Factory Engineering
A modern energy efficient sugar complex on 26% steam consumption – concept to commissioning
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025A modern sugar complex with a crushing capacity of 7500 t cane/d with a steam demand of 26% on cane and steam consumption (260 kg of steam/t of cane) to save bagasse. The purpose of bagasse saving was to utilize it for paper production.
An improved electric drive for sugarcane preparation machines
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025An improved electric drive is presented for coupled motor-run sugarcane preparation machines in the sugar industry. The conventional slip ring induction motor (SRIM) drive has shortcomings of huge slip power loss, high drop in the rated speed, less flexibility for realizing optimum knife/hammer tip speed, low power factor, and unequal load sharing.
An innovative way for steam economy and capacity expansion by integrating an MVR in an evaporation scheme
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025The sugar industry is an energy-intensive industry, with significant energy costs associated with the evaporation process. A novel energy saving scheme is introduced by integrating mechanical vapour recompression (MVR) technology into the evaporation stages of sugar production as the syrup concentrator.
Application of near-infrared spectroscopy in the Louisiana sugarcane industry
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025The implementation of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy in the Louisiana (LA) sugarcane industry has made significant progress, offering a rapid and reliable approach to improve sugarcane quality assessments for factories and growers
Automatic handling of soft cane in the factory
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025This study was undertaken to address concerns that many cane varieties in the development pipeline in Australia have fibre quality classified as soft, with some soft enough to cause processing problems in the factory. Where soft canes have been approved for production, the factory has to have a strategy to process them.
Bagasse drying using boiler flue gas – waste heat recovery
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025The concept of drying bagasse with flue gas was introduced to improve the utilization of waste heat from sugar mill boilers, thereby improving boiler performance and fuel saving. A demonstration project of a flash-drying system with a 10.0 t/h capacity was tested in 2009 in India, where bagasse was dried in a co-current flow in the flash tube with part flue gas from a 70 t/h boiler and then passing through cyclonic separators.
Characterization of gas ashes from sugar-mill chimneys in Tucumán, Argentina
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025During the sugarcane milling process, bagasse is separated and burnt in boilers for steam generation. The incineration generates a residue known as bagasse ash, consisting of two fractions: bottom ash, which settles at the bottom of the boilers, and fly ash, which is carried away by the gases released into the atmosphere through the chimney after the particles are filtered out with gas scrubbers.
Enhancing efficiency in the sugar industry: the role of mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) technology in optimizing energy consumption
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025Energy efficiency involves reducing the amount of energy consumed to achieve the same outcome. Mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) has long been recognized as a key technology for reducing primary energy consumption, by using electrical power, in steam-reliant processes across various industries.
Evaluation of fibrous sorghum for as an alternative fuel in bagasse boilers in Tucumán, Argentina
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025To evaluate fibrous sorghum as a potential alternative fuel in bagasse boilers and compare it with other biomass types, 15 samples of a commercial Silero-type hybrid (high fiber), 15 samples of bagasse from sugar mills, and 15 samples of RAC (agricultural harvest residue) were analyzed.
Improvements in the heating and evaporator stations in a mill in Tucumán, Argentina
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025The efficiency of the evaporation plant contributes significantly to determine the exhaust steam demand and energy efficiency of the plant. Exhaust steam consumption in Tucumán can be improved by modifying the evaporation operation scheme, which generally requires investments, to a greater or lesser extent depending on the modifications made.