Preparation system for the preparation of white ice
AssigneeEcochroma AG
InventorJess RUGERIS
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Abstract
A unit for the preparation of cold, purified and carbonated water. The unit comprises a connection for a water supply; an optional sterilisation unit, e.g. in the form of a unit comprising at least one water inlet and at least one hot water outlet for discharging purified water. Further, there is a cooling unit comprising at least one hot water inlet and at least one cold water outlet; a carbonation unit comprising at least one inlet for introducing carbon dioxide into the cold, purified water so as to prepare cold, purified and carbonated water; and a water outlet for the delivery of the cold, purified and carbonated water from the pre-module to a freezing unit of an ice-making unit.
Claims24
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A purified ice unit for the preparation of purified ice cubes comprising the following components:
- a connection for a water supply;
- a sterilization unit with at least one water inlet connected to said water supply and at least one purified water outlet for discharging purified water,
- a cooling unit comprising at least one water inlet to receive the water from the sterilization unit and at least one cold water outlet,
- at least one freezing unit for the making of the purified ice cubes having at least one water inlet connected to said cold water outlet, a water discharge outlet and an ice outlet,
- wherein said cooling unit and said freezing unit are separate units,
- wherein said purified ice unit further comprises a carbonation unit comprising at least one outlet for introducing carbon dioxide into the cold, purified water downstream of the cooling unit so as to prepare cold and carbonated water upstream of the freezing unit, and
- wherein carbon dioxide is introduced into the cold water at a temperature in the range of 3-5° C. to lead to a carbon dioxide concentration in the range of 0.05%-2 weight-%.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.