Cooling of milk in an automatic milking system

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A01J 9/04 (2006.01) A01J 5/017 (2006.01)

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CA 2442277

The present invention relates to a method for cooling milk in a milk storage tank of an automatic milking system comprising the steps of (i) measuring an amount of extracted milk by means of a milk flow meter; (ii) determining a cooling need for milk stored or to be stored in said milk storage tank based on said amount of milk; (iii) measuring a quantity indicative of a temperature of an inner surface area of a bottom portion of the milk storage tank; and cooling said bottom portion of said milk storage tank in consecutive periods, such that each period of cooling (.tau.1, .tau.3) is followed by a respective period of non-cooling (.tau.2, .tau.4), wherein the duration of each period of cooling and/or non-cooling is based on said measured quantity indicative of said inner surface area temperature, and said cooling need. The invention also relates to an arrangement for performing the method.

L'invention concerne un procédé de refroidissement du lait dans un réservoir de stockage de système de traite automatique, qui comprend les étapes suivantes: (i) contrôle d'une quantité de lait extraite, par le biais d'un appareil de mesure du débit; (ii) détermination des besoins en refroidissement pour le lait stocké ou à stocker dans ledit réservoir, en fonction du contrôle effectué; (iii) mesure d'une quantité indiquant la température en zone de surface interne d'une partie inférieure du réservoir; et refroidissement de cette partie de réservoir par périodes consécutives, chaque période de refroidissement (.tau.1,.tau.3) étant suivie d'une période correspondante sans refroidissement (.tau.2,.tau.4). La durée de ces périodes respectives dépend de la quantité indicatrice de température susmentionnée, et des besoins déterminés en matière de refroidissement. L'invention concerne également un arrangement relatif à la mise en oeuvre du procédé décrit.

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