US-12622452-B2 - Roasting apparatus and controlling method thereof

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Abstract

Disclosed herein are a roasting apparatus and a method of controlling a roasting apparatus, and more particularly, are a roasting apparatus in which an object is stirred and roasted in a roasting chamber, and a method of controlling the roasting apparatus. The roasting apparatus for heating an object includes a roasting chamber part which includes a cylindrical roasting chamber, in which an object is stirred and which extends in a vertical direction, and a rotary stirring part rotated to stir the object accommodated in the roasting chamber, wherein the rotary stirring part is rotated about a stirring axis formed in the vertical direction; a casing unit configured to surround the roasting chamber part; a heat source part including a first heat source part configured to provide radiant heat to the roasting chamber part; and a radiant temperature measurement unit configured to measure a temperature of the roasting chamber or the object and a chamber outer space temperature of a chamber outer space between the casing unit and the roasting chamber part on the basis of infrared rays emitted from an inner surface of the roasting chamber part or a surface of the object, which is heated by the heat source part, wherein a preheating operation is performed until the chamber inner temperature of the roasting chamber and the chamber outer space temperature reach a preset reference chamber inner temperature and a preset reference chamber outer space temperature.

Inventors

Jong Wook WOO

Assignees

STRONGHOLD TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20220913
Priority Date: 20210929

Claims (11)

