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Application of near-infrared spectroscopy in the Louisiana sugarcane industry
Last Updated: junio 17, 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
Applications of machine learning to estimate economic impacts of starch and dextran on sugar manufacturing
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Polysaccharide contamination (e.g., starch, dextran) is among the leading causes of decreased sucrose yields from sugarcane processing. Although there is a wide body of literature on management and mitigation strategies, there is little quantification of the associated economic impact of polysaccharides relating to recoverable sucrose losses.
Assessing the impact of evaporator station configuration on the feasibility of greenfield cane factory projects
Last Updated: julio 6, 2025The greenfield cane sugar factories built in the last two decades have largely focused on reducing exhaust steam consumption for the process to maximise either power generation for export/allied industries or bagasse savings for value added co-products.
Automatic handling of soft cane in the factory
Last Updated: junio 19, 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 19, 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.
Batch pan automation: energy savings and sugar quality improvements
Last Updated: julio 6, 2025This paper explores the benefits of a properly automated batch pan operation. By avoiding water additions to the pans, the steam consumption is reduced while the sugar crystal quality improves in terms of colour.
CeniCristal: a tool to enhance sucrose recovery through reliable monitoring of crystal size and growth
Last Updated: julio 6, 2025CeniCristal was developed within the Industry 4.0 framework to accurately monitor crystal growth during pan boiling, utilizing advanced digital image processing and artificial intelligence. Trained and validated with sugar crystal images, the system achieved an error margin of less than 3% compared to the standardized sieving method.
Characterization of gas ashes from sugar-mill chimneys in Tucumán, Argentina
Last Updated: junio 19, 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.
Clarification of sugarcane juice with sodium metabisulphite
Last Updated: julio 6, 2025A method for producing white sugar from sugarcane juice is explored, focusing on reducing the use of sulphur dioxide in the clarification process. Sugar factories in India and many other countries, commonly use the double sulphitation process to produce plantation white sugar for direct consumption. However, challenges such as sulphur price volatility, environmental concerns, reducing sugar formation, and process inefficiencies have prompted the need for alternatives.
Coffee husk as an alternative biofuel for bagasse-fired boilers
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025This study was developed due to the need to find an alternative fuel to supply the growing demand for steam in new processes of the Ingenio Risaralda mill. Coffee husk is obtained from the farms in the region where coffee is processed and arrives at the mill in trucks in loads of 10 t and is unloaded into the feed hoppers.