JPH1028544A - Boiler for soy milk production - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To surely boil a goat without mixing steam drain into the goat, and to satisfactorily extract proteins. SOLUTION: An extraction device having a pipe through which go is circulated, and a heat exchanger which circulates go through a go through pipe connected to the pipe through which go is passed and heat exchanges the go with hot water. And a thermoforming device for heating the go. In this configuration, the thermogenerator is a thermogenerator that directly heats the go with steam. In addition, the diameter of the pipe of the extraction device and the diameter of the heat distribution pipe and the discharge pipe of the heat exchanger are substantially the same.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a boiling apparatus used in a method for producing soymilk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a tofu production process, soybeans immersed in water for a predetermined time are pulverized while adding water to produce a go, and the go is boiled.
The production of soy milk is performed. FIG. 2 shows a conventional method for producing tofu. In this method, first,
In the immersion tank 11, soybeans are immersed in water for a predetermined time.

[0003] After that, the soybeans immersed in water for a predetermined time,
The water is pulverized by the grinder unit 13 together with the water to produce go. The gogo is heated by the cooking pot unit 15 for a predetermined time.
To remove soybean milk and make soymilk.

The soymilk from which okara has been removed is cooled by, for example, a soymilk cooling device 19, and the cooled soymilk is mixed with, for example, bittern by the automatic mixing device 21. The soymilk mixed with bittern etc. is supplied to the soymilk filling device 23.
Is filled into a predetermined pack 25, and is turned into tofu by the automatic boil cooler 27. This tofu is a metal detector 2
9, via the stacker 31, it is stored in a predetermined position of the container stacking device 33.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional method for producing tofu, gobo is directly heated by steam in the cooking pot unit 15, so that the drain of steam When soybeans are mixed in a large amount and soybeans are crushed by the grinder unit 13, a sufficient amount of water cannot be added, and there is a problem that proteins are thermally denatured.

That is, in the case of boiling in the conventional cooking pot unit 15, for example, about 1 liter per minute of the drainage of steam is mixed with 1 kg of raw soybean. Steam drain was mixed. In addition, in the conventional method for producing tofu, since high temperatures are directly applied to the goto, the goto gels, the protein extraction does not work well, the protein loses elasticity, and the tofu lasts longer. Was.

[0007] The present invention has solved the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to surely boil the gourd without mixing the steam drain into the gourd and to improve the protein extraction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a boiling device used in a method for producing sushi.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an extraction apparatus having a pipe through which a go is circulated, and a method of distributing the go through a go through pipe connected to the pipe through which the go is circulated. It is characterized by comprising a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the gore and hot water, and a thermogenerator for heating the gore.

[0009] The invention of claim 2 provides an extraction device having a conduit through which the gore is circulated, and a system for distributing the gore in a gore distribution conduit connected to the conduit through which the gore is distributed, and also heats the gore and hot water. It is characterized by comprising a heat exchanger to be exchanged and a thermoforming device for directly heating the go with steam. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the boiling apparatus for soymilk production according to the first or second aspect, the pipe line of the extraction device, the go-through line and the discharge line of the heat exchanger have substantially the same diameter. It is characterized by the following.

(Action) According to the first to third aspects of the present invention, boiling of the goat is carried out by extracting the protein by circulating the go through a pipeline, and after this extracting step, heat exchange is performed. Since the heating step of exchanging heat with hot water while flowing the go through the go flow channel of the vessel, and the heating step after this heating step, the heating step is performed separately for the heated go, It is possible to boil the gourd reliably without mixing the steam drain, and it is possible to satisfactorily extract the protein.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the pipes for transporting the gosh from the extraction device to immediately before the thermoforming step have substantially the same diameter, the goin is firstly put in and out, and the gore is heated. Unevenness can be prevented.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a boiling apparatus for producing soymilk according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein reference numeral 41 denotes soybeans immersed in water for a predetermined time in an immersion tank. , Shows a grinder to go.

