The Manufacture of Chocolate and other Cacao PreparationsZipperer, Paul
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The Manufacture of Chocolate and other Cacao Preparations
Zipperer, Paul
Cacao; Chocolate; Cocoa
III. This condenser consists of a coil of wrought iron or copper
pipes, which are enclosed in a barrel and are often described as
the immersion condenser. There is another type, in which the pipes
are united to one or more pipe-walls, introduced in a vessel which
collects and drains off the condensations. In both cases the coil of
pipes is played upon by a continual stream of water, in order that the
gases which they contain may be condensed. The immersion condenser is
generally employed when there is a plentiful supply of cheap water
at hand, and the other in contrary cases. This latter condenser is
provided with a separate liquid “after-cooler”, constructed on analogy
with the before mentioned immersion condenser. The counter current
principle holds good in both types, and admits of a better using up of
the cooling water. The liquid gas then passes on to the evaporator,
where it is responsible for further refrigeration.
[Illustration: Fig. 59a.]
The refrigerator also occurs in the form of a brine cooler. In this
construction the evaporating pipes are likewise enclosed in a barrel,
containing a high percentage of salt brine. In consequence of the
refrigerating apparatus occurring on the interior of the pipes, the
brine contained therein is cooled down to a very low temperature,
pumped along to the cooling chambers, and after delivering its alloted
refrigeration unit re-conducted to the cooling apparatus, where it is
once more subjected to the same series of processes.
A well-known arrangement for such artificial refrigeration is that
constructed by Wegelin & Hübner at Halle o. S., in which carbonic acid
is employed, and it has been found well adapted for use in chocolate
factories. The accompanying illustrations figures 59 a and 59 b
represent an arrangement of that kind in which the cooling is effected
on cooling trays judiciously arranged.
[Illustration: Fig. 59b.]
The refrigerating machine is constructed on the carbonic acid gas
compression system; it consists of 1. the compressing pump =a=, 2. the
condenser =b=, and 3. the system of pipes =c= and =d=, that constitute
the refrigerator. The coil of pipes in the refrigerator is connected
at one extremity with the compressing pump and at the other extremity
with the condenser. Liquid carbonic acid passes from the condenser
into the coil of pipes and is there evaporated. The heat necessary
for that change is withdrawn, either directly or indirectly, from the
cooling chamber and from the chocolate placed in it, until the desired
reduction of temperature is brought about.
[Illustration: Fig. 60.]
The compressing pump =a= is a peculiarly constructed suction and
pressure pump, it draws out of the refrigerating pipes the vaporised
carbonic acid by which they have been cooled and then subjects it to a
pressure which helps to effect its reconversion into the liquid state.
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