Multi-temperature-region ice-temperature fresh keeping storehouse and fresh keeping method for bergamot pears

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11330824-B2
Application number	US-201716324586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2017
Priority date	Nov 24, 2016
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a multi-temperature-region ice-temperature fresh keeping storehouse and a fresh keeping method for bergamot pears that includes a precooling region, a feeding and discharging channel, a cooling region, an ice temperature detection device, a grading device, a conveyer belt control device, an automatic storage device, and a temperature rise and fall buffering channel. The cooling region includes four freezers, with temperatures ranging from 0° C.-−3° C. The four freezers are connected level by level according to a temperature reduction rule. The present disclosure implements multi-temperature-region graded storage of bergamot pears according to the value of an ice point temperature of the bergamot pears, so that they are always stored close to the ice point temperature without freezing, thereby preventing freeze injury, and prolonging shelf life.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A multi-temperature-region storehouse for bergamot pears, comprising:
a precooling region;
a feeding and discharging channel;
a cooling region;
an ice point temperature detection device comprising an imaging system for obtaining spectral imaging information of each of the bergamot pears to detect an ice point temperature of said bergamot pear;
a grading device comprising a grader for realizing partition storage of bergamot pears according to the ice point temperature of said bergamot pear;
a conveyor belt control device comprising a conveyor for conveying and dispatching the bergamot pears;
an automatic storage device comprising an automatic storage system for storage of the bergamot pears; and
a temperature rise and fall buffering channel;
wherein the cooling region comprises more than one freezer with different temperatures and wherein the more than one freezer are connected to each other according to a temperature reduction rule;
wherein each of the bergamot pears is stored at the freezer having a temperature closest to the ice point temperature of said bergamot pear; and
wherein the precooling region is connected to the cooling region via the feeding and discharging channel.

2. The storehouse of claim 1 , wherein the cooling region comprises four freezers, each with a different temperature.

3. The storehouse of claim 2 , wherein the four freezers are a first freezer in which the storage temperature is 0° C., a second freezer in which the storage temperature is −1° C., a third freezer in which the storage temperature is −2° C., and a fourth freezer in which the storage temperature is −3° C.

4. The storehouse of claim 3 , wherein the ice point temperature detection device comprises a first, a second, a third, and a fourth ice point temperature detection device;
wherein the grading device comprises a first, a second, a third, and a fourth grading devices;
wherein the conveyor belt control device comprises a first, a second, a third, and a fourth conveyor belt control device;
wherein the automatic storage device comprises a first, a second, a third, and a fourth automatic storage device; and wherein the temperature rise and fall buffering channel comprises a first, a second, and a third temperature fall buffering channel, and a first, a second, and a third temperature rise buffering channel.

5. The storehouse of claim 4 , wherein an inlet of the first ice point temperature detection device is connected to a feeding channel via a conveyor belt, and an outlet of the first ice point temperature detection device is connected to an inlet of the first grading device via the conveyor belt;
the outlet of the first grading device is connected to the first temperature fall buffering channel and the first automatic storage device via the conveyor belt;
the first conveyor belt control device is connected to an inlets of the first automatic storage device, the first temperature rise buffering channel, the discharging channel and the first grading device via the conveyor belt;
an inlet of the second ice point temperature detection device is connected to the outlet of the first grading device via the conveyor belt, and an outlet of the second ice point temperature detection device is connected to an inlet of the second grading device via the conveyor belt;
an outlet of the second grading device is connected to the second temperature fall buffering channel and the second automatic storage device via the conveyor belt;
the second conveyor belt control device is connected to an inlet of the second automatic storage device, the second temperature rise buffering channel, the first temperature rise buffering channel and the second grading device via the conveyor belt;
an inlet of the third ice point temperature detection device is connected to an outlet of the second grading device via the conveyor belt, and an outlet of the third ice point temperature detection device is connected to an inlet of the third grading device via the conveyor belt;
an outlet of the third grading device is connected to the third temperature fall buffering channel and the third automatic storage device via the conveyor belt;
the third conveyor belt control device is connected to an inlet of the third automatic storage device, the third temperature rise buffering channel, the second temperature rise buffering channel and the third grading device via the conveyor belt;
an inlet of the fourth ice point temperature detection device is connected to the outlet of the third grading device via the conveyor belt, and an outlet of the fourth ice point temperature detection device is connected to an inlet of the fourth grading device via the conveyor belt;
an outlet of the fourth grading device is connected to the fourth automatic storage device via the conveyor belt;
the fourth conveyor belt control device is connected to an inlets of the fourth automatic storage device and the fourth grading device, and the third temperature rise buffering channel via the conveyor belt.

6. The storehouse according to claim 3 , wherein the precooling region comprises a freezer at 0° C.

7. The storehouse according to claim 3 , wherein the cooling region comprises a freezer.

8. The storehouse according to claim 3 , wherein the imaging system comprises a push-scan hyperspectral imaging system.

9. The storehouse according to claim 3 , wherein the automatic storage system is in a refrigerated/frozen environment.

10. The storehouse according to claim 3 , wherein the conveyor comprises a food-grade base belt horizontal conveyor.

11. The storehouse according to claim 3 , wherein the conveyor belt control device is connected to a controller of the automatic storage device, the grading device and the ice point temperature detection device via a communication line.

12. A method for storing bergamot pears comprising:
S0: establishing a predictive model;
S0-1: harvesting samples of bergamot pears of different origins and different maturity, using a temperature detection device to obtain spectral imaging information of the bergamot pear samples, and determining a freezing point temperature of the same by an ice brine bath method;
S0-2: obtaining average reflection spectrum values corresponding to characteristic wavelengths of 434 nm, 531 nm, 689 nm, 819 nm and 996 nm of the bergamot pear samples;
S0-3: combining the freezing point temperature obtained in Step S0-1 with the average reflection spectrum values corresponding to the characteristic wavelengths obtained in Step S0-2, and establishing a predictive model equation by a partial least squares method: Yb=−1.261−0.022×434+0.056×531−0.061×689−0.079×819+0.072×996, wherein Yb is a predictive result of the freezing point temperature, and Xi is an average reflection spectrum value corresponding to the wavelength of i;
S1: judging whether there is a bergamot pear entering a storehouse, if there is, then proceeding to S2;
S2: precooling the bergamot pears in a precooling region; after the precooling is finished, transporting the bergamot pears via a feeding channel to a first ice point temperature detection device, acquiring the spectral imaging information of the bergamot pears via the first ice point temperature detection device; predicting the freezing point temperature of the bergamot pears to be stored based on the predictive model established in Step S0, and transmitting to a first grading device via a communication line; determining a storage process of the bergamot pears by the first grading device according to the freezing point temperature of the bergamot pears: if the freezing point temperature of the bergamot pears is above or at −1° C., transp

Assignees

• Univ South China Tech

Inventors

• Sun Dawen
• Pan Tingtiao
• Pu Hongbin
• Zhu Zhiwei
• Han Zhong

Classifications

• F25D13/04

  the compartments being at different temperatures · CPC title

• F25D13/06

  with conveyors carrying articles to be cooled through the cooling space · CPC title

• G06Q10/087

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title

• A23B7/0408 Primary

  Materials being transported through or in the apparatus with or without shaping, e.g. in the form of powders, granules or flakes (A23B7/05 takes precedence; moving on the spot only A23B7/0425) · CPC title

• F25D2700/121

  of particular compartments · CPC title