The grinder 41 includes an extraction device 44.
Has contacted. On the discharge port side of the grinder 41, a container 42 for receiving the crushed balls is arranged. The container 42 is provided with a pump 46. Extraction device 4
4 is configured by disposing a bent pipe 47 in a container 45. The pipe line 47 communicates with a pump 46, and the pump 46 feeds the go.

Downstream of the extraction device 44, a first heating device 49 including a hot water heat exchanger 51 is disposed. The first heating device 49 includes a heat exchanger 51, a pump 55 for supplying, for example, 75 ° C. hot water to a shell 53 of the heat exchanger 51, and a tank 57 for storing hot water at 75 ° C.
And

A hot water inlet is formed on one side of the shell 53, and a hot water outlet is formed on the other side. In the shell 53, a go flow conduit 69 is formed.
Tubes 71 are inserted through these tubes 71
Are connected so as to communicate in series. One of the 19 tubes has a go-go inlet formed therein, and one tube 71 has a go-go outlet formed therein.

The go outlet communicates with the pipeline 47. Here, the tube 71 and the pipe 4 forming the gas distribution pipe 69
7, the diameter is almost the same. In the drawing, the tube 71 is shown larger than the pipe 47 in order to represent the shape of the tube 71. On the downstream side of the first heating device 49, a bent pipe 83 disposed in the container 81 is arranged. The diameter of the pipe 83 and the diameter of the tube 71 forming the pipe 69 are substantially the same.

A second heating device 85 is disposed downstream of the pipe 83. The second heating device 85
Is configured substantially the same as the first heating device 49, and therefore, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted. On the downstream side of the second heating device 85, a discharge line 86 is provided.
The heat generating device 87 is arranged via the. Here, the diameter of the tube 71 and the line 47 forming the discharge line 86 and the go through line 69 are substantially the same.

The thermoforming device 87 is for directly heating steam supplied from the exhaust line 86 by steam. Next, a method for producing soymilk of this embodiment will be described. First, soybeans immersed in water for a predetermined time in an immersion tank are pulverized by a grinder 41 to make a go.

When the soybean is pulverized by the grinder 41, a predetermined amount of water is supplied from the water supply pipe 43. The goss crushed by the grinder 41 is, for example, at a temperature of 20 ° C., and is passed through a bent pipe 47 provided in a container 45 of the extraction device 44, for example, for 2 minutes.
The protein extraction effect is improved.

The go which has passed through the pipe line 47 is supplied to a first heating device 49, where it is heated, for example, for 2 minutes and then heated to 70 ° C. In the first heating device 49, go is continuously circulated from the go inlet to the go outlet of the go flow channel 69 formed in the shell 53, while the go is in the shell 53. The hot water is continuously circulated from the hot water inlet to the hot water outlet, and heat is exchanged between the hot water and the go to heat the go.

By the first heating device 49, for example, 70
The goose heated to 0 ° C. is passed, for example, for 2 minutes through a bent pipe 83 provided in a container 81, thereby improving the protein extraction effect and adjusting the heat denaturation of the protein. Is done. After that, the metal heated to 70 ° C. is supplied to the second heating device 85 and heated to 90 ° C.

The second heating device 85 is substantially the same as the first heating device 49 except that the temperature of the hot water is set to, for example, 95 ° C. Are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted.
Thereafter, the goose heated to 90 ° C. is supplied into the cooking pot of the thermoforming device 87 through the discharge line 86, and is directly boiled by steam to be boiled (considered as boiling in the tofu manufacturing industry). While watching the state of
For a minute, and the heating step of the go is completed.

After completion of the heating, the gogo is then squeezed in a squeezing machine unit (not shown) to remove okara,
Soy milk is produced. According to the above-mentioned method for producing soymilk, boiled goose is extracted by circulating goji in the pipe 47 to extract protein, and after this extraction step, the gogo pipe of the heat exchanger 51 is extracted. A heating step of performing heat exchange with warm water while flowing the go through 69 to raise the temperature and extracting the protein; and, after this heating step, a thermo forming step of heating the heated go through direct heating with steam. In this case, the go can be reliably boiled without mixing steam drain into the go, and the protein can be extracted well.

