CN114294850A - Automatic shunting system and method of ice cream machine and ice cream machine - Google Patents
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The invention discloses an automatic shunting system of an ice cream machine, which comprises a refrigerating unit and a control unit, wherein the refrigerating unit is used for refrigerating ice cream; the refrigeration unit comprises a refrigeration compressor, a condenser, a filter, a switching device, a throttling device and an evaporator, wherein the refrigeration compressor compresses a refrigerant and then sends the refrigerant to the condenser, and the refrigerant sent out from the condenser reaches the switching device through the filter; the switching device receives a control instruction of the control unit to perform path shunting on the refrigerant, and the shunted refrigerant enters the evaporator through the throttling device. The invention uses a set of refrigeration system to refrigerate at least two evaporators, and intensively shunts the flow of the refrigerant in the refrigeration system to the required evaporator through automatic shunting, and other evaporators only keep the basic flow of the refrigerant, so that the required evaporator has strong refrigeration capacity, and other evaporators can also normally run, thereby fully utilizing the energy application of the refrigeration system, simultaneously reducing the configuration quantity of the refrigeration system relative to machines on the market, and greatly reducing the machine cost.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of food processing machines, and particularly relates to an automatic shunting system and method of an ice cream machine and the ice cream machine with the system.
Background
Along with the increasing demand for ice cream in China, the functions of the ice cream machine are increasingly diversified, and a plurality of new ice cream powder raw materials and slurry raw materials appear on the market. Some raw materials have extremely high requirements on the ice cream machine, particularly the performance of the ice cream machine, such as the refrigeration speed, the refrigeration effect, the hardness for making ice cream and the like, the ice cream machine for making finished products with good quality needs a stronger refrigeration system, and under the condition of meeting the functions, a plurality of machines or more expensive ice cream machines need to be purchased for achieving good effect, so that the machine cost is greatly improved.
At present, ice cream machines with two cylinders and three heads are basically used in the market, and if ice cream can be quickly, efficiently and high-quality discharged by two evaporators, one evaporator is required to be provided with a refrigeration system, namely, one ice cream machine is provided with two sets of complete system machines, which is equivalent to two machines. Therefore, any side of the machine discharging is irrelevant to the other side, and the refrigerating systems on the two sides work in the middle of discharging. Such a method is expensive and expensive.
Therefore, it is needed to provide a solution that can provide efficient refrigeration by using one machine, reduce the machine cost, and simultaneously satisfy the requirement of quick production of ice cream, thereby ensuring the effect of ice cream products.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention provides an automatic shunting system and an automatic shunting method of an ice cream machine and the ice cream machine.
According to an aspect of the present specification, there is provided an automatic shunting system for an ice cream machine, comprising a refrigeration unit and a control unit; the refrigeration unit comprises a refrigeration compressor, a condenser, a filter, a switching device, a throttling device and at least two evaporators, wherein the refrigeration compressor compresses a refrigerant and then sends the refrigerant to the condenser, and the refrigerant sent out from the condenser reaches the switching device through the filter; the switching device is connected with the control unit and used for receiving a control instruction of the control unit to shunt the refrigerant in a path, and the shunted refrigerant enters the evaporator through the throttling device.
Among the above-mentioned technical scheme, the refrigeration unit reaches switching device after compressing, condensing and filtering the refrigerant, is introduced different routes with the refrigerant by switching device according to the instruction of the control unit, finally gets into different evaporators with different flow size, realizes the purpose through a set of refrigeration system refrigeration a plurality of evaporators, and has improved refrigeration efficiency through the reposition of redundant personnel to refrigerant flow in the different evaporators.
Above-mentioned technical scheme utilizes one set of refrigerating system refrigeration at least two evaporimeters, concentrate the reposition of redundant personnel to that evaporimeter that needs through automatic reposition of redundant personnel with refrigerating system in the refrigerant flow, and other evaporimeters then only keep basic refrigerant flow, make that evaporimeter that needs exert strong and vigorous refrigeration ability, and other evaporimeters also can normal operating, make full use of refrigerating system energy application, the machine has reduced refrigerating system configuration quantity on the relative market simultaneously, greatly reduced machine cost.
