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A soft drink beverage pasteurizing system, utilizing heat transfer units, is diclosed. The transfer units being operable to raise the temperature of the beverage to effect pasteurization and operable by suitable temperature controls, to recirculate the beverage through one of the heat transfer units

A soft drink beverage pasteurizing system, utilizing heat transfer units, is diclosed. The transfer units being operable to raise the temperature of the beverage to effect pasteurization and operable by suitable temperature controls, to recirculate the beverage through one of the heat transfer units in the event pasteurization temperature is not achieved. Moreover, any tendency of the temperature to raise above pasteurization temperature is prevented by reducing the temperature of the fluid that transfers heat to the beverage.

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A pasteurizing system, comprising, in combination: a heat recovery regenerator for receiving an incoming flow of beverage liquid and for transferring heat from an outgoing flow of beverage liquid to the incoming beverage liquid flow, a main beverage heater connected to the regenerator for heating th

A pasteurizing system, comprising, in combination: a heat recovery regenerator for receiving an incoming flow of beverage liquid and for transferring heat from an outgoing flow of beverage liquid to the incoming beverage liquid flow, a main beverage heater connected to the regenerator for heating the incoming beverage liquid flow to a pasteurizing temperature, a transfer line for leading the beverage from the regenerator to the main heater, a fluid heater for providing hot fluid to the main heater and thereby heat the beverage flow, a holding tube for holding the hot beverage until the pasteurizing process is complete and for transferring the hot beverage to the heat recovery regenerator, where the beverage looses heat to more incoming beverage, a low beverage temperature sensor in the holding tube for sensing excessively low beverage temperature, a diversion valve located in the holding tube downstream of the low temperature sensor but upstream of the heat recovery regenerator, and operated by the low temperature sensor, and a diversion line leading from the diversion valve to the transfer line, whereby excessively cool beverage fluid in the holding tube is quickly recycled through the main heater for further heating and pasteurization.