WO1990015011A1 - Method and device for carbonating and cooling a liquid - Google Patents

Method and device for carbonating and cooling a liquid Download PDF

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WO1990015011A1
WO1990015011A1 PCT/SE1990/000371 SE9000371W WO9015011A1 WO 1990015011 A1 WO1990015011 A1 WO 1990015011A1 SE 9000371 W SE9000371 W SE 9000371W WO 9015011 A1 WO9015011 A1 WO 9015011A1
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Bengt Adolfsson
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Priority to KR1019910701729A priority patent/KR920701034A/en
Priority to BR909007408A priority patent/BR9007408A/en
Priority to DE69012559T priority patent/DE69012559T2/en
Publication of WO1990015011A1 publication Critical patent/WO1990015011A1/en
Priority to FI915579A priority patent/FI91958C/en
Priority to NO914679A priority patent/NO176473C/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/04—Apparatus utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on beverages in storage containers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B9/00—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point
    • F25B9/002—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point characterised by the refrigerant
    • F25B9/008—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point characterised by the refrigerant the refrigerant being carbon dioxide
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G9/00—Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor
    • A23G9/04—Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream
    • A23G9/06—Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream characterised by using carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide snow or other cryogenic agents as cooling medium
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L3/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
    • A23L3/36—Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling
    • A23L3/37—Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling with addition of or treatment with chemicals
    • A23L3/375—Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling with addition of or treatment with chemicals with direct contact between the food and the chemical, e.g. liquid nitrogen, at cryogenic temperature
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/236—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids specially adapted for aerating or carbonating beverages
    • B01F23/2362—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids specially adapted for aerating or carbonating beverages for aerating or carbonating within receptacles or tanks, e.g. distribution machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/0042—Details of specific parts of the dispensers
    • B67D1/0057—Carbonators
    • B67D1/0069—Details
    • B67D1/0071—Carbonating by injecting CO2 in the liquid
    • B67D1/0072—Carbonating by injecting CO2 in the liquid through a diffuser, a bubbler
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0857—Cooling arrangements
    • B67D1/0858—Cooling arrangements using compression systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F35/90—Heating or cooling systems
    • B01F2035/98—Cooling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/50—Circulation mixers, e.g. wherein at least part of the mixture is discharged from and reintroduced into a receptacle
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B2309/00—Gas cycle refrigeration machines
    • F25B2309/06—Compression machines, plants or systems characterised by the refrigerant being carbon dioxide
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S261/00—Gas and liquid contact apparatus
    • Y10S261/07—Carbonators

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  • the present invention concerns a method for carbonating and cooling a liquid, particularly a beverage, wherein carbon dioxide under high pressure is introduced under the liquid surface and is allowed to expand and dissolve in the liquid.
  • the invention also concerns a device for carrying out this method, said device including a closed vessel, a liquid inlet opening into the vessel, a carbon dioxide inlet opening into the vessel under the surface of the liquid, a discharge conduit for carbonated liquid, and, leading from the vessel above the liquid surface a re-circulation conduit for carbon dioxide not dissolved in the liquid.
  • US-A-4 022 119 describes a method and a device for simultaneous carbonating and cooling of a liquid using expanding carbon dioxide.
  • the carbon dioxide is kept stored in a tank from which it is introduced at the bottom of an upwardly open carbonating vessel, into which is also successively introduced the liquid to be carbonated.
  • the carbonated liquid flows over the edge of the upwardly open carbonating vessel and down into a surrounding vessel from the bottom of which the carbonated liquid is conducted further to be drawn into containers for consumption.
  • the cooling with expanding carbon dioxide has as its only object to make possible dissolution of larger amounts of carbon dioxide than otherwise would be possible.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a new method and a new device for carbonating and cooling of liquids, said device working with only one circuit, which makes the device more simple and cheap.
  • the device shall be suitable for preparing cooled carbonated beverages in households, in offices and the like where a fast and effectively working device requiring little space is demanded.
  • a feeding conduit 2 for liquid such as water
  • a high pressure conduit 3 for introducing carbon dioxide in the liquid
  • a refill conduit 4 for carbon dioxide
  • a discharge conduit 5 for carbonated liquid.
  • a re-circulation conduit 6 for carbon dioxide.
  • the re-circulation conduit 6 is. connected to a compressor 7 the output side of which is connected to the high pressure conduit 3 through a cooler 8.
  • the undissolved carbon dioxide located in the volume 10, possibly through a humidity regulator 11, is re-circulated through the re-circulation conduit 6 to the container 1.
  • this takes place through the compressor 7 which shall be capable to achieve a substantial rise of the pressure in the carbon dioxide from a pressure of about 0,7 - 1 MPa preferably to a pressure of about 6,5 MPa or more, such that the carbon dioxide is transferred to liquid phase.
  • the temperature of the carbon dioxide is considerably raised (up to about 250°C) . Therefore, it is suitable to divide the compression in two steps by means of a two step compressor with intervening cooling.
  • the carbon dioxide which is hot after compression, is cooled in the cooler 8, whereafter the carbon dioxide, preferably in liquid state, is introduced through the conduit 6 and a restriction nozzle 12 into the volume 9 of liquid and is there allowed to expand and transform into steam phase.
  • the lowering of temperature resulting from the expansion in the restriction nozzle 12 is used for cooling the liquid simultaneously as the gaseous carbon dioxide on its way up towards the liquid surface partly dissolves in the liquid and carbonates it.
  • a device according to the present invention used for carbonating and cooling bererages i.e., as a lemonade machine, provides substantial advantages compared to such devices having separate carbonating and cooling circuits.
  • Tests have been performed applicating the method stated and utilizing a test device using liquid carbon dioxide from a bottle.
  • the carbon dioxide had a temperature of about +20°C and was injected into a water volume of 3 litres which also had a temperature of about +20°C.
  • a carbon dioxide flow of about 100 g/min a lowering of temperature in the water volume of 6,3°C/lmin was obtained which corresponds to a cooling effect of -0,53°C per 20 cl and second.