1 . A roasting apparatus for heating an object, comprising: a roasting chamber part which includes a cylindrical roasting chamber, in which an object is stirred and which extends in a vertical direction, and a rotary stirring part rotated to stir the object accommodated in the roasting chamber, wherein the rotary stirring part is rotated about a stirring axis formed in the vertical direction; a casing unit configured to surround the roasting chamber part; a heat source part including a first heat source part configured to provide radiant heat to the roasting chamber part; and a radiant temperature measurement unit configured to measure a temperature of the roasting chamber or the object and a chamber outer space temperature of a chamber outer space between the casing unit and the roasting chamber part on the basis of infrared rays emitted from an inner surface of the roasting chamber part or a surface of the object, which is heated by the heat source part, wherein a preheating operation is performed until the chamber inner temperature of the roasting chamber and the chamber outer space temperature reach a preset reference chamber inner temperature and a preset reference chamber outer space temperature; wherein the radiant temperature measurement unit is disposed in an upper unit disposed above the roasting chamber and faces an internal space of the roasting chamber; and the radiant temperature measurement unit includes: a sensing part configured to measure the temperature of the object on the basis of the infrared rays and face the roasting chamber; an outer space temperature measurement unit configured to measure the chamber outer space temperature of the chamber outer space; and a board on which the sensing part and the outer space temperature measurement unit are mounted; wherein a measured temperature T measure of the roasting chamber or the object, which is measured by the radiant temperature measurement unit, is corrected on the basis of a chamber outer space temperature T outside , and then a real temperature of the roasting chamber or the object is calculated; a measurement hole is formed to pass through the upper unit and communicates with the roasting chamber; and the radiant temperature measurement unit includes: the sensing part configured to measure the temperature of the object on the basis of the infrared rays; a measuring unit body which is disposed on an upper surface of the upper unit and in which a body side through hole communicating with the roasting chamber is formed; the board which is disposed on one side of the measuring unit body and on which the sensing part is mounted; and a filter part which is disposed in front of the sensing part and through which light of a preset wavelength band passes, wherein the body side through hole communicates with the measurement hole, and the sensing part is positioned in the body side through hole, one surface of the filter part faces the sensing part, and the other surface thereof directly faces the roasting chamber, and emissivity of the filter part is varied according to a temperature; wherein the real temperature T real is calculated in consideration of an emissivity change of the filter part on the basis of an outside temperature T outside at the measured temperature T measure ; and the real temperature T real and the measured temperature T measure satisfy the following relational expression: T real , k = T measure , k - ( E 0 + T outside , c × e ) × T outside , k ( 1 - E 0 ) - T outside , c × e , wherein T real,k denotes a corrected real temperature of the object (based on absolute temperature), T measure,k denotes a measured temperature of the object measured by the sensing part (based on absolute temperature), T outside,c denotes an outside temperature of the roasting chamber (based on degrees Celsius), T outside,k denotes an outside temperature of the roasting chamber (based on absolute temperature), E 0 denotes emissivity of the filter part at zero degrees Celsius, and e denotes variance in emissivity per absolute temperature 1 degree (or 1 degree Celsius) of the filter part.
2 . The roasting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein: the first heat source part of the heat source part is installed in the upper unit in a state of being disposed inside the roasting chamber; and a through-hole is formed in the upper unit to allow a portion of light emitted from the first heat source part to leak toward the chamber outer space.
3 . The roasting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the heat source part further includes: a second heat source part which provides convection heat to the roasting chamber and includes an inlet tube configured to induce an airflow toward the roasting chamber part and a heater unit installed in the inlet tube; and a third heat source part configured to surround at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the roasting chamber part and provide conductive heat to the roasting chamber through the roasting chamber part.
4 . The roasting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reference chamber outer space temperature is in the range of 55 degrees Celsius to 90 degrees Celsius.
5 . A roasting apparatus for heating an object, comprising: a roasting chamber part which includes a cylindrical roasting chamber, in which an object is stirred and which extends in a vertical direction, and a rotary stirring part rotated to stir the object accommodated in the roasting chamber, wherein the rotary stirring part is rotated about a stirring axis formed in the vertical direction; a heat source part including a first heat source part configured to supply heat to the roasting chamber part and provide hot air to the roasting chamber part to provide convection heat inside the roasting chamber; and a radiant temperature measurement unit configured to measure a temperature of the roasting chamber or the object on the basis of infrared rays emitted from an inner surface of the roasting chamber part or a surface of the object, which is heated by the heat source part; the first heat source part includes a flow tube through which air flows, and a heating unit disposed on one side of the flow tube and configured to heat the flowing air; the radiant temperature measurement unit is disposed in an upper unit disposed above the roasting chamber and faces an internal space of the roasting chamber; a measurement hole is formed to pass through the upper unit and communicates with the roasting chamber; and the radiant temperature measurement unit includes: a sensing part configured to measure the temperature of the object on the basis of the infrared rays; a measuring unit body which is disposed on an upper surface of the upper unit and in which a body side through hole communicating with the roasting chamber is formed; a board which is disposed on one side of the measuring unit body and on which the sensing part is mounted; and a filter part which is disposed in front of the sensing part and through which light of a preset wavelength band passes; the body side through hole communicates with the measurement hole, and the sensing part is positioned in the body side through hole; one surface of the filter part faces the sensing part, and the other surface thereof directly faces the roasting chamber; a ventilation hole is formed in the measuring unit body in a direction intersecting a direction in which the body side through hole is formed, and the body side through hole and the ventilation hole intersect each other; the roasting apparatus further includes a ventilation part having one side communicating with the flow tube and the other side communicating with the ventilation hole; and an air flow introduced into the ventilation hole through the ventilation part is formed on a rear surface of the filter part.
