World's First Environmentally Friendly Chilled Drinks Dispenser Launched in the UK

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World's First Environmentally Friendly Chilled

Drinks Dispenser Launched in the UK

PR Newswire

GUILDFORD, England, June 26, 2012

GUILDFORD, England

,

June 26, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

The first dispenser in

Europe

of drinks using new technology is unveiled at the

University of

Surrey

today (26 June) by its inventor American entrepreneur

Mitchell Joseph.

Professor Roland Clift, of the Centre for Environmental Strategy (CES) at the

University of

Surrey

, has been working with the Joseph Company of

California

in

developing a way to deliver cooled drinks without refrigerated storage: the

CHILLCAN® technology. To chill the drink to about 15°C below ambient

temperature, the consumer just has to push a button on the base of the can.

This releases pressurised carbon dioxide which is adsorbed onto activated

carbon contained in an inner can. The release absorbs heat (the "heat of

desorption") which cools the drink, contained in the space between the inner

and outer cans. The liquid is then ready to be poured or drunk from the top of

the can in the usual way.

The CHILLCAN is much more climate-friendly than drinks stored in

refrigerators. It avoids the power consumption and also leaks of refrigerant

which represent contributions to greenhouse gas emissions causing climate

change. The carbon dioxide is recovered from waste gases which would have

gone into the atmosphere anyway. The activated carbon comes from

biological waste - coconut shells, at present.

Roland Clift, Emeritus Professor at the University of

Surrey

and Executive

Director of the International Society of Industrial Ecology, said: "Helping the

development of the CHILLCAN has been a unique opportunity to apply the kind

of systems thinking we have developed in the Centre for Environmental

Strategy to a potentially disruptive high-volume consumer product."

"We have been able to help Mitchell Joseph by using Life Cycle Assessment

(LCA) to ensure that the whole supply chain is environmentally sound. LCA has

also shown where best to launch the can: to replace drinks dispensers which

may be badly maintained, leaking energy and refrigerant."

"It also shows the importance of recovering and re-using the chiller units, which

is the next important stage in developing the CHILLCAN system."

The Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of

Surrey

is celebrating

its 20th anniversary and the new drinks dispenser was launched at a special

event to mark the occasion.

Media enquiries: Peter La, Press Office at the University of

Surrey

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