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US 10,479,668 B2Granted
Ambient filling system and method
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorEnver Bulunmaz
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Abstract
Systems and methods for filling a beverage container with a carbonated fluid at ambient temperature while minimizing foam formation are provided. The carbonated fluid can maintain a laminar flow through the filling machine.
Claims11
A method of producing a container filled with a carbonated fluid product, the method comprising:
- retaining treated water in a water tank;
- deaerating the water tank using a vacuum pump;
- mixing the treated water with a concentrate to create a fluid mixture;
- injecting the fluid mixture with carbon dioxide to create the carbonated fluid product;
- storing the carbonated fluid product in a carbonized tank that is fluidly connected to a filling machine;
- operating the filling machine to fill the container with the carbonated fluid product,
- wherein the treated water, fluid mixture, and carbonated fluid product are maintained at an ambient temperature.
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A method of producing a container filled with a carbonated fluid product, the method comprising:
- retaining treated water at an ambient temperature in a water tank;
- deaerating the water tank using a vacuum pump to create a negative pressure of at least 0.8 bar;
- mixing the treated water with a concentrate to create a fluid mixture;
- injecting the fluid mixture with carbon dioxide at a pressure in a range of approximately 3.2 bar to approximately 4.2 bar to create the carbonated fluid product;
- storing the carbonated fluid product in a carbonized tank that is fluidly connected to a filling machine, the carbonized tank having an interior pressure of approximately 5.5 bar;
- operating the filling machine to fill the container with the carbonated fluid product, the filling machine having an interior pressure of approximately 5 bar, and the carbonated fluid product being at the ambient temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.