Module for continuously generating high-level carbonated water and method for continuously dispensing high-level carbonated water using the same
A module for continuously generating high-level carbonated water according to an embodiment relates to a module for continuously generating high-level carbonated water for continuously dispensing high-level water in a direct water type. The module includes: a mixing container part in which water W and carbon dioxide are mixed to generate the carbonated water; a micro water jet unit that generates a plunging jet in a direction of gravity with respect to a surface of water filled in the mixing container part; a carbonic acid gas supply unit that injects carbon dioxide gas from a lower side of the mixing container part to form a high-pressure carbonic acid gas layer in an opposite direction of gravity by buoyancy; and a carbonated water outlet unit that increases a dispersion of carbonic acid gas bubbles due to a turbulent flow formed by the micro water jet unit and the carbonic acid gas supply unit in the mixing container part to dispense the carbonated water to a lower portion of the mixing container part while the carbonated water dissolved instantaneously keeps a carbonation pressure of 3.5 or more, in which the micro water jet unit or the carbonic acid gas supply unit includes a member for an inner diameter shaft pipe for reducing an inner diameter of a first pipe part so that a microinjection port is formed in the first pipe part.
1 . A carbonated water supply device comprising:
a cooling unit configured to receive and cool purified water supplied through a purified water supply line; and
a module for continuously generating carbonated water that is continuously dispensed in a direct water type, the module comprising:
a mixing container part in which water and carbon dioxide are mixed to generate the carbonated water;
a micro water jet unit configured to generate a plunging jet in a direction of gravity with respect to a surface of water filled in the mixing container part;
a carbonic acid gas supply unit configured to inject carbon dioxide gas from a lower side of the mixing container part to form a high-pressure carbonic acid gas layer in an opposite direction of gravity due to buoyancy; and
a carbonated water outlet unit configured to dispense carbonated water from a lower portion of the mixing container part,
wherein the carbonated water is produced by dissolving carbonic acid gas bubbles into the water, a dispersion of the carbonic acid gas bubbles is increased by turbulent flow generated through the micro water jet unit and the carbonic acid gas supply unit, and a carbonation pressure of the carbonated water is maintained in 3.5 kgf/cm 2 or more,
wherein the carbonic acid gas supply unit includes a carbonic acid gas supply line connected between a carbon dioxide storage tank and the lower side of the mixing container part, a regulator installed on the carbonic acid gas supply line, and a carbonic acid gas supply valve installed on the carbonic acid gas supply line,
wherein the mixing container part is installed inside the cooling tank, and
wherein an inner space of the mixing container part is configured to be continuously filled by the micro water jet unit.
2 . The carbonated water supply device of claim 1 , wherein:
the mixing container part includes a carbonic acid gas mixing space in which the water and the carbonic acid gas are mixed in one inner space, and a gas-liquid separation space that is tapered upward to have a constant carbonic acid gas pressure in which carbon dioxide gas separated from the carbonic acid gas mixing space is continuously stored at an upper portion of the carbonic acid gas mixing space.
3 . The carbonated water supply device of claim 1 , wherein:
the micro water jet unit includes a cold water supply line and a fluid pump installed on the cold water supply line, and
the cold water supply line is coupled to the gas-liquid separation space of the mixing container part.
4 . The carbonated water supply device of claim 1 , wherein:
the carbonated water outlet unit includes a carbonated water discharge line connected to a dispenser, and a water outlet valve or a pressure reducing unit installed on the carbonated water discharge line.
5 . The carbonated water supply device claim 3 , wherein:
a size of the carbonated water mixing space is determined based on an amount and penetration depth of carbon dioxide gas forcedly inflowing according to a momentum of the plunging jet of the micro water jet unit and a dispersion amount of a carbonic acid gas layer by the carbonic acid gas supply unit.
6 . The carbonated water supply device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a blocking plate part that is disposed above the carbonated water outlet unit and under a supply nozzle of the carbonic acid gas supply unit to prevent the carbon dioxide gas by the carbonic acid gas supply unit from being discharged to the carbonated water outlet unit.
7 . A method for continuously dispensing carbonated water from the carbonated water supply device of claim 1 for continuously generating carbonated water, wherein
when a carbonated water outlet button is pressed, a control unit simultaneously opens a fluid pump installed on a cold water outlet line, the carbonic acid gas supply valve installed on the carbonic acid gas supply line, and a carbonated water outlet valve installed on a carbonated water outlet line connected to the module for generating carbonated water and a carbonic acid gas layer formed on the carbonated water in an opposite direction of gravity and continuously dispensing the carbonated water.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein:
when the pressing of the carbonated water outlet button is released and the carbonated water outlet valve is closed, the carbonated water remains as residual water in the module for generating carbonated water, and then, when the carbonic acid gas supply valve is open, the carbonated water is supplied.
9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein:
the cooling tank is filled when a water level inside the cooling tank measured through a water level sensor or a float valve of the cooling tank is determined to be a low water level.