| 摘要 |
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 temperatu re 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 respectiv e 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 al so relates to an arrangement for performing the method.
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