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Abstract

In a method for simultaneously carbonating and cooling a liquid carbon dioxide under high pressure is introduced under the liquid surface and is allowed to expand and dissolve in the liquid. Carbon dioxide not dissolved in the liquid is re-introduced under the liquid surface through a compressor and a cooler. A device for carrying out the method includes a closed vessel (1), a liquid inlet (2) opening into the vessel, a carbon dioxide inlet (12) opening into the vessel (1) under the liquid surface, a discharge conduit (5) for carbonated vessel, and, leading from the vessel (1) above the liquid surface, a re-circulation conduit (6, 3) for carbon dioxide not dissolved in the liquid, a compressor (7) and a cooler (8) being arranged in the re-circulation conduit (6, 3).

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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARBONATING AND COOLING A LIQUID
The present invention concerns a method for carbonating and cooling a liquid, particularly a beverage, wherein carbon dioxide under high pressure is introduced under the liquid surface and is allowed to expand and dissolve in the liquid. The invention also concerns a device for carrying out this method, said device including a closed vessel, a liquid inlet opening into the vessel, a carbon dioxide inlet opening into the vessel under the surface of the liquid, a discharge conduit for carbonated liquid, and, leading from the vessel above the liquid surface a re-circulation conduit for carbon dioxide not dissolved in the liquid.
Many different methods and devices for carbonating liquids are known, for instance through DE-25 59 651 and 29 40 407, wherein carbon dioxide under relatively low pressure and through porous diffusers are introduced under the surface of the liquid in order to raise against the liquid surface in the shape of very fine bubbles and under dissolution in the liquid. According to DE-29 40 407 the liquid is further sprayed in an atomized shape into the volume of carbon dioxide undissolved in the liquid which is located above the liquid surface in order threreby to further increase the amount of carbon dioxide dissolved in the liquid. A pump withdraws carbon dioxide from the volume of undissolved carbon dioxide mentioned and re-introduces it under the surface of the liquid. Cooling of the liquid is achieved by cooling circuits arranged in the liquid or outside its vessel .
The known devices for carrying out these methods, thus, require a carbon dioxide circuit as well as a cooling circuit and, therefore, are expensive as well as cumbersome. US-A-4 022 119 describes a method and a device for simultaneous carbonating and cooling of a liquid using expanding carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is kept stored in a tank from which it is introduced at the bottom of an upwardly open carbonating vessel, into which is also successively introduced the liquid to be carbonated. The carbonated liquid flows over the edge of the upwardly open carbonating vessel and down into a surrounding vessel from the bottom of which the carbonated liquid is conducted further to be drawn into containers for consumption. In this known method, which is adapted for industrial, large scale operation, the cooling with expanding carbon dioxide has as its only object to make possible dissolution of larger amounts of carbon dioxide than otherwise would be possible.
The object of the present invention is to provide a new method and a new device for carbonating and cooling of liquids, said device working with only one circuit, which makes the device more simple and cheap. Particularly, the device shall be suitable for preparing cooled carbonated beverages in households, in offices and the like where a fast and effectively working device requiring little space is demanded.
In order to achieve these objects the invention has been given the characteristics appearing in the following claims.
The invention will now be more closely explained, reference being made to the accompanying drawing schematically showing a device according to the invention.
In a vertical wall of a closed container 1 opens a feeding conduit 2 for liquid, such as water, and in the bottom of the container open a high pressure conduit 3 for introducing carbon dioxide in the liquid and a refill conduit 4 for carbon dioxide. Also extending from the bottom of the container is a discharge conduit 5 for carbonated liquid. From the upper wall of the container extends a re-circulation conduit 6 for carbon dioxide.
The re-circulation conduit 6 is. connected to a compressor 7 the output side of which is connected to the high pressure conduit 3 through a cooler 8.
When filling liquid through conduit 2 a volume 9 of liquid is obtained in the container 1, and, by injection of carbon dioxide through the filling conduit 4 a volume 10 of carbon dioxide undissolved in the liquid is obtained located above the liquid surface.
In a known manner the undissolved carbon dioxide located in the volume 10, possibly through a humidity regulator 11, is re-circulated through the re-circulation conduit 6 to the container 1. According to the present invention, however, this takes place through the compressor 7 which shall be capable to achieve a substantial rise of the pressure in the carbon dioxide from a pressure of about 0,7 - 1 MPa preferably to a pressure of about 6,5 MPa or more, such that the carbon dioxide is transferred to liquid phase. At compression the temperature of the carbon dioxide is considerably raised (up to about 250°C) . Therefore, it is suitable to divide the compression in two steps by means of a two step compressor with intervening cooling. In any case, the carbon dioxide, which is hot after compression, is cooled in the cooler 8, whereafter the carbon dioxide, preferably in liquid state, is introduced through the conduit 6 and a restriction nozzle 12 into the volume 9 of liquid and is there allowed to expand and transform into steam phase. According to the present invention, the lowering of temperature resulting from the expansion in the restriction nozzle 12 is used for cooling the liquid simultaneously as the gaseous carbon dioxide on its way up towards the liquid surface partly dissolves in the liquid and carbonates it.
In the device is also included means not shown to achieve filling of liquid through the conduit 2 preferably opening - above the liquid surface, as well as means not shown to fill carbon dioxide into the system through the conduit 4 at need.
A device according to the present invention used for carbonating and cooling bererages, i.e., as a lemonade machine, provides substantial advantages compared to such devices having separate carbonating and cooling circuits. Tests have been performed applicating the method stated and utilizing a test device using liquid carbon dioxide from a bottle. The carbon dioxide had a temperature of about +20°C and was injected into a water volume of 3 litres which also had a temperature of about +20°C. At a carbon dioxide flow of about 100 g/min a lowering of temperature in the water volume of 6,3°C/lmin was obtained which corresponds to a cooling effect of -0,53°C per 20 cl and second. This, in turn means that the system theoretically manages to cool a normal drinking glass (20 cl> of a +15°C beverage to +5°C in less than 20 seconds. Since usual tap water normally has a temperature of about +10°C one can calculate to obtain a cooling of 20 cl such water to +5°C in less than 10 seconds. Simultaneously, carbonating takes place within a few seconds .