As a further technical scheme, the control unit comprises an electric control board, a trigger switch and a signal detection unit; the electric control board is connected with the trigger switch and used for processing the trigger signal sent by the trigger switch and outputting a control instruction to the switching device according to a processing result; and the electric control board is connected with the signal detection unit and used for analyzing the ice cream refrigeration data detected by the signal detection unit and outputting a switching signal according to an analysis result.
According to the technical scheme, the triggering signals of different evaporators are processed through the electric control board, the flow of the refrigerant entering the evaporators is controlled according to the processing result, the refrigeration effect of the target evaporator is enhanced, and the basic refrigerant flow of other evaporators is ensured.
According to the technical scheme, the refrigeration data of the ice creams in different evaporators are analyzed through the electric control board, whether the refrigeration effect of the ice creams in the evaporators reaches expectation is monitored, and the whole refrigeration system is controlled to be closed when the refrigeration effects of the ice creams in all the evaporators reach expectation, so that the refrigeration effect of the ice creams is guaranteed, and the energy-saving function is achieved.
As a further technical solution, the number of the trigger switches is adapted to the number of the evaporators. Each trigger switch corresponds to one evaporator, the control unit controls the refrigerant flow to carry out path shunting by shifting the trigger switch, larger refrigerant flow is sent to the required evaporator, basic refrigerant flow is sent to other evaporators, and the normal operation of other evaporators is ensured while the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator with large flow requirement is increased.
As a further technical solution, the signal detection unit is a hardness detection unit. The hardness of the ice cream in the evaporator is detected through the hardness detection unit, and whether the ice cream in the evaporator reaches the refrigeration effect at present is judged through the hardness, so that the refrigeration system is closed after the ice cream meets the refrigeration effect, and energy conservation and consumption reduction are realized.
As a further technical solution, the switching device includes a plurality of electromagnetic valves, the plurality of electromagnetic valves are respectively connected with the control unit, and the number of the electromagnetic valves is greater than the number of the evaporators. This technical scheme passes through the control unit control solenoid valve break-make, when receiving the trigger signal who treats ejection of compact evaporimeter, the solenoid valve on the main route that treats ejection of compact evaporimeter with the refrigerant entering is opened, the solenoid valve of the reserve route that will strengthen the refrigerant flow simultaneously is opened, and the refrigerant main route of other evaporimeters all closes, thereby realize sending into bigger refrigerant flow and treating the ejection of compact evaporimeter, send into other evaporimeters with less refrigerant flow, here less refrigerant flow indicates the flow that can guarantee other evaporimeters normal operating, avoid the ice cream in other evaporimeters to soften too fast.
In the technical scheme, the refrigerant main path of each evaporator is provided with an electromagnetic valve for conducting the refrigerant main path when the evaporator needs to discharge; meanwhile, the technical scheme is additionally provided with a standby electromagnetic valve which is connected with all the evaporators and used for sending the refrigerant flow into each evaporator in a balanced manner when the refrigerant is shunted, so that the refrigerant flow in the evaporator to be discharged is increased, and the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator to be discharged is improved.
As a further technical scheme, the throttling device comprises a plurality of capillary tubes, and the electromagnetic valve is connected with the evaporator through the capillary tubes. When the electromagnetic valve corresponding to the evaporator to be discharged is opened and the refrigerant flows in, the capillary tube enables the high-pressure liquid refrigerant coming out of the condenser to become low-pressure liquid refrigerant through throttling expansion, and then the low-pressure liquid refrigerant enters the evaporator.
As a further technical solution, the evaporator includes a first evaporator and a second evaporator, the switching device includes a first solenoid valve, a second solenoid valve and a third solenoid valve, and the throttling device includes a first capillary tube, a second capillary tube, a third capillary tube and a fourth capillary tube; the first electromagnetic valve is connected with the first evaporator through a first capillary tube; the second electromagnetic valve is connected with the second evaporator through a second capillary tube; and the third electromagnetic valve is connected with the first evaporator through a third capillary tube and is connected with the second evaporator through a fourth capillary tube. The technical scheme realizes the purpose that a set of refrigerating system refrigerates two evaporators, and when the first electromagnetic valve is opened, ice cream in the first evaporator is rapidly refrigerated; when the second electromagnetic valve is opened, the ice cream in the second evaporator is rapidly refrigerated; when the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve are opened, the first evaporator and the second evaporator start to refrigerate simultaneously.
