Scalable modular system and method for temperature control and selectively dispensing beverages
A system including a pressurized container including a hollow portion and an outer portion, the pressurized container being airtight to maintain a pressure level in an environment in the hollow portion, a controllable pressure system coupled to the pressurized container to generate the environment, a transport system including two transport conduits coupled to two liquid volumes stored within the pressurized container, a pressure regulation system connected to the pressurized container, the pressure regulation system including a pressure conduit extending from the outer portion through a pressure interface and into the hollow portion, the pressure regulation system exerting and maintaining the pressure level within the pressurized container to enable compression of liquid volume in the environment, a temperature system to maintain temperature of the transport system, a temperature control system providing a temperature control signal to the temperature system, and a control system controlling the pressure regulation system.
1 . A system comprising:
a pressurized container including a hollow housing portion and an outer portion, the pressurized container being airtight and operable to maintain a pressure level in an internal pressurized environment in the hollow housing portion;
a controllable pressure system coupled to the airtight pressurized container through a pressure delivery conduit to generate the pressurized environment within the airtight-pressurized container, the pressure delivery conduit extending from the outer portion through a pressure interface into the hollow housing portion of the pressurized container;
a dispensing system including a first liquid transport conduit, a second liquid transport conduit, and a first temperature system, the first liquid transport conduit being coupled to a first liquid container, the first liquid container being stored within the pressurized container, the second liquid transport conduit being coupled to a second liquid container, the second liquid container being stored within the pressurized container, the controllable pressure system operable to exert and maintain the pressure level within the pressurized container to enable compression of the first liquid container in the internal pressurized environment, the first temperature system maintaining a temperature of the dispensing system based on a first temperature control signal, wherein the first liquid transport conduit is coupled to a first port of a first controllable valve, the first controllable valve including the first port, a second port, and a third port, the second port of the first controllable valve being coupled to the first temperature system via a third liquid transport conduit, the third port of the first controllable valve being coupled to a dispenser unit via a fourth liquid transport conduit, the dispenser unit being operable to dispense fluid from the second liquid transport conduit or the third liquid transport conduit;
a temperature control system operable to provide the first temperature control signal to the first temperature system; and
a control system operable to control the controllable pressure system.
2 . The system of claim 1 further comprising a second temperature system coupled to the dispensing system to maintain the temperature of the dispensing system based on a second temperature control signal.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the first controllable valve further includes a fourth port, the fourth port of the first controllable valve being coupled to the second temperature system via a fifth liquid transport conduit.
4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the second liquid transport conduit is coupled to a first port of a second controllable valve, the second controllable valve including the first port, a second port, and a third port, the second port of the second controllable valve being coupled to the second temperature system via a sixth liquid transport conduit, the third port of the second controllable valve being coupled to the dispensing system via a seventh liquid transport conduit, the dispensing system being operable to dispense fluid from the sixth liquid transport conduit or the seventh liquid transport conduit.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the first temperature system and the second temperature system maintain their respective liquid transport conduits of the dispense system at two different temperatures.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the liquid in the first liquid transport conduit and the second liquid transport conduit is maintained at the same temperature.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first temperature system maintains the first liquid transport conduit and the second liquid transport conduit of the dispensing system at a temperature of 15° C. or lower.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first temperature system maintains the first liquid transport conduit and the second liquid transport conduit of the dispensing system at a temperature of 30° C. or higher.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first temperature system is a liquid-to-liquid cooling system.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first temperature system is an air-to-liquid cooling system.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first temperature control signal is received from a user of the system.
12 . A method comprising:
storing a first compressible liquid volume within an airtight pressurized container, the airtight pressurized container including an access component to enable installation and removal of the first compressible liquid volume within the airtight pressurized container, the access component being configured such that, when sealed, enables a pressurized environment to be maintained within the airtight pressurized container, the airtight pressurized container including a hollow housing portion and an outer portion;
generating a pressurized environment within the airtight pressurized container by a controllable pressure system, the controllable pressure system being coupled to the airtight pressurized container through a pressure delivery conduit to generate the pressurized environment within the airtight pressurized container, the pressure delivery conduit extending from the outer portion through a pressure interface into the hollow housing portion of the airtight pressurized container;
releasably coupling a first liquid transport conduit to a first volume interface of the first compressible liquid volume, the first compressible liquid volume to be stored in the airtight pressurized container, the first liquid transport conduit being coupled to a first releasable coupling of the first volume interface of the first compressible liquid volume and a first temperature system, wherein the first liquid transport conduit is coupled to a first port of a first controllable valve, the first controllable valve including the first port, a second port, and a third port, the second port of the first controllable valve being coupled to the first temperature system via a second liquid transport conduit, the third port of the first controllable valve being coupled to a dispenser interface via a third liquid transport conduit, the dispenser interface being operable to dispense fluid from the second liquid transport conduit or the third liquid transport conduit;
maintaining, by the first temperature system, liquid of the first liquid transport conduit at a first temperature based on a first temperature control signal;
controlling, by a control system, the controllable pressure system; and
dispensing, with a dispensing system, the liquid from the first liquid transport conduit coupled to the first temperature system to at least one spout in response to the control system.
13 . The method of claim 12 further comprising, maintaining, by a second temperature system, liquid from a fourth liquid transport conduit at a second temperature based on a second temperature control signal.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the first controllable valve further includes a fourth port, the fourth port of the first controllable valve being coupled to the second temperature system via the fourth liquid transport conduit.
15 . The method of claim 12 further comprising:
releasably coupling a fifth liquid transport conduit to a first volume interface of a second compressible liquid volume, the second compressible liquid volume to be stored in the airtight pressurized container, the fifth liquid transport conduit being coupled to a first releasable coupling of the first volume interface of the second compressible liquid volume and the first temperature system; and
maintaining, by the first temperature system, a liquid of the fifth liquid transport conduit at a second temperature based on the first temperature control signal.
16 . The method of claim 12 further comprising, receiving the first temperature control signal, the first temperature control signal representing a desired temperature to dispense liquid from the dispensing system.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first temperature control signal is received from a user of the dispensing system.
18 . The method of claim 12 , wherein dispensing the liquid from the first liquid transport conduit coupled to the first temperature system to at least one spout in response to the control system further comprises opening a first valve of the first liquid transport conduit.