JP4969683B2 - Recyclable carbonated beverage and method for regenerating carbonated beverage - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a regenerated carbonated beverage regenerated using a gas hydrate using carbon dioxide gas (Carbon Dioxide Hydrate) as a guest gas, and a method for regenerating such a carbonated beverage.

  In recent years, research on gas hydrates produced by bringing a raw material gas into contact with water has been underway. Hydrates are clathrate hydrates in which molecules (guests) of source gas are taken in clusters (cage structures) formed by water molecules. For example, natural gas hydrate is a structure in which natural gas composed mainly of methane, ethane, and propane is incorporated as a guest into a cluster composed of water molecules. Such a gas hydrate can be configured as various gas hydrates by replacing the raw material gas in addition to the natural gas hydrate. For example, if carbon dioxide is used as the source gas, carbon dioxide hydrate can be generated.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a carbonated beverage production method and a carbonated beverage production apparatus that produce a carbonated beverage using gas hydrate using carbon dioxide gas as a guest gas. In this publication, a production facility for producing carbon dioxide hydrate is provided, and a carbonated beverage is produced by a process such as mixing the carbon dioxide hydrate produced in this production facility with the beverage stored in a storage tank. It has been shown. Patent Document 1 also describes that carbon dioxide hydrate formed in a pellet form is supplied to a container (equipment) and mixed with a beverage poured into the container (container) to form a carbonated beverage. (See paragraphs 0014 and 0036).

JP 2005-224146 A

  Carbonated beverages become unpleasant and warm as time passes, resulting in a loss of taste. The time until the taste drops is a relatively short time of several minutes to several tens of minutes after being used for drinking. That is, carbonated beverages deteriorate in a relatively short time after being used for drinking, and their life is short.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for converting a beverage into a carbonated beverage using carbon dioxide hydrate, but a carbonated beverage once produced is a carbonated carbonate produced by another method. There is no particular difference from beverages, and no particular advantage in terms of life can be found. For this reason, as time goes on, it will become unpleasant and warm, resulting in a loss of taste.

  The object of the present invention is to focus on the problem of short life after being provided for drinking, which is associated with carbonated drinks, and to provide a solution to this problem.

The renewable carbonated beverage of the present invention can store a carbonated beverage in a vessel, a carbonate supplement medium formed by covering a gas hydrate containing carbon dioxide gas as a guest gas with ice, and the carbonate supplement medium. And a medium storage unit having a specific gravity greater than that of the carbonated beverage in a state in which the carbonate supplement medium is stored, and the carbonate supplement medium is stored in the medium storage unit before the ice melts. And put in the carbonated beverage in the vessel.

The method for regenerating a carbonated beverage according to the present invention comprises a step of storing and holding a carbonated beverage poured into a vessel, and a carbonate replenishment medium formed by covering a gas hydrate containing carbon dioxide gas as a guest gas with ice. In the state in which the carbonate supplement medium is stored, the ice is melted and stored in the container before being melted in the medium storage unit set in a specific gravity larger than that of the carbonated beverage. a step, that the decomposition of the gas hydrate proceeds in which the ice of the carbonate supplemented medium, which is accommodated and held in the vessel begins to melt, within the carbonated beverage the gas hydrate is housed and held in said vessel Releasing carbon dioxide gas.

  According to the present invention, even if the carbonated beverage has become unpleasant and warm as time passes, and as a result the taste has dropped, the carbonate replenishment medium placed in the container so as to be in contact with the carbonated beverage is provided. Since carbon dioxide gas is generated by decomposition, carbonic acid can be injected again into a fizzy carbonated beverage, and can be cooled with a carbonic acid supplementation medium containing gas hydrate. It is possible to regenerate the carbonated drink that has become slippery.

It is a conceptual diagram explaining an outline. It is a perspective view which shows the example of application to carbonated juice (recyclable carbonated drink) as one Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the example of application to a carbonated cocktail (recyclable carbonated drink) as another embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the example of application to sparkling wine (recyclable carbonated drink) as another embodiment. It is a side view which shows an example of the cargo (medium storage part) which stores and hold | maintains a carbonic acid replenishment medium. It is a side view which shows an example of the object (medium storage part) which stores and hold | maintains a carbonic acid replenishment medium. It is a schematic diagram which shows the various application examples of a carbonic acid replenishment medium. It is a schematic diagram which shows a carbonic acid replenishment medium.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an outline. In the present embodiment, a carbonate supplement medium containing a gas hydrate using carbon dioxide gas as a guest gas is put into a carbonated beverage. As a result, a carbonate replenishment medium containing gas hydrate is used as ice for carbonated beverages.