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C L A I M S
1. A method for simultaneous carbonating and cooling of a
\ liquid, wherein carbon dioxide under high pressure is introduced under the liquid surface and is allowed to expand and dissolve in the liquid, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that carbon dioxide not dissolved in the liquid is re-circulated by being conducted to a compressor and therefrom to a cooler wherefrom the compressed and cooled carbon dioxide is re-introduced under the liquid surface.
2. A method according to claim 1, c h a r a c t e r ¬ i z e d i n that the carbon dioxide is compressed into liquid state.
3. A device for simultaneous carbonating and cooling of a liquid, particularly a beverage, carrying out the method according to any of claims 1 and 2, including a closed vessel (1), a liquid inlet (2) opening into the vessel, a carbon dioxide inlet (12) opening into the vessel <1) under the liquid surface, a discharge conduit <5> for carbonated liquid, and, leading from the vessel (1) above the liquid surface, a re-circulation conduit (6,3) for carbon dioxide not dissolved in the liquid, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that a compressor (7) is arranged in the re-circulation conduit (6,3), and in that after the compressor (7) is arranged a cooler (8) which is connected to the carbon dioxide inlet (12).
4. A device according to claim 4, c h a r a c t e r ¬ i z e d i n that a refill conduit (4) for carbon dioxide is also opening into the container (1) under the liquid surface .
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CA002056624A CA2056624A1 (en) 1989-05-31 1990-05-30 Method and device for carbonating and cooling a liquid
EP90909209A EP0474758B1 (en) 1989-05-31 1990-05-30 Method and device for carbonating and cooling a liquid
KR1019910701729A KR920701034A (en) 1989-05-31 1990-05-30 Carbonation and cooling method of liquids and apparatus
BR909007408A BR9007408A (en) 1989-05-31 1990-05-30 PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUS CARBONATING AND COOLING OF A LIQUID
DE69012559T DE69012559T2 (en) 1989-05-31 1990-05-30 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARBONIZING AND COOLING LIQUIDS.
FI915579A FI91958C (en) 1989-05-31 1991-11-27 Method and apparatus for carbonating and cooling a liquid
NO914679A NO176473C (en) 1989-05-31 1991-11-28 Method and apparatus for simultaneous carbonation and cooling of a liquid

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