In the technical scheme, the flow rates of the first capillary and the second capillary are the same; the flow rates of the third capillary and the fourth capillary are the same, and the flow rates of the first capillary and the second capillary are larger than the flow rates of the third capillary and the fourth capillary. When the first electromagnetic valve and the third electromagnetic valve are opened and the second electromagnetic valve is closed, the refrigerant enters the first evaporator through the first capillary tube and the third capillary tube and enters the second evaporator through the fourth capillary tube, obviously, the flow of the refrigerant entering the first evaporator is larger than that of the refrigerant entering the second evaporator, the refrigerating capacity of the first evaporator is greatly improved, and the refrigerating capacity of the second evaporator can also ensure that the ice cream in the second evaporator cannot be rapidly softened in a short time.
In the above technical scheme, when the second electromagnetic valve and the third electromagnetic valve are opened and the first electromagnetic valve is closed, the refrigerant enters the second evaporator through the second capillary tube and the fourth capillary tube, and enters the first evaporator through the third capillary tube, obviously, the flow of the refrigerant entering the second evaporator is larger than that entering the first evaporator, the refrigerating capacity of the second evaporator is greatly improved, and the refrigerating capacity of the first evaporator can also ensure that the ice cream in the first evaporator cannot be rapidly softened in a short time.
As a further technical solution, the control instruction includes: when a trigger signal of the evaporator to be discharged is received, the refrigerant main path of the evaporator to be discharged is conducted, and the refrigerant standby paths of all the evaporators are conducted; and when the refrigeration data of the ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged reaches a preset value, closing the refrigerant standby paths of all the evaporators and switching on the refrigerant main paths of all the evaporators. According to the technical scheme, the path shunting of the refrigerant is realized through the control instruction, more refrigerants are sent into the evaporator to be discharged, the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator is improved, meanwhile, the refrigerants with basic flow are evenly sent into other evaporators, and the hardness of the ice cream in the evaporators is guaranteed not to be rapidly softened in a short time.
According to an aspect of the present specification, there is provided an automatic ice cream machine shunting method, comprising:
acquiring a trigger signal of an evaporator to be discharged;
responding to the trigger signal, controlling the main refrigerant path of the evaporator to be discharged to be conducted, and controlling the standby refrigerant paths of all the evaporators to be conducted;
acquiring refrigeration data of ice cream in an evaporator to be discharged;
when the refrigeration data reach a first preset value, closing the refrigerant standby paths of all the evaporators and conducting the refrigerant main paths of all the evaporators;
acquiring refrigeration data of ice cream in all evaporators;
and when the refrigeration data of the ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged reaches a second preset value and the refrigeration data of the ice cream in other evaporators except the evaporator to be discharged all reach preset requirements, closing the refrigeration system.
According to the technical scheme, the main paths of the corresponding evaporators to be discharged are controlled to be switched on according to the trigger signals, the main paths of other evaporators are switched off, the standby paths of all the evaporators are switched on, one part of the compressed refrigerant enters the evaporators to be discharged through the main paths, and the rest part of the compressed refrigerant is uniformly fed into each evaporator through the standby paths, so that the evaporators to be discharged have more refrigerants, and the refrigerating capacity of the evaporators to be discharged is improved; after the refrigerant is introduced in a shunting manner, ice cream refrigeration data, such as hardness data, in the evaporator to be discharged are obtained, when the refrigeration data of the ice cream refrigeration data reach a first preset value, the standby path is closed, the main paths of all the evaporators are conducted, and at the moment, the refrigerant flow is uniformly sent into the evaporator to be discharged and other evaporators; during the period, ice cream refrigeration data in all evaporators are monitored, and when the refrigeration data of the ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged reaches a second preset value and the refrigeration data of the ice cream in other evaporators also reach preset requirements, the refrigeration system is closed.
