Noodle boiling apparatus

A noodle boiling apparatus comprising:

• a noodle boiling unit;
• and
• a hot water supply mechanism supplying water, which is heated, to the noodle boiling unit,
• wherein the noodle boiling unit comprises:
• a boiling tank storing the water and boiling noodles;
• a hot water pipe supplying the water, which is heated, to the boiling tank;
• a transfer device having a plurality of buckets containing the noodles and guided inside the boiling tank, wherein the plurality of buckets transfer the noodles while passing the noodles through the water, which is heated, in the boiling tank;
• and
• a discharge pipe discharging the water from the boiling tank to the hot water supply mechanism,
• the hot water supply mechanism comprises:
• a heat exchanger comprising a first passage having a first inlet to which vapor is supplied and a first outlet from which the vapor is discharged, and a second passage having a second inlet to which the water is supplied and a second outlet from which the water is discharged, wherein the first inlet is connected to a vapor supplier which supplies the vapor, the second inlet is connected to the discharge pipe and a clean water supplier which supplies clean water, the second outlet is connected to the hot water pipe, and the water flowing in the second passage undergoes heat exchange by the vapor flowing in the first passage to be heated to a desired temperature;
• and
• a circulation pump provided between the second inlet and the discharge pipe and pumping the water to the second inlet, and
• the hot water supply mechanism is configured to circulate the water constantly between the boiling tank and the hot water supply mechanism when the noodles are boiled,
• wherein the hot water pipe comprises a jet pipe ejecting a jet of the water, which is heated, into the boiling tank,
• wherein the jet pipe comprises a tank bottom jet pipe ejecting the jet of the water, which is heated, to a bottom surface of the boiling tank.