Factory Processing Papers
Process improvements at a plantation white sugar plant
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025The Andhra Sugars Limited (India) operates three cane sugar plants, producing direct plantation-white sugar. With innovation, good quality sugar meeting EC-2 specifications is being produced at the three plantation-white cane sugar plants without the use of a backend refinery or sophisticated filtration equipment.
Profiles of massecuite conductivity and dry substance for controlling A and B massecuite production
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Australian pan stages have been using massecuite conductivity since the 1960s as the process variable related to massecuite composition. The signal is used for simple feedback control of the feed rate of syrup, molasses or balance water to the pan.
The insoluble form of starch contributes to lower sugar exhaustion from molasses during the manufacture of raw sugar
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025The greatest loss of sucrose in a raw sugar factory is in the final molasses. A 2-year (2020 and 2021 Louisiana processing seasons) study of weekly final molasses from three sugarcane factories revealed new information on the effect of starch on molasses exhaustion.
Unleash the power of digital tools: process development and scale-up for chromatography units assisted by Perform 4.0
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Chromatography is a technique of choice for the purification of saccharides (glucose, fructose, sucrose, oligosaccharides). APPLEXION has developed a digital tool (Perform 4.0) to validate the design of an industrial chromatography system from pilot scale and to enhance production and reduce chemicals and energy consumption. Process development comprised experiments at laboratory scale, modeling, simulation and digital tool configuration. Perform 4.0 helped the conduct of an industrial unit by choosing optimal settings and maintaining production.