Above-mentioned technical scheme is through a plurality of evaporators of a set of refrigerating system refrigeration, through make full use of refrigerating system's refrigerant flow, can improve fast and treat the refrigeration ability of ejection of compact evaporimeter, can balance the normal operating of other evaporimeters again to the realization has realized the quick refrigeration of ice cream with lower equipment cost, and has better energy-conserving effect.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an ice cream machine is provided, which includes the automatic distribution system of the present disclosure, and the automatic distribution system is controlled by the automatic distribution method of the present disclosure.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) the refrigeration system provided by the invention has the advantages that the refrigerant is compressed, condensed and filtered by the refrigeration unit to reach the switching device, the refrigerant is introduced into different paths by the switching device according to the instruction of the control unit, and finally enters different evaporators at different flow rates, so that the purpose of refrigerating a plurality of evaporators by one set of refrigeration system is realized, and the refrigeration efficiency is improved by shunting the refrigerant flow rates in different evaporators.
(2) The invention uses a set of refrigeration system to refrigerate at least two evaporators, and the refrigerant flow in the refrigeration system is shunted to the evaporator which is needed by automatic shunting, and other evaporators only keep the basic refrigerant flow, so that the evaporator which is needed can exert strong refrigeration capacity, and other evaporators can also normally run, thereby fully utilizing the energy application of the refrigeration system, simultaneously reducing the configuration quantity of the refrigeration system relative to machines on the market, and greatly reducing the machine cost.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic shunting system of an ice cream machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic control diagram of an automatic shunting system of an ice cream machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic shunting method of an ice cream machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a refrigeration compressor; 2. a condenser; 3. a filter; 4. a first solenoid valve; 5. a second solenoid valve; 6. a third electromagnetic valve; 7. a first capillary tube; 8. a second capillary tube; 9. a third capillary tube; 10. a fourth capillary tube; 11. a first evaporator; 12. a second evaporator.
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The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is to be understood that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without any inventive step, are within the scope of the present invention.
The invention provides an automatic shunting system of an ice cream machine, which comprises a refrigerating unit and a control unit, wherein the refrigerating unit is connected with the control unit.
As shown in fig. 1-2, the refrigeration unit includes a refrigeration compressor 1, a condenser 2, a filter 3, a first solenoid valve 4, a second solenoid valve 5, a third solenoid valve 6, a first evaporator 11, a second evaporator 12, a first capillary tube 7, a second capillary tube 8, a third capillary tube 9, and a fourth capillary tube 10.
Wherein, the refrigeration compressor 1, the condenser 2 and the filter 3 are connected in sequence, and the output end of the filter 3 is respectively connected with the first electromagnetic valve 4, the second electromagnetic valve 5 and the third electromagnetic valve 6.
The first electromagnetic valve 4 is connected with a first evaporator 11 through a first capillary 7; the second electromagnetic valve 5 is connected with a second evaporator 12 through a second capillary tube 8; the third electromagnetic valve 6 is connected with the first evaporator 11 through a third capillary 9 and is connected with the second evaporator 12 through a fourth capillary 10.
The other ends of the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator 12 are respectively connected with the refrigeration compressor 1.
The refrigeration compressor 1 compresses a refrigerant and then sends the refrigerant into the condenser 2, the refrigerant exchanges heat and is condensed by the condenser 2 and then is sent into the filter 3, and the refrigerant is filtered by the filter 3 and then reaches the electromagnetic valve; the control unit controls the conduction of the first electromagnetic valve 4 and/or the second electromagnetic valve 5 and/or the third electromagnetic valve 6, so that the refrigerant enters the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator 12 at a desired flow rate to refrigerate the ice cream, and the generated return air returns to the refrigeration compressor 1.
The control unit comprises an electric control board, a trigger switch and a signal detection unit. The trigger switch includes a first trigger switch for sending a trigger signal of the first evaporator 11 and a second trigger switch for sending a trigger signal of the second evaporator 12. The signal detection unit is a hardness detection unit and is used for detecting the hardness of the ice cream in each evaporator.