  Carbonated beverages containing carbon dioxide gas lose their original texture that can be shed in the mouth because carbon dioxide gas diffuses into the air over time. In addition, demand for carbonated drinks increases as the summer season increases, but since the temperature in summer is high, even when carbonated drinks are cooled, the temperature rises until drinking is over, and the refreshing feeling that makes you feel cold over your throat I can't taste it.

  Therefore, as an example, when a certain amount of time has passed after the carbonated beverage has been used for drinking, a carbonate replenishment medium containing the above-described gas hydrate using the carbon dioxide gas as a guest gas is added to the carbonated beverage. As a result, the temperature of the beverage in which the gas hydrate has become slim is lowered, and the carbon dioxide gas released by the decomposition of the gas hydrate is dissolved in the carbonated beverage, so that the carbonic acid beverage that has fallen out of the carbon dioxide is lost in carbon dioxide. Carbon gas is replenished. Thereby, the original refreshing feeling of carbonated drinks can be revived.

  As another example, a carbonate supplement medium containing a gas hydrate using carbon dioxide gas as a guest gas as described above is added when carbonated beverages are put into a container or immediately after carbonated beverages are provided for drinking. To do. Thereby, the original refreshing feeling of carbonated drinks can be maintained over a relatively long time.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of application to a carbonated juice 101a as a reproducible carbonated beverage 101 according to an embodiment. The container 102 for containing the carbonated juice 101a has a container body 102a shaped like an inverted bell. The vessel main body 102a is supported by a pedestal 102c via an elongated leg 102b. In addition to the carbonated juice 101a, a glass replenishment medium 103 is also placed in the glass container 102 so as to be completely immersed in the carbonated juice 101a. The carbon dioxide supplement medium 103 is a medium containing a gas hydrate 104 using carbon dioxide gas as a guest gas. In this gas hydrate 104, carbon dioxide gas is mixed into water at a specified temperature (eg, −5 ° C.) pressurized at a specified pressure (eg, 20 atmospheres), and the water is stirred to form a slurry, which is dehydrated. This is a pellet-like gas hydrate 104 formed by solidification.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another example of application to a carbonated cocktail 101b as a renewable carbonated beverage 101. As shown in FIG. A container 102 for containing a carbonated cocktail 101b has a container body 102a shaped like an inverted triangular pyramid. The vessel main body 102a is supported by a pedestal 102c via an elongated leg 102b. In addition to the carbonated cocktail 101b, the glass vessel 102 also contains a carbonate replenishing medium 103 so as to be completely immersed in the cocktail 101b.

  FIG. 4 is still another embodiment, and is a perspective view showing an example of application to sparkling wine 101c as a renewable carbonated beverage 101. As shown in FIG. The vessel 102 for containing the sparkling wine 101c has a drum-shaped vessel body 102a with a central portion swelled. The vessel main body 102a is supported by a pedestal 102c via an elongated leg 102b. In addition to the sparkling wine 101c, a glass replenishing medium 103 is also placed in the glass vessel 102 so as to be completely immersed in the sparkling wine 101c.

  As another embodiment, a component having a different taste from the target carbonated beverage 101, for example, the carbonated juice 101a, the carbonated cocktail 101b, and the sparkling wine 101c illustrated in FIGS. It may be added in advance. Thereby, a different taste can be enjoyed before and after the addition of the carbonate supplement medium 103.

  Here, what is important in the present embodiment is that the carbonate supplement medium 103 is completely immersed in the carbonated beverage 101, for example, the carbonated juice 101a, carbonated cocktail 101b, and sparkling wine 101c illustrated in FIGS. That's what it means. This is because the gas hydrate 104 has a small specific gravity and floats in a liquid containing water as a solvent, and therefore, simply adding it to the carbonated beverage 101 may not sufficiently dissolve the carbon dioxide gas in the liquid. On the other hand, by completely immersing the carbonate supplement medium 103 in the carbonated beverage 101, it becomes possible to dissolve the carbon dioxide gas derived from the gas hydrate 104 in the liquid of the carbonated beverage 101. As measures for that purpose, in this embodiment, two kinds of measures are introduced.

