公开(公告)号：WO2018182999A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：PCT/US2018/022913

申请日：2018-03-16

Applicant: PEPSICO, INC.

Inventor： CHANG, Samuel ,  EATON, John ,  NACHAWATI, Maher ,  SEGIET, William ,  ABASHKIN, Vasily ,  BALANEV, Andrey ,  EGOYANTS, Petr ,  VERBITSKY, Mikhail

IPC: B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/14 ,  B67D3/00

Abstract: A beverage dispensing valve may include an inlet to receive carbonated water, a nozzle shell, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage. The nozzle shell may include an aperture open to ambient pressure environment. A method for dispensing a beverage may include flowing carbonated water through an inlet of a beverage dispensing valve, lowering the pressure of the carbonated water sufficient to promote carbon dioxide nucleation, flowing the carbonated water through a chamber vented to environment such that a portion of carbon dioxide nucleated is off-gassed, and introducing a beverage ingredient when the carbonated water reaches a sufficiently low carbonation level. A beverage dispensing nozzle may include an inlet configured to receive carbonated water from a beverage dispensing valve, a nozzle shell including an aperture open to ambient pressure environment, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage.