Systems and methods for incrementally filling liquid storage receptacles

A method for incrementally filling a liquid storage receptacle, the method comprising:

• determining that at least a portion of a volume of liquid has been removed from the liquid storage receptacle;
• determining an amount of liquid that has been removed from the liquid storage receptacle with a flow sensor;
• incrementally filling the liquid storage receptacle in response, wherein:
• filling the liquid storage receptacle for a first predetermined amount of time, wherein the first predetermined amount of time is calculated based on half of the amount of liquid that has been removed from the liquid storage receptacle;
• then cooling the liquid within the liquid storage receptacle until the liquid reaches a predetermined temperature;
• then filling the liquid storage receptacle for a second predetermined amount of time, wherein the second predetermined amount of time is calculated based on a remaining amount of liquid that has been removed from the liquid storage receptacle;
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• then cooling the liquid within the liquid storage receptacle until the liquid reaches the predetermined temperature.

A system for incrementally filling a liquid storage receptacle, the system comprising:

• a valve fluidly coupled to an inlet of the liquid storage receptacle;
• a temperature sensor embedded within the liquid storage receptacle;
• a controller communicatively coupled to the valve and the temperature sensor, the controller comprising a processor and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium storing program modules that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to:
• determine that at least a portion of a volume of liquid has been removed from a liquid storage receptacle;
• determine a fill-level of the liquid within the liquid storage receptacle and incrementally filling the liquid storage receptacle in response, wherein:
• if the fill-level of the of the liquid within the liquid storage receptacle is below a first predetermined threshold, fill the liquid storage receptacle until the volume of liquid is equal to the first predetermined threshold;
• then cool the liquid within the liquid storage receptacle until the liquid reaches a predetermined temperature;
• then, if the fill-level of the liquid within the liquid storage receptacle is equal to or above the first predetermined threshold but below a second predetermined threshold, fill the liquid storage receptacle until the volume of liquid is equal to the second predetermined threshold;
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• then cool the liquid within the liquid storage receptacle until the liquid reaches the predetermined temperature.