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US 10,674,752 B2Granted
Vapor pressure control system
AssigneeJDS Consulting
InventorDavid Sandelman
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Abstract
A system to control the conditions of an aging room for food in which independent feedback loops control the dry bulb temperature and the dew point while controlling the difference between the vapor pressure in the room and the vapor pressure of the food stuff being aged, thereby controlling the “aging” of the food stuff and its quality.
Claims5
A system for controlling the drying and aging of a food product having a specific vapor pressure, said food product located within an aging room, said system comprising:
- a first sensor to determine the dry bulb temperature in said aging room,
- a second sensor to determine the dew point value in said aging room, and
- a controller responsive to the dew point value in said aging room with respect to the vapor pressure of the food product to control the aging of said food product,
- wherein said controller comprises two independent PID control loops, one of said two PID control loops controls the dry bulb temperature and the other of said two PID control loops controls said dew point value, and
- wherein said system comprises cooling coils, said controller responsive to the dew point value in said aging room controlling the temperature of said cooling coils, wherein said system further comprises a fan, said controller also responsive to the dry bulb temperature to control the air flow through the said cooling coils with said fan,
- wherein said system comprises a compensator which communicates an error signal in said dry bulb control loop to bias the dew point control loop set point value.
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