Water carbonation unit and continuous water carbonation method
AssigneeStrauss Water Ltd
InventorsHaim Wilder, Gil Yardeni, Eyal Krystal, Erez Cohen, Gil Kalmanovich
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Abstract
Provided is a water carbonation unit including: at least one water feed and at least one pressurised carbon-dioxide feed; a merging duct extending between a first, closed end and a second end, the at least one water feed and at least one carbon-dioxide feed opening into said duct at said first end; said second end opening into a mixing chamber linked to a carbonated water outlet; the carbonated water outlet configured to restrict outflow of carbonated water from the chamber to thereby maintain pressure within the chamber while carbonated water flows out of the carbonated water outlet.
Claims19
A water carbonation unit comprising:
- at least one water feed and at least one pressurized carbon-dioxide feed;
- a merging duct extending between a first, closed end and a second end, the at least one water feed and at least one carbon-dioxide feed opening into said duct adjacent said first end;
- said second end opening into a mixing chamber linked to a carbonated water outlet;
- the carbonated water outlet configured to restrict outflow of carbonated water from the chamber to thereby maintain pressure within the chamber while carbonated water flows out of the carbonated water outlet,
- wherein the mixing chamber has a spherical internal volume defined by spherical internal wall faces, and wherein the curvature of the wall faces is designed to cause turbulence of water and gas in the chamber.
A continuous water carbonation method comprising, continuously mixing of pressurized carbon-dioxide and water to obtain carbonated water and continuous dispensing the carbonated water;
- said mixing comprises
- concomitantly introducing water and pressurized carbon-dioxide feeds adjacent a first, closed end of a merging duct and permitting the two feeds to merge and flow from said first end to a second end that opens into a mixing chamber, and
- permitting the merged flow to turbulently flow within the mixing chamber, the mixing chamber having a spherical internal volume defined by spherical internal wall faces, wherein a curvature of the wall faces is designed to cause turbulence of water and gas in the chamber;
- and
- said dispensing comprises permitting the carbonated water to egress out of the chamber while maintaining pressure within the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.