Method and device for carbonating a liquid medium, for example a beverage
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorLudwig Clüsserath
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Abstract
A method and a device for carbonating a liquid medium, for example a beverage, by introducing CO2 under pressure into the liquid medium via at least one nozzle device (5, 5a, 5b, 21) which is arranged in a housing (3, 3a-c) through which the liquid medium flows.
Claims15
A method for carbonating a liquid medium, said method comprising introducing pressurized CO2 into the liquid medium by using at least one nozzle device provided in a housing that is traversed by the liquid medium said nozzle device selected from a group consisting of a nozzle device having a plurality of nozzle or outlet openings said nozzle or outlet openings being distributed along at least one treatment channel traversed by the liquid medium, and a nozzle device having at least one slot-type nozzle, which extends along the at least one treatment channel, wherein introducing pressurized CO2 comprises introducing said CO2 in the region of a baffle, located in a carbonating section and traversed by the liquid medium.
An apparatus for carbonating a liquid medium, said device having at least one nozzle device provided in a housing traversed by the liquid medium for introducing pressurized CO2 into the liquid medium, wherein the nozzle device has a plurality of nozzle or outlet openings and/or at least one slot-type nozzle for introducing CO2 into the liquid medium, and wherein the nozzle or outlet openings are distributed along at least one treatment channel traversed by the liquid medium and/or the at least one slot-type nozzle that extends along the at least one treatment channel, wherein the nozzle or discharge openings and/or the at least one slot-type nozzle are provided in a region of at least one baffle that is located in a carbonating section and that is traversed by the liquid medium.
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