Patent ID: 11859258
Assignee: LES EQUIPEMENTS LAPIERRE INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. An evaporator system used for production of maple syrup, the evaporator system comprising: at least one receptacle for receiving and processing maple water destined to be transformed into the maple syrup; a combustion chamber being operatively disposed with respect to said at least one receptacle for feeding the receptacle with heat destined for a transformation of the maple water into the maple syrup, the combustion chamber having an inlet for receiving and burning biomass inside of the combustion chamber, exhaust gases of the combustion chamber being evacuated via a chimney of the evaporator system; a detector of temperature being operatively connected to the combustion chamber for determining an operating temperature inside of the combustion chamber; and an air supply system being operatively mounted with respect to the combustion chamber for feeding the combustion chamber with air destined to be used in a combustion of the biomass, the air supply system offering at least one air supply to the combustion chamber selected from the group consisting of a primary air supply, a secondary air supply and an intermediate air supply, the air supply system including at least one fan for generating said at least one air supply to the combustion chamber;
wherein the evaporator system comprises a detector of a composition of the exhaust gases in the combustion chamber so as to be able to manage a control of a release of energy of the combustion of the biomass in the combustion chamber according to a reading of the detector of the composition of the exhaust gases;
wherein said at least one fan of the air supply system offering the at least one air supply to the combustion chamber, is adjusted automatically, based on a reading of the detector of the composition of the exhaust gases, for ensuring an optimal combustion of the biomass;
wherein the air supply system offering at least one air supply to the combustion chamber is provided with at least one modulating adjustment mean for the at least one air supply: wherein a variation of a debit of air of said at least one fan of the air supply system offering the at least one air supply to the combustion chamber, is done automatically by a controller according to a reading of the operating temperature inside of the combustion chamber; and
wherein the controller configured to operate with separate starting, combustion, reload and stoppage sequences, and to control said at least one fan of the air supply system offering the at least one air supply to the combustion chamber, for transmitting an air flow being automatically variable according to the operating temperature in the combustion chamber, so as to control the release of energy from the combustion of the biomass in the combustion chamber, thus in order to enable a more constant release of energy in the combustion chamber during the production of the maple syrup.