The electric control board is connected with the first trigger switch and the second trigger switch respectively, and is used for processing the trigger signals sent by the trigger switches and outputting control instructions according to processing results, for example, controlling the first electromagnetic valve 4 to be opened, or the second electromagnetic valve 5 to be opened, or both the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the second electromagnetic valve 5 to be opened, or opening the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the third electromagnetic valve 6, or opening the second electromagnetic valve 5 and the third electromagnetic valve 6.
Specifically, when the first solenoid valve 4 is opened, the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 is rapidly cooled. When the second solenoid valve 5 is opened, the ice cream in the second evaporator is rapidly cooled. When both the first solenoid valve 4 and the second solenoid valve 5 are opened, the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator start cooling at the same time.
And the electric control board is connected with the hardness detection unit and used for analyzing the ice cream hardness data detected by the hardness detection unit and outputting a switching signal according to an analysis result. If the trigger signal of the first evaporator 11 is received but the trigger signal of the second evaporator 12 is not received, controlling the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the third electromagnetic valve 6 to be opened; in the working process, the hardness of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 is detected, and when the hardness reaches a first preset value, the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the second electromagnetic valve 5 are controlled to be opened, and the third electromagnetic valve 6 is controlled to be closed; and at the moment, the hardness of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 and the hardness of the ice cream in the second evaporator 12 are respectively detected, if the hardness of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 reaches a second preset value and the hardness of the ice cream in the second evaporator 12 reaches a preset hardness requirement, the electric control board outputs a switching signal to the refrigerating system to control the closing of the refrigerating system, wherein the closing of the refrigerating system comprises the closing of the refrigerating compressor 1, the closing of the condenser 2, the closing of the electromagnetic valve and the like.
In one embodiment, the first capillary tube 7 serves as a refrigerant main path of the first evaporator 11, the second capillary tube 8 serves as a refrigerant main path of the second evaporator, the third capillary tube 9 serves as a refrigerant backup path of the first evaporator 11, and the fourth capillary tube 10 serves as a refrigerant backup path of the second evaporator.
When the trigger signal of the first evaporator 11 is received, the refrigerant main path of the first evaporator 11 is conducted, and the refrigerant backup paths of the first and second evaporators, that is, the first capillary tube 7, the third capillary tube 9 and the fourth capillary tube 10 are conducted. When hardness data of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 is received and reaches a preset value, the refrigerant standby paths of the first evaporator and the second evaporator are closed, the refrigerant main paths of all the evaporators are conducted, namely the third capillary tube 9 and the fourth capillary tube 10 are closed, and the first capillary tube 7 and the second capillary tube 8 are conducted.
Preferably, the flow rates of the first capillary 7 and the second capillary 8 are the same; the flow rates of the third capillary 9 and the fourth capillary 10 are the same, and the flow rates of the first capillary 7 and the second capillary 8 are larger than the flow rates of the third capillary 9 and the fourth capillary 10.
As an embodiment, when the first solenoid valve 4 and the third solenoid valve 6 are opened and the second solenoid valve 5 is closed, the refrigerant enters the first evaporator 11 through the first capillary tube 7 and the third capillary tube 9, and enters the second evaporator through the fourth capillary tube 10, obviously, the flow rate of the refrigerant entering the first evaporator 11 is greater than that entering the second evaporator, the refrigerating capacity of the first evaporator 11 is greatly improved, and the refrigerating capacity of the second evaporator can also ensure that the ice cream in the second evaporator does not get soft quickly in a short time.
As an embodiment, when the second solenoid valve 5 and the third solenoid valve 6 are opened and the first solenoid valve 4 is closed, the refrigerant enters the second evaporator through the second capillary tube 8 and the fourth capillary tube 10, and enters the first evaporator 11 through the third capillary tube 9, obviously, the flow rate of the refrigerant entering the second evaporator is greater than that entering the first evaporator 11, the refrigerating capacity of the second evaporator is greatly improved, and the refrigerating capacity of the first evaporator 11 can also ensure that the ice cream in the first evaporator does not get soft quickly in a short time.