6 . The roasting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein: the ventilation part includes a pipe unit having one side communicating with the flow tube, and a plug unit having one side connected to the other side of the pipe unit and the other side connected to the ventilation hole; the plug unit is formed in a bent shape; and a plug part inserted into the ventilation hole is formed on the other side of the plug unit.
7 . The roasting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein: the ventilation hole completely passes through one side and the other side of the measuring unit body; and a shielding part configured to shield the ventilation hole from the outside is installed on the other side of the ventilation hole.
8 . The roasting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein: a cylindrical guide part configured to surround the measurement hole and protrude downward is formed on a lower surface of the upper unit; and the guide part is aligned with the measurement hole.
9 . The roasting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein: a measured temperature T measure of the roasting chamber or the object, which is measured by the radiant temperature measurement unit, is corrected on the basis of an outer temperature T outside of the roasting chamber, and then a real temperature of the roasting chamber or the object is calculated; and emissivity of the filter part is varied according to a temperature.
10 . The roasting apparatus of claim 9 , wherein: the board is disposed in an outer space of the roasting chamber and includes an outer space temperature measurement unit configured to measure an outer space temperature; the real temperature T real is calculated in consideration of an emissivity change of the filter part on the basis of an outside temperature T outside at the measured temperature T measure ; and the real temperature T real and the measured temperature T measure satisfy the following relational expression: T real , k = T measure , k - ( E 0 + T outside , c × e ) × T outside , k ( 1 - E 0 ) - T outside , c × e , wherein T real,k denotes a corrected real temperature of the object (based on absolute temperature), T measure,k denotes a measured temperature of the object measured by the sensing part (based on absolute temperature), T outside , denotes an outside temperature of the roasting chamber (based on degrees Celsius), T outside,k denotes an outside temperature of the roasting chamber (based on absolute temperature), E 0 denotes emissivity of the filter part at zero degrees Celsius, and e denotes variance in emissivity per absolute temperature 1 degree (or 1 degree Celsius) of the filter part.
11 . The roasting apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising: a casing which forms an outer shape, wherein the outer space is disposed between the casing and the roasting chamber.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to a roasting apparatus and a method of controlling the roasting apparatus, and more particularly, to a roasting apparatus for roasting objects while stirring the objects in a roasting chamber, and a method of controlling the roasting apparatus. BACKGROUND ART Recently, there have been introduced grain roasters or coffee roasters that may easily and automatically roast grains such as coffee beans in a professional coffee shop or at home. Such a coffee roaster automatically roasts coffee beans in a roasting operation mode set by using a temperature sensor and a microcomputer. An automatic coffee roaster for business use in the related art mainly has a horizontally rotating drum and rotates the drum forward and backward to stir coffee beans so that the coffee beans are evenly roasted well (Korean Patent Nos. 342091, 369539, 463341, 804106, 887985, and 963695, and Korean Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2009-30655 and 2010-38802). However, because the automatic coffee roaster in the related art heats the horizontally rotating drum by using only a single heat source such as direct gas combustion, there is a problem in that a large amount of time is required for preheating and it is impossible to cope with various roasting environments. DISCLOSURE Technical Problem An object of the present disclosure is to provide a roasting apparatus with improved productivity by reducing a roasting preheating operation time and a method of controlling the same. Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a roasting apparatus capable of more effectively measuring a roasting process of an object to allow a user to perform desired roasting, and a method of controlling the same. Still another object of the present disclosure is to provide a roasting apparatus capable of improving roasting quality and a method of controlling the same. Technical Solution One aspect of the present disclosure provides a roasting apparatus for heating an object, which includes a roasting chamber part which includes a cylindrical roasting chamber, in which an object is stirred and which extends in a vertical direction, and a rotary stirring part rotated to stir the object accommodated in the roasting chamber, wherein the rotary stirring part is rotated about a stirring axis formed in the vertical direction; a casing unit configured to surround the roasting chamber part; a heat source part including a first heat source part configured to provide radiant heat to the roasting chamber part; and a radiant temperature measurement unit configured to measure a temperature of the roasting chamber or the object and a chamber outer space temperature of a chamber outer space between the casing unit and the roasting chamber part on the basis of infrared rays emitted from an inner surface of the roasting chamber part or a surface of the object, which is heated by the heat source part, wherein a preheating operation is performed until the chamber inner temperature of the roasting chamber and the chamber outer space temperature reach a preset reference chamber inner temperature and a preset reference chamber outer space temperature. The radiant temperature measurement unit may be disposed in an upper unit disposed above the roasting chamber and may face an internal space of the roasting chamber, and the radiant temperature measurement unit may include a sensing part configured to measure the temperature of the object on the basis of the infrared rays and face the roasting chamber; an outer space temperature measurement unit configured to measure the chamber outer space temperature of the chamber outer space; and a board on which the sensing part and the outer space temperature measurement unit are mounted. The reference chamber outer space temperature may be in the range of 55 degrees Celsius to 90 degrees Celsius. A measured temperature Tmeasure of the roasting chamber or the object, which is measured by the radiant temperature measurement unit, may be corrected on the basis of a chamber outer space temperature Toutside, and then a real temperature of the roasting chamber or the object may be calculated. A measurement hole may be formed to pass through the upper unit and communicates with the roasting chamber; the radiant temperature measurement unit may include a sensing part configured to measure the temperature of the object on the basis of the infrared rays, a measuring unit body which is disposed on an upper surface of the upper unit and in which a body side through hole communicating with the roasting chamber is formed, a board which is disposed on one side of the measuring unit body and on which the sensing part is mounted, and a filter part which is disposed in front of the sensing part and through which light of a preset wavelength band passes; the body side through hole may communicate with the measurement hole, and the sensing part may be positioned in the body side through hole; one surface of the