The Discussion of Influencing Exhausting Water Factors from the Inner Space of Cocoon in Cooking Process

Abstract

—A simulation of the process of exhausting water from the inner space of cocoon cooked by steaming portion of cocoon cooking machines was performed under laboratory conditions with a thermocouple differential analog input module and a measuring system based on LabVIEW. The temperature of cocoon’s inner space and the weight of the cocoon were measured synchronously and continuously. By analyzing the measured results based on the mechanism of exhausting water process, the influencing factors of exhausting water was discussed, which was found that the temperature of cocoon’s inner space is the main influencing factor in factory’s production, and the main method to control it is adjusting the revolutions of the valve in the cooking machine. (*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax: [phone]. Tel: [phone], Email: [e-mail])