As an embodiment, when the automatic flow dividing system is used for balanced flow dividing refrigeration of two evaporators, the flow is as follows: after the machine is started, a compressor, a condenser 2, a filter 3 and the like in a refrigerating system start to work, an electric control board controls the opening of a first electromagnetic valve 4 and a second electromagnetic valve 5, a refrigerant enters a first evaporator 11 and a second evaporator respectively through a first capillary tube 7 and a second capillary tube 8, evaporation and flash evaporation absorb heat for refrigeration, cold energy is transferred to ice cream, and the ice cream slurry exchanges heat to the refrigerating system and then the ice cream is crystallized to a certain hardness from liquid phase change; when the ice cream in the evaporator is hard, the detection unit connected with the electric control board can detect an electric signal of ice cream hardness, the electric signal is input into the electric control board for processing, if the ice cream hardness reaches a preset value, the electric control board closes the refrigeration system, namely, closes the compressor, the condensing equipment, the electromagnetic valve and the like, and at the moment, the ice cream is made and shaped.
The inside ice cream that has of evaporimeter among the refrigerating system, the ice cream flows under the agitator effect, the machine is when the running state, refrigerating system provides the refrigeration cold volume for two evaporimeters of ice cream, after the control unit detects ejection of compact signal, shunt the refrigerant, make and treat the ice cream refrigeration speed in the ejection of compact evaporimeter and accelerate, and the ice cream of the evaporimeter that does not have the ejection of compact demand also has the refrigerant to keep its hardness, thereby the cold volume that realizes transmitting for the ice cream can both satisfy the demands, the hardness of ice cream is all very hard promptly, and then can solve unilateral ejection of compact and more soft, on the other side technical problem more and more hard.
After the system is applied, a plurality of evaporators can be refrigerated on the basis of only one set of refrigeration system, ice cream in the evaporators is cooled, and the evaporators which need to be refrigerated are refrigerated by shunting and emphasizing refrigeration, so that the efficiency of the refrigeration system is improved.
The system is mainly applied to a commercial ice cream machine, and a set of machine with a compressor refrigeration system matched with more than one evaporator.
In one aspect, the present invention further provides an automatic shunting method for an ice cream machine, which is implemented by using the automatic shunting system of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the method includes:
s1, acquiring a trigger signal: such as obtaining a trigger signal for the first evaporator 11 or the second evaporator.
S2, refrigerant split: and if a trigger signal of the first evaporator 11 is received, the first capillary 7, the third capillary 9 and the fourth capillary 10 are controlled to be conducted, namely the first electromagnetic valve 4 and the third electromagnetic valve 6 are opened. At this time, a larger flow rate of the refrigerant is sent to the first evaporator 11, and a smaller flow rate of the refrigerant is sent to the second evaporator, so that the refrigeration effect of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 is greatly improved, and the ice cream in the second evaporator does not rapidly become soft in a short time.
S3: and (3) detecting the hardness of the ice cream: the hardness data of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 is obtained, for example, a sensor is arranged on an ice cream stirring blade in the evaporator, the stirring speed of the stirring blade is detected through the sensor, and the hardness data of the ice cream is obtained according to the stirring speed.
S4: the refrigerant is branched again: when the ice cream hardness data of the first evaporator 11 reaches a first preset value, the third capillary 9 and the fourth capillary 10 are closed, the first capillary 7 and the second capillary 8 are conducted, namely the first electromagnetic valve 5 and the second electromagnetic valve 5 are opened, and the third electromagnetic valve 6 is closed. At this time, the refrigerant is uniformly supplied into the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator.
S5: and (3) secondary detection of ice cream hardness: and acquiring the hardness data of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 and the second evaporator.
S6: and (3) completing refrigeration: and when the hardness data of the ice cream in the first evaporator 11 reaches a second preset value and the hardness data of the ice cream in the second evaporator all reach preset requirements, closing the refrigerating system.
The method of the invention can rapidly improve the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator to be discharged by refrigerating a plurality of evaporators through a set of refrigerating system and fully utilize the flow of the refrigerant of the refrigerating system, and can balance the normal operation of other evaporators, thereby realizing rapid refrigeration of ice cream with lower equipment cost and having better energy-saving effect.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an ice cream machine is further provided, where the ice cream machine includes the automatic distribution system of the present disclosure, and the automatic distribution system is controlled by the automatic distribution method of the present disclosure.
