Modular beverage cooling system
View Patent ↗A beverage cooling system includes a main assembly having a refrigeration module, a pumping and control module, and a beverage cooling module. The refrigeration module has a refrigeration system cooling a cooling medium. The beverage cooling module has a cooling tank cooled by the refrigeration system. The pumping and control module has a pump to pump a beverage ingredient cooled by the refrigeration system. Each of the refrigeration module, the pumping and control module, and beverage cooling module are independently removable from and connectable to the remainder of the main assembly.
1. A beverage cooling system comprising: a main assembly having a refrigeration module with a fan, a pumping and control module, and a beverage cooling module, the refrigeration module having a refrigeration system cooling a cooling medium, the beverage cooling module having a cooling tank cooled by the refrigeration system, and the pumping and control module having a pump to pump a beverage ingredient cooled by the refrigeration system, wherein each of the refrigeration module, the pumping and control module, and beverage cooling module are independently removable from and connectable to the remainder of the main assembly, and wherein the pump and the fan are operated by the same motor.
2. The beverage cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the refrigeration module, the pumping and control module, and the beverage cooling module form a complete beverage cooling system.
3. The beverage cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the cooling medium of the refrigeration system is a first cooling medium, wherein the beverage cooling module has a heat exchanger coil in the cooling tank that is filled with a second cooling medium and cooling coils in the cooling tank in which the beverage ingredient flows through the cooling coils.
4. The beverage cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the beverage ingredient flows from a source external from the beverage cooling system to the beverage cooling module that is transported to a beverage dispenser by the pumping and control module.
5. The beverage cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the refrigeration module has a compressor, a condenser or gas cooler, an evaporator or heat exchanger, a transfer tubing, and rigid copper refrigeration tubing, that are housed in a refrigeration housing.
6. The beverage cooling system of claim 5 , wherein the heat exchanger is a plate heat exchanger or a heat exchanger that includes a plurality of helical refrigerant coils.
7. The beverage cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the refrigeration module is located remotely from the pumping and control module and the beverage cooling module.
8. A beverage cooling system comprising: a refrigeration module with a fan having a refrigeration system cooling a first cooling medium; and a beverage cooling module connected to the refrigeration module, the beverage cooling module having a cooling tank that cools at least one beverage ingredient, and the beverage cooling module having a second cooling medium cooled by the refrigeration system that is circulated in the cooling tank via a pump, and said cooling tank being filled with another cooling medium, the another cooling medium being cooled by the second cooling medium that flows between the refrigeration module and the beverage cooling module, wherein the pump and the fan being operated by the same motor.
9. The beverage cooling system of claim 8 , wherein the refrigeration module has an evaporator or heat exchanger, and wherein the first cooling medium and the second cooling medium are both circulated through the evaporator or heat exchanger.
10. The beverage cooling system of claim 9 , wherein the evaporator or heat exchanger is positioned in the refrigeration module so that the first cooling medium circulates in the refrigeration module only.
11. The beverage cooling system of claim 9 , wherein the second cooling medium circulates through the evaporator or heat exchanger in the refrigeration module and the cooling tank of the beverage cooling module.
12. The beverage cooling system of claim 9 , wherein the second cooling medium is circulated through the evaporator or heat exchanger by the pump.
13. The beverage cooling system of claim 12 , wherein the first cooling medium flows into a condenser or gas cooler where the first cooling medium is cooled by the fan.
14. The beverage cooling system of claim 8 , wherein the second cooling medium circulates through flexible tubing in the refrigeration module and the beverage cooling module.
15. The beverage cooling system of claim 8 , wherein the second cooling medium is a stable liquid selected from the group consisting of glycol, glycol/water mixture, and combination thereof.
16. A beverage cooling system comprising: a refrigeration system cooling a first cooling medium, the first cooling medium flowing into a condenser or gas cooler where the first cooling medium is cooled by a fan; and a second cooling medium cooled by the refrigeration system that is circulated by a pump in a cooling tank to cool at least one beverage ingredient, the pump and the fan being operated by the same motor.
17. The beverage cooling system of claim 16 , wherein the motor is a dual spindle induction motor.
18. The beverage cooling system of claim 16 , wherein the motor is a dual spindle electronically commutated motor.