Factory Processing Papers
DataCane by Cenicaña: optimization of efficiency and maintenance in sugarcane mills through Industry 4.0
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025To address the need to maintain and increase efficiency, as well as to make informed decisions in the sugarcane agro-industrial sector, which are essential for maintaining competitiveness and sustainability, Cenicaña developed DataCane.
Developments in wastewater treatment and reuse in the sugar industry: drivers, challenges and implications
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Water is a finite and valuable resource with great significance for the sustainability of the sugar industry. Increasing water scarcity, stringent environmental regulations, and stakeholder awareness have put pressure on the industry to reduce its water usage and avoid contamination of existing water resources through the release of effluents.
Direct cane analysis: a comparison of the hydraulic press and wet disintegration methods
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025In Colombia’s sugarcane agroindustrial sector, there are two main methods for evaluating cane quality in terms of sucrose, Brix, fibre, and moisture; extraction by wet disintegration, recognized as the official method by the International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis (ICUMSA), and the hydraulic press extraction method, which ICUMSA granted a tentative status in 2022 and an Official (Reference) status in 2024
Efficient sugar production with simultaneous diversion of process intermediates for ethanol production
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025The Indian Sugar Industry has struggled for a long time but has realized that only diversification can lead to a sustainable sugar industry. It is important to create a sugar supply-demand balance, enrich the product portfolio through production of sugars of qualities required by different sectors, and utilize the by-products for production of green and renewable energy.
Energy optimization through cogeneration and trigeneration in a vinasse drying plant
Last Updated: julio 6, 2025Spray drying of concentrated vinasse in a drying chamber (Spry Dryer) has thermal and electrical energy requirements for correct operation. The temperature of the air entering the chamber must be 250 to 300°C, and the outlet temperature is a function of the final moisture level of the product, the raw material entering the chamber and the environmental conditions.
Evaluation of autofiltration equipment for polarimetric analysis
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Polarimetry still serves as a key method in the sugar industry for assessing the apparent sugar content in various sugarcane and sugar beet products. To obtain accurate measurements, sugarcane factory materials have to undergo a crucial preparatory step involving clarification with a clarification aid, which is time-consuming. Furthermore, increasing the amounts of clarification aids can negatively impact pol readings.
ICUMSA® Laboratory Solution Colour versus real-time colour measurement for process control
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Efficient control of sugar processing and refining is vital for maintaining product quality while optimizing resource use. The role of real-time colorimeters in sugar process control is evaluated, emphasizing their validity for process control compared to ICUMSA® laboratory methods for solution colour determination.
Industry 4.0-based strategies to reduce the deviation of undetermined losses in sugar and ethanol factories
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025NF Alarcon, R Larrahondo, R Hernandez, AP Quiceno and R Rojas Ingenio Mayagüez, Candelaria-Pradera Highway Km 2, Valle del Cauca, Colombia This...
Microbial control from concurrent application of enzymes and antimicrobial agents on sugarcane processing bacteria and exopolysaccharides
Last Updated: junio 17, 2025A persistent issue faced during raw sugar manufacturing is the presence of microbial contaminants such as bacteria (e.g., Leuconostoc spp.) and their associated exopolysaccharides (EPS). Many of these microorganisms consume sucrose directly, decreasing product value, while also generating EPS that may elevate viscosities and introduce operational challenges and associated costs.
Pan operation optimization with an online optical crystallization monitoring system
Last Updated: julio 6, 2025A significant improvement and performance enhancement of the pan operation can be achieved by automating the pans with modern pan automation systems. However, the human intervention in the automatic pan operation causes inefficiencies despite having a good automation system. The online optical crystallization monitoring system (CMS) plays an important role in avoiding the human intervention in the pan operation and for further optimizations.