  The first strategy is to provide a medium storage unit 201 that can store the carbonate replenishment medium 103 and has a specific gravity larger than that of the carbonated beverage 101 in a state in which the carbonate replenishment medium 103 is stored. In this state, the carbonate supplement medium 103 is put in the carbonated beverage 101 in a state of being stored in the 201. This measure will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 5 is a side view showing an example in which the cargo 201 a is used as the medium storage unit 201 that stores and holds the carbonate supplement medium 103. The cargo 201a is formed by attaching a hook 203 extending upward to a housing 202 having an upper surface opening formed by a metal mesh, and further attaching a lid 204 to the upper surface opening portion of the housing 202 so as to be freely opened and closed. ing. The hook 203 is formed in a shape that can be hooked on the edge of the vessel 102. The lid 204 can be maintained in a closed state by, for example, a click fastening method. Therefore, after the lid 204 is opened and the carbonate supplement medium 103 is stored, the lid 204 is closed and put into the carbonated beverage 101. In this case, the cargo 201a is formed to have a size that can accommodate a plurality of carbonate replenishment media 103. However, even if the maximum number of carbonate supplement media 103 is accommodated, the specific gravity is higher than that of the carbonated beverage 101 in that state. Is set larger. Therefore, the carbonate supplement medium 103 can be completely immersed in the carbonated beverage 101 by putting the cargo 201 a into the carbonated beverage 101. When the carbonic acid replenishment medium 103 completely immersed in the carbonated beverage 101 is decomposed into carbon dioxide gas and water, the bubbles of the carbon dioxide gas pass through the wire mesh constituting the cargo 201a and are effectively contained in the liquid of the carbonated beverage 101. Melted.

  Here, the cargo 201a illustrated in FIG. 5 is formed in a shape and size suitable for application to the device 102 illustrated in FIG. 2 and the device 102 illustrated in FIG. On the other hand, in the implementation, by devising the shape and size of the cargo 201a, for example, suitable for application to the device 102 illustrated in FIG. 3 and various other devices not shown in the figure. can do.

  FIG. 6 is a side view showing an example in which the object 201 b is used as the medium storage unit 201 that stores and holds the carbonic acid replenishment medium 103. The object 201b is a structure having a cylindrical shape in which the lower case 211 and the upper case 212 are joined and fixed, and the whole is flat. Therefore, a space is formed between the lower case 211 and the upper case 212. The lower case 211 and the upper case 212 are formed so as to be openable and closable by a screw structure as an example and a press-fit structure as another example. In the upper case 212, a plurality of bubble holes 213 are formed. These bubble holes 213 are formed to have a smaller diameter than the diameter of the carbonic acid replenishment medium 103. Therefore, the upper case 212 is separated from the lower case 211 to open the interior, the carbonate replenishment medium 103 is placed in the internal space of the lower case 211, the upper case 212 is attached to the lower case 211, and the carbonate supplement medium 103 is removed. After storing, it is put into the carbonated beverage 101. In this case, the object 201b is formed to have a size that can accommodate a plurality of carbonic acid supplementation media 103, but even if the carbonated supplementation media 103 is accommodated for the maximum number of accommodations, the specific gravity is higher than that of the carbonated beverage 101 in that state. Is set larger. Therefore, the carbonate supplement medium 103 can be completely immersed in the carbonated beverage 101 by introducing the object 201b into the carbonated beverage 101. When the carbonic acid replenishment medium 103 completely immersed in the carbonated beverage 101 is decomposed into carbon dioxide gas and water, the bubbles of the carbon dioxide gas pass through the bubble holes 213 formed in the object 201b and enter the liquid of the carbonated beverage 101. It is effectively melted.

  Here, the object 201b illustrated in FIG. 6 is formed in a shape using cheese as a motif. On the other hand, in implementation, the object 201b can be formed in various shapes, such as those using a shell or a shark as a motif, or using a dolphin or a whale as a motif. Thereby, when drinking carbonated drink 101, for example, carbonated juice 101a illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 4, carbonated cocktail 101b, sparkling wine 101c, etc., visual enjoyment can be increased.