The invention utilizes a set of refrigeration system to refrigerate a plurality of evaporators, no matter which evaporator is discharged, enough cold energy is shunted in the discharging evaporator, ice cream in the evaporator can be rapidly hardened, in addition, because the shunted cold energy in the evaporator without discharging is less, the aim is to continuously ensure the quality of the ice cream in the evaporator, namely the yield of the ice cream in the discharging evaporator is greatly improved, the cold energy of the refrigeration system can be greatly utilized through the shunting system, the efficiency of the refrigeration system is improved, and a lot of cost is saved.
In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "certain embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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1. An automatic shunting system of an ice cream machine is characterized by comprising a refrigeration unit and a control unit; the refrigeration unit comprises a refrigeration compressor, a condenser, a filter, a switching device, a throttling device and at least two evaporators, wherein the refrigeration compressor compresses a refrigerant and then sends the refrigerant to the condenser, and the refrigerant sent out from the condenser reaches the switching device through the filter; the switching device is connected with the control unit and used for receiving a control instruction of the control unit to shunt the refrigerant in a path, and the shunted refrigerant enters the evaporator through the throttling device.
2. The automatic shunting system of ice cream machine according to claim 1, wherein said control unit comprises an electric control panel, a trigger switch and a signal detection unit; the electric control board is connected with the trigger switch and used for processing the trigger signal sent by the trigger switch and outputting a control instruction to the switching device according to a processing result; and the electric control board is connected with the signal detection unit and used for analyzing the ice cream refrigeration data detected by the signal detection unit and outputting a switching signal according to an analysis result.
3. An automatic tapping system for an ice cream machine according to claim 2, wherein said trigger switch is adapted in number to the number of evaporators.
4. The automatic shunting system of ice cream machine according to claim 2, wherein said signal detection unit is a hardness detection unit.
5. An automatic shunting system for ice cream machines according to claim 1, characterized in that said switching means comprise a plurality of solenoid valves, each of said plurality of solenoid valves being connected to the control unit, said number of solenoid valves being greater than the number of evaporators.
6. An automatic ice cream machine tapping system according to claim 5, wherein said throttling means comprise a plurality of capillary tubes, and said solenoid valve is connected to said evaporator via said capillary tubes.
7. An automatic flow distribution system for ice cream machine according to claim 6, characterized in that said evaporator comprises a first evaporator and a second evaporator, said switching means comprises a first solenoid valve, a second solenoid valve and a third solenoid valve, said throttling means comprises a first capillary tube, a second capillary tube, a third capillary tube and a fourth capillary tube; the first electromagnetic valve is connected with the first evaporator through a first capillary tube; the second electromagnetic valve is connected with the second evaporator through a second capillary tube; and the third electromagnetic valve is connected with the first evaporator through a third capillary tube and is connected with the second evaporator through a fourth capillary tube.
8. An automatic shunting system for ice cream machines according to claim 1, wherein said control instructions comprise: when a trigger signal of the evaporator to be discharged is received, the refrigerant main path of the evaporator to be discharged is conducted, and the refrigerant standby paths of all the evaporators are conducted; and when the refrigeration data of the ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged reaches a preset value, closing the refrigerant standby paths of all the evaporators and switching on the refrigerant main paths of all the evaporators.
9. An automatic flow distribution method of an ice cream machine is characterized by comprising the following steps:
acquiring a trigger signal of an evaporator to be discharged;
responding to the trigger signal, controlling the main refrigerant path of the evaporator to be discharged to be conducted, and controlling the standby refrigerant paths of all the evaporators to be conducted;
acquiring refrigeration data of ice cream in an evaporator to be discharged;
when the refrigeration data reach a first preset value, closing the refrigerant standby paths of all the evaporators and conducting the refrigerant main paths of all the evaporators;
acquiring refrigeration data of ice cream in all evaporators;
and when the refrigeration data of the ice cream in the evaporator to be discharged reaches a second preset value and the refrigeration data of the ice cream in other evaporators except the evaporator to be discharged all reach preset requirements, closing the refrigeration system.
10. An ice cream machine, comprising an automatic diversion system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the automatic diversion system is controlled by an automatic diversion method according to claim 9.
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