Patent ID: 9140488
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: F25B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a beverage dispensing system comprising a beverage dispensing valve and a refrigeration system having a compressor and an evaporator that is heat transfer coupled to a beverage to be dispensed via the beverage dispensing valve, wherein the beverage dispensing system has a cut-in beverage temperature set point that represents a maximum temperature that the beverage to be dispensed via the beverage dispensing valve is permitted to reach before the compressor is turned on and a cut-out beverage temperature set point that represents a minimum temperature that the beverage to be dispensed via the beverage dispensing valve is permitted to reach before the compressor is turned off, the method comprising: sensing a temperature of the beverage to be dispensed via the beverage dispensing valve; sensing an amount or rate of beverage being dispensed via the beverage dispensing valve; calculating a cooling load demand on the beverage dispensing system based upon the temperature of the beverage to be dispensed via the beverage dispensing valve and the amount or rate of beverage being dispensed via the beverage dispensing valve; and adaptively changing the cut-in beverage temperature set point and the cut-out beverage temperature set-point based upon the cooling load demand on the beverage dispensing system.