The method for regenerating the carbonated beverage 101 using the medium storage unit 201 described above, that is, the cargo 201a shown in FIG. 5 or the object 201b shown in FIG. 6, is executed through the following steps. In other words,
(1) Step of storing and holding carbonated beverage 101 poured into vessel 102 in this vessel 102 (2) Carbonate supplement medium 103 including gas hydrate 104 using carbon dioxide gas as guest gas is used as carbonate supplement medium 103 A process of throwing into the container 102 and storing and holding in the container 102 in a state of being stored in the medium storage unit 201 (cargo 201a, object 201b) having a specific gravity larger than that of the carbonated beverage 101 in the stored state (3) The gas hydrate 104 stored and held in the vessel 102 is decomposed to release carbon dioxide gas into the carbonated beverage 101 held and held in the vessel 102. Through these steps, the carbonate supplement medium 103 can be completely immersed in the carbonated beverage 101. As a result, the temperature of the beverage in which the gas hydrate 104 contained in the carbonic acid replenishment medium 103 has become slim can be reduced. In addition, carbon dioxide gas released by the decomposition of the gas hydrate 104 is dissolved in the carbonated beverage 101, so that the carbonated beverage 101 that has fallen out can be supplemented with carbon dioxide gas. Therefore, if the carbonated supplement 101 stored in the medium storage unit 201 (the cargo 201a and the object 201b) is introduced into the carbonated beverage 101 that has become sluggish, the original refreshing feeling of the carbonated beverage 101 is restored. be able to. Alternatively, when the carbonated beverage 101 is put into the container 102, or immediately after the carbonated beverage 101 is provided for drinking, the carbonate supplement medium 103 stored in the medium storage unit 201 (cargo 201a, object 201b) is input. The original refreshing feeling of the carbonated beverage 101 can be maintained for a relatively long time.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating various application examples of the carbonation supplement medium 103.

  A carbonate replenishment medium 103 shown in FIG. 7A is a slurry in which carbon dioxide gas is mixed into water at a specified temperature (eg, −5 ° C.) pressurized at a specified pressure (eg, 20 atmospheres), and the water is stirred. This is an example in which the pellet-like gas hydrate 104 formed by dehydrating and solidifying the carbon dioxide is used as it is as the carbon dioxide supplement medium 103.

  On the other hand, the carbonic acid replenishment medium 103 shown in FIG. 7B is an example in which the gas hydrate 104 is dispersed in the ice 105. In order to manufacture the carbon replenishment medium 103 having such a structure, first, water is put into a pressure vessel (not shown), and carbon dioxide is bubbled. By stirring under conditions of about 10 to 20 atmospheres and about −4 to −5 ° C., a sherbet-like object is generated. That is, carbon dioxide gas is mixed into water at a specified temperature (eg, −4 to −5 ° C.) pressurized at a specified pressure (eg, 10 to 20 atm), and the water is stirred to form a slurry. . In general gas hydrate 104, this sherbet-like object is dehydrated and cooled to form a pellet, whereas in order to manufacture the carbonate supplement medium 103 illustrated in FIG. 7B, Cool without dehydration. Thereby, the gas hydrate 104 can be scattered in the ice 105.

  When the carbonate replenishment medium 103 having the structure shown in FIG. 7A is used as the carbonate replenishment medium 103 immersed in the carbonated drink 101, the gas hydrate 104 constituting the carbonate replenishment medium 103 has a temperature at that time of the carbonated drink 101 to be charged. However, carbon dioxide gas is released into the carbonated beverage 101 stored and held in the vessel 102 by being decomposed relatively early. Therefore, the carbonate replenishment medium 103 shown in FIG. 7A is suitable for use when being put into the carbonated beverage 101 that has become dull and slim.

  On the other hand, when the carbonate replenishment medium 103 immersed in the carbonated beverage 101 has the structure shown in FIG. 7B, the gas hydrate 104 contained in the carbonate replenishment medium 103 is melted until the ice 105 is melted. It becomes difficult to decompose, and the decomposition proceeds from the time when the ice 105 melts. For this reason, a certain amount of time lag occurs before the decomposition proceeds, and when the decomposition starts, carbon dioxide gas is released into the carbonated beverage 101 stored and held in the vessel 102. Therefore, the carbonate replenishment medium 103 shown in FIG. 7B is put into the carbonated beverage 101 when the carbonated beverage 101 is put into the container 102, or immediately after the carbonated beverage 101 is provided for drinking. It is suitable to be used in such a manner.

