| 摘要 |
<p>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 (τ1, τ3) is followed by a respective period of non-cooling (τ2, τ4), 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.</p> |
