CARBONATED SOFT DRINKS
The carbonated soft drinks dispenser, commonly known as a ‘soda fountain’ combines flavoured syrup and carbon dioxide (CO2) with chilled water and dispenses the mixed soft drink. Post mix syrup is supplied and pumped from bag-in-box (BIB) containers and virtually all popular brands of soft drink are now available in this format. Fountain dispense machines are most often seen in quick serve restaurants.
As with the carbonated soft drinks bottling process, the CO2 gas used in fountain dispense must be free of particles, microorganisms and unwanted chemical compounds. Existence of these contaminants may result in a quality incident. The same established Parker multi-bed adsorbent technology as used within bottling and canning plants worldwide can also be used to protect the dispense process from a quality incident. The Parker PCO2-400 quality incident system has been designed to operate within the CO2 flow rate requirements of a typical quick serve restaurant or beverage dispense facility that uses a mini-bulk supply of CO2.
The PCO2-400 system’s three layered adsorbent bed adsorbs contamination as it flows through. The three materials preferentially adsorb differing contaminants providing effective protection against a wide spectrum of potential contaminants known to create beverage flavour defects.
Located post CO2 cylinder in a typical quick serve restaurant, the single column system will act as a protective barrier against any potential impurities that may be present in the gas stream to guarantee quality and consumer protection.