  Another measure for completely immersing the carbonate supplement medium 103 in the carbonated beverage 101 is to devise the carbonate supplement medium 103 itself. That is, the carbon supplement medium 103 is constituted by the weight 106 and the gas hydrate 104 solidified so as to cover the periphery of the weight 106, and the specific gravity is set larger than the carbonated drink 101 as a whole. This measure will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing the carbonate supplement medium 103. The carbonic acid replenishment medium 103 includes a weight 106 and is formed by forming a gas hydrate 104 so as to cover the periphery of the weight 106. What is important here is that the specific gravity of the carbonate supplement medium 103 is set to be larger than that of the carbonated beverage 101 introduced as a whole.

  In order to manufacture the carbon replenishment medium 103 having such a structure, first, water is put into a pressure vessel (not shown), and carbon dioxide is bubbled. By stirring under conditions of about 10 to 20 atmospheres and about −4 to −5 ° C., a sherbet-like object is generated. That is, carbon dioxide gas is mixed into water at a specified temperature (eg, −4 to −5 ° C.) pressurized at a specified pressure (eg, 10 to 20 atm), and the water is stirred to form a slurry. . Thereafter, the weight 106 is added to the slurry, dehydrated and cooled, whereby the carbonic acid replenishment medium 103 provided with the weight 106 can be obtained. As the weight 106 used in this case, various kinds of weights can be used without particular limitation as long as they have a specific gravity greater than that of water and do not dissolve in the carbonated beverage 101 and are dangerous for the living body. For example, a stone made of talc / magnesium or the like, titanium, glass, or the like can be used as the weight 106.

The method for regenerating the carbonated beverage 101 using the carbonate supplement medium 103 to which the weight 106 shown in FIG. 8 is added as described above is executed through the following steps. In other words,
(1) Step of storing and holding carbonated beverage 101 poured into container 102 (2) Gas using carbon 106 gas solidified to cover weight 106 and the periphery of weight 106 as a guest gas Step 3 in which a carbonate supplement medium 103 including a hydrate 104 and having a specific gravity larger than that of the carbonated beverage 101 is thrown into the container 102 and stored and held in the container 102. (3) Stored and held in the container 102 Each step is a step of releasing the carbon dioxide gas into the carbonated beverage 101 which is decomposed by the gas hydrate 104 and stored and held in the vessel 102. Through these steps, the carbonate supplement medium 103 can be completely immersed in the carbonated beverage 101. As a result, the temperature of the beverage in which the gas hydrate 104 contained in the carbonic acid replenishment medium 103 has become slim can be reduced. In addition, carbon dioxide gas released by the decomposition of the gas hydrate 104 is dissolved in the carbonated beverage 101, so that the carbonated beverage 101 that has fallen out can be supplemented with carbon dioxide gas. Therefore, if the carbonated supplement 101, to which the weight 106 shown in FIG. 8 is added, is introduced to the carbonated beverage 101 that has become sluggish, the original refreshing feeling of the carbonated beverage 101 can be revived. Alternatively, when the carbonated beverage 101 is put into the container 102 or immediately after the carbonated beverage 101 is provided for drinking, the carbonate supplement medium 103 with the weight 106 shown in FIG. The original refreshing feeling of can be maintained for a relatively long time.

101 Carbonated beverage 102 Container 103 Carbonated supplement medium 104 Gas hydrate 105 Ice 201 Medium storage

Claims (2)

A carbonated drink in a bowl,
A carbon dioxide replenishment medium formed by covering a gas hydrate containing carbon dioxide gas as a guest gas with ice;
A medium storage unit capable of storing the carbonate replenishment medium, and having a specific gravity greater than that of the carbonated drink in a state of storing the carbonate replenishment medium;
The carbonated replenishing medium is stored in the medium storage unit and put in the carbonated drink in the container before the ice melts , and is a regenerated carbonated drink. A step of storing and holding the carbonated beverage poured into the vessel in the vessel;
A carbon supplement medium formed by covering a gas hydrate containing carbon dioxide gas as a guest gas with ice was stored in a medium storage unit having a specific gravity larger than that of the carbonated beverage in a state in which the carbon supplement medium was stored. Before the ice melts in a state, and is thrown into the vessel and stored and held in the vessel;
The decomposition of the gas hydrate proceeds by melting the ice of the carbonate replenishment medium stored and held in the vessel, and the gas hydrate is contained in the carbonated beverage stored and held in the vessel. A step of releasing
A method for regenerating carbonated beverages.

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