That is, in the method for producing soymilk of this embodiment, the gogo is gradually heated in the three steps of the extraction step, the heating step using hot water, and the thermoforming step.
As before, the high temperature does not act directly on the go. As a result, the go is gelled, the protein extraction does not work well, the protein elasticity is lost, and the tofu lasts longer. The problem can be solved without fail.

In the above-described method for producing soymilk, goji is continuously circulated in the gogo distribution line 69, and the gogo is indirectly heated by the hot water continuously flowing in the shell 53. Steam is no longer mixed with the goose, so that when soybeans are crushed by the grinder unit 41, it is possible to increase the amount of water that was previously mixed with steam drain, thereby reducing heat denaturation of proteins. In addition, it is possible to improve the extraction of proteins.

As a result, the yield of the produced tofu can be improved by about 10% as compared with the conventional case. In addition, the gogo is circulated from the pipe 47 of the extraction device 44 to the gogo distribution pipe 69,
Furthermore, since the goji is heated while the goji is being circulated through the gogo distribution line 69, the first-in and first-out operations are completed, and it is possible to perform a reliable boiling without unevenness, and the separation of okara from the goat is improved. Also, the isolated okara becomes very white.

Further, in the present embodiment, the first heating device 49 and the second heating device 85 heat the gogo in two stages, so that the stick is not burned and the soy milk is very homogeneous. Become. Further, in this embodiment, in the boiler of the thermogenerator 87, the steam is directly heated by steam, so that the go is thermoformed. Therefore, the stew of the go is completed, and the color, luster, The elasticity is improved.

Then, in the boiling apparatus for soymilk production of this embodiment, the extraction apparatus 4 having a pipe 47 through which the goose is circulated.
4, the heat exchanger 51 for further extracting proteins while exchanging heat between the gourd and the hot water, and the thermogenerator 87 for directly heating the gourd by steam. , And can be easily performed. Note that, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the gogo is heated in two stages by the first heating device 49 and the second heating device 85 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment. Of course, single-stage heating using only one heating device may be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the bent pipe 83 is disposed between the first heating device 49 and the second heating device 85 has been described. However, it is needless to say that the bent pipe 83 is not necessarily required.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the case where the thermoforming step is performed by direct heating with steam has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and the present invention is not limited to this. The heating means is optional as long as it can complete the heating of the go.

[0032]

As described above, according to the first to third aspects of the present invention, it is possible to surely boil the gogo without mixing the steam drain with the gore, and to satisfactorily extract the protein. be able to.

According to the first to third aspects of the present invention, since the go is heated while the go is circulated in the go distribution line, the first-in and first-out operations are completed, and the boiling is performed without unevenness. Can be. Furthermore, in the invention of claims 1 to 3, since the go is heated by heat exchange with hot water while the go is circulated in the go distribution pipe, the go is not scorched and the soy milk is very homogeneous. . Claim 1
According to the third aspect of the invention, there is an advantage that the method for producing soymilk can be performed simply and reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing one embodiment of a boiling apparatus for producing soymilk according to claims 1 to 3;

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional method for producing tofu.

[Explanation of symbols]

 44 Extraction device 47 Pipe line 51 Heat exchanger 69 Gas distribution pipe line 87 Thermoforming device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An extraction device having a pipe through which a go is circulated, and a heat exchanger for flowing the go through a go through pipe connected to the pipe through which the go is passed and for exchanging heat between the go and hot water. And a thermogenerator for heating the goat. 2. An extraction device having a pipe through which a gore is circulated, and a heat exchanger which allows the goto to flow through a gore distribution pipe connected to the pipe through which the gore is passed, and heat exchanges between the gore and hot water. And a thermogenerator for directly heating the gourd with steam. 3. The boiling apparatus for soymilk production according to claim 1, wherein the pipe line of the extraction device and the gas circulation line and the discharge line of the heat exchanger have substantially the same diameter. Characterized boiling device for soy milk production.