公开(公告)号：US12145830B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-19

申请号：US17339545

申请日：2021-06-04

Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.

Inventor： Giancarlo Fantappie ,  Francesco Campisano ,  Paolo DiMarco ,  Steven T. Jersey

IPC: B67D1/08 ,  F25D16/00 ,  F25D31/00

Abstract: A chiller for cooling a beverage includes a reservoir configured to hold a heat exchange fluid and an evaporator coil arranged within the reservoir. The evaporator coil includes a plurality of windings configured to circulate a coolant, and projections extending from an exterior surface of one or more of the plurality of windings. The chiller further includes a chiller coil arranged in the reservoir, wherein the beverage is configured to flow through the chiller coil. When the coolant is circulated through the plurality of windings of the evaporator coil, a bank of frozen heat exchange fluid forms on the windings and on the projections.