Refrigerator Carbonated Water Pressure Control for CO2 Solubility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional refrigerators cannot produce carbonated water efficiently due to low water pressure, which results in low carbon dioxide solubility, and lack the capability to supply processed beverages.
Innovation Solution
A refrigerator equipped with a purified water pump to increase water pressure, a carbon dioxide regulator to decrease carbon dioxide pressure, and a mixing pipe to combine the water and carbon dioxide, along with a controller to adjust pressures and concentrations, producing carbonated water with a user interface for inputting production conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If water pressure is increased using a purified water pump, then carbon dioxide solubility increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the carbonated water production process into distinct functional modules: a purified water pump for water pressurization, a carbon dioxide regulator for gas pressure control, and a mixing pipe for combination. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, managing overall system complexity while achieving high carbon dioxide solubility through controlled water pressure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the pressure parameter of water using a purified water pump to increase carbon dioxide solubility. By controlling water pressure as a key parameter, the system achieves efficient carbonation without requiring excessively complex equipment, as pressure adjustment is a fundamental and well-understood method for enhancing gas solubility in liquids.
2Productivity
If production time is reduced, then productivity increases, but manufacturing precision decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates a user interface that receives target concentration input and a controller that adjusts the supply amount and pressure of water and carbon dioxide based on this input. This feedback mechanism enables the system to rapidly produce carbonated water while maintaining precise concentration control, as the controller continuously monitors and adjusts parameters to meet the target concentration regardless of production speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface allows users to pre-set production conditions including target concentration before production begins. This preliminary action enables the controller to optimize the carbonation process from the start, ensuring both rapid production and precise concentration control without requiring time-consuming adjustments during the process.
3Manufacturing precision
If water pressure and carbon dioxide pressure are precisely controlled to reach target pressure, then carbonated water concentration precision improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a controller as an intermediary between the user interface and the pressure control components (purified water pump and carbon dioxide regulator). This intermediary coordinates the pressure control of both water and carbon dioxide, ensuring they reach the target pressure simultaneously and maintain the correct ratio for precise carbonation concentration, while managing the complexity through centralized control logic.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively increases carbon dioxide solubility in water, reduces production time, and allows for customizable carbonated water concentration, enabling the production of carbonated water with improved efficiency and user control.
Implementation Method 1
a purified water pump which increases a pressure of water
Implementation Method 2
a carbon dioxide regulator which decreases a pressure of carbon dioxide
Implementation Method 3
a mixing pipe which mixes water which introduced from the purified water pump and carbon dioxide which introduced from the carbon dioxide regulator, and produces carbonated water
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein are a refrigerator and a control method of the same. The refrigerator includes a purified water pump which increases a pressure of water, a carbon dioxide regulator which decreases a pressure of carbon dioxide, a mixing pipe which mixes water which introduced from the purified water pump and carbon dioxide which introduced from the carbon dioxide regulator, and produces carbonated water, a user interface which receives a production condition of carbonated water from a user, and a controller which controls the purified water pump and the carbon dioxide regulator such that the pressure of the water and the pressure of the carbon dioxide reach a target pressure corresponding to the input production condition.