Improvements to gas recovery system
AssigneeStanwell Technic Limited
InventorRobert Walter Shettle
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Abstract
A gas recovery system for a beverage dispensing system, the gas recovery system comprising: means for drawing gas from an at least partially used beverage container, a compressor downstream of said at least partially used beverage container; a gas separator downstream of said compressor, a gas storage vessel downstream of said gas separator; wherein in use the gas recovery system is configured to draw gas from the at least partially used beverage container and to separate said gas into component gases by passing said gas through said gas separator, and to selectively direct at least one of the separated component gases to said gas storage vessel.
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A gas recovery system for a beverage dispensing system, the gas recovery system comprising:
- means for drawing gas from an at least partially used beverage container;
- a compressor downstream of said at least partially used beverage container;
- a gas separator downstream of said compressor;
- a gas storage vessel downstream of said gas separator;
- wherein in use the gas recovery system is configured to draw gas from the at least partially used beverage container and to separate said gas into component gases by passing said gas through said gas separator, and to selectively direct at least one of the separated component gases to said gas storage vessel.
A gas recovery system for a beverage dispensing system, the gas recovery system comprising:
- means for drawing gas from an at least partially used beverage container;
- a gas separator downstream of said at least partially used beverage container;
- a gas storage vessel downstream of said gas separator;
- wherein in use the gas recovery system is configured to draw gas from the at least partially used beverage container and to separate said gas into component gases by passing said gas through said gas separator, and to selectively direct at least one of the separated component gases to said gas storage vessel, wherein the gas separator comprises a hollow fibre membrane.
A liquid dispensing system for dispensing liquids such as beer from a beverage container, the system comprising:
- two or more beverage containers operably coupled to a dispense assembly enabling simultaneous dispensing of liquid from the two or more beverage containers, each of the two or more beverage containers having an associated detector for detecting at least partial use of the associated beverage container;
- an exhaust gas removal assembly allowing removal of at least some gas from the beverage container which is detected as being at least partially used;
- and an indicator to inform an operator that the at least partially used container is ready for removal and replacement within the liquid dispensing system.
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A gas recovery system for a beverage dispensing system the gas recovery system comprising;
- means for drawing gas from an at least partially used beverage container;
- means for detecting one or more types of gas;
- a compressor downstream of said at least partially used beverage container;
- one more gas storage vessels downstream of said gas compressor;
- wherein in use the gas recovery system is configured to selectively direct the drawn gas to one or more of said gas storage vessels, said gas storage vessels characterised in that the gas stored in them or to be stored in them is of a similar type to the type of as detected.
A gas recovery system for a beverage dispensing system, the gas recovery system comprising:
- means for drawing gas from an at least partially used beverage container;
- one or more gas inlets enabled to selectively filter a types of gas;
- a compressor downstream of said at least partially used beverage container;
- one or more gas storage vessel downstream of compressor that corresponds to one or more said gas inlets;
- wherein in use the gas recovery system is configured to draw gas from the at least partially used beverage container and to pass said gas through said inlet directly to the corresponding gas storage vessels.
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