making quality, the ice making performance and the ice making efficiency in the rotary drum 10 substantially constant.

The cooling amount (or the amount of heat radiation) in each cooling method is controlled by the rotation amount control of the blower 34 in the case of the air-cooled condenser 32, And in the case of the water-cooled condenser 32, it is controlled by the cooling water flow rate regulator 36. The adequacy of the cooling amount is based on the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature of the condenser 32.

The icemaker can maintain the icing state of the powder ice ice maker under normal conditions by controlling the blower 34 or the cooling water flow rate controller 36 that cools the condenser 32 so that the condensing pressure and the condensation temperature can be maintained in the normal operating condition have.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. I will understand.

Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the claims.

I: ice W: ice water
10: rotary drum 20: ice-
30: cooling unit 31: compressor
32: condenser 33: expansion part
34: blower 36: cooling water flow rate regulator
37: water supply line 38: water discharge line
30a: Refrigerant gas piping line
40: Blade part 50: That bingo
60: control unit 61: condition detecting unit
62: condition comparison unit 63:
S1: condition detection step S2: condition comparison step
S3: state control step S4: operation control step

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A rotary drum rotated by a power source applied to form ice on an outer peripheral surface;
An ice-making water tank for receiving de-iced water to which an outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum is contacted;
A cooling unit for circulating the refrigerant to the rotary drum so that the ice-making water contacting the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum turns into ice;
A blade portion contacting the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum to scrape off ice;
A control unit for controlling the cooling unit in accordance with an ice-making state in the rotary drum; / RTI >
The cooling unit includes:
A compressor for compressing the refrigerant;
An air-cooled condenser in which the refrigerant compressed through the compressor is condensed;
An expansion unit for expanding the refrigerant condensed through the condenser and supplying the expanded refrigerant to the interior of the rotary drum; And
A blower for supplying air to the condenser to cool the condenser; / RTI >
The control unit includes:
A condition sensing unit sensing at least one of a condensation temperature of the condenser and a condensation pressure of the condenser;
A condition comparator for comparing at least one of a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure sensed by the condition sensing unit with a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure of a predetermined normal operation condition; And
And a controller for controlling the operation of the blower when the condensing pressure and the condensation temperature are in a supercooling or superheating operating condition as compared with a predetermined normal operating condition.
A rotary drum rotated by a power source applied to form ice on an outer peripheral surface;
An ice-making water tank for receiving de-iced water to which an outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum is contacted;
A cooling unit for circulating the refrigerant to the rotary drum so that the ice-making water contacting the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum turns into ice;
A blade portion contacting the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum to scrape off ice;
A control unit for controlling the cooling unit in accordance with an ice-making state in the rotary drum; / RTI >
The cooling unit includes:
A compressor for compressing the refrigerant;
A water-cooled condenser in which the refrigerant compressed through the compressor is condensed;
An expansion unit for expanding the refrigerant condensed through the condenser and supplying the expanded refrigerant to the interior of the rotary drum;
A cooling unit for supplying cooling water to the condenser to cool the condenser; And
A flow rate regulating unit for regulating the cooling water supplied from the cooling unit; / RTI >
The control unit includes:
A condition sensing unit sensing at least one of a condensation temperature of the condenser and a condensation pressure of the condenser;
A condition comparator for comparing at least one of a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure sensed by the condition sensing unit with a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure of a predetermined normal operation condition; And
And a controller for controlling the operation of the flow rate controller when the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature are under the supercooling or overheating operation conditions as compared with the predetermined normal operation conditions.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
A lower bingo in which ice generated by the blade portion is received; Gt; Ice Ice < / RTI >
A condition sensing step of sensing at least one of the condensation temperature of the air-cooled type condenser and the condensation pressure of the air-cooled type condenser through the condition sensing unit for the powder ice ice maker described in claim 1;
A condition comparison step of comparing at least one of a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure detected in the condition sensing step with a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure of a predetermined normal operation condition; And
A state control step of controlling the blower operation when the condensing pressure and the condensation temperature are in a supercooling or superheating operation condition as compared with a predetermined normal operation condition; And a controller for controlling the operation of the ice-making device.
A condition sensing step of sensing at least one of a condensing temperature of the water-cooled type condenser and a condensing pressure of the water-cooled type condenser through the condition sensing unit for the powder ice ice maker according to claim 2;
A condition comparison step of comparing at least one of a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure detected in the condition sensing step with a condensation temperature and a condensation pressure of a predetermined normal operation condition; And
A state control step of controlling the operation of the flow rate regulator when the operating condition is a supercooling or overheating operation condition as compared with a predetermined normal operating condition of the condensation pressure and the condensation temperature; And a controller for controlling the operation of the ice-making device.
The ice-maker according to claim 2, wherein the controller is a water-saving valve that automatically adjusts the flow rate of the cooling water by the condensation pressure so that the condensation pressure always maintains a predetermined normal operation value.
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