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Profiles of massecuite conductivity and dry substance for controlling A and B massecuite production
Last Updated: junio 11, 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.
Reliable and accurate valve selection for pre-lime and milk of lime
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025This paper presents a comprehensive engineering review focused on the accurate and reliable selection of control valves for milk of lime (MOL) and calcium saccharate applications within the sulphitation, defecation and carbonation sections of sugar-processing plants.
Revamping cooling water treatment to enhance system integrity at Providencia’s Distillery
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025Providencia’s Distillery faced significant challenges in its cooling water system due to contamination by sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB), and insufficient process monitoring for early deviation detection. To address these issues, the acid-based treatment was replaced with an alkaline regimen, alongside a comprehensive overhaul of the treatment chemistry to better manage corrosion, scaling and microbiological growth
The insoluble form of starch contributes to lower sugar exhaustion from molasses during the manufacture of raw sugar
Last Updated: junio 11, 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.
The road to Sugar Factory 4.0
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025The Sugar Milling Research Institute NPC (SMRI) has embarked on a suite of projects aimed at providing operating staff with relevant and useful information generated from already available data supplemented by data generated from newly developed instruments using the principles of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies.
Updates to the design of high-pressure traveling-grate boilers to fire challenging biomass and vinasse
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025Biomass (including bagasse) is acknowledged as a renewable and eco-friendly energy source, gaining traction on a global scale. Combustion of some biomass has always been a challenge in traveling-grate technology because of the highly fouling and corrosive nature of ash.
Valuation of the impact of the use of green-cane harvesting on the back end of bagasse boilers
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025The effects of corrosion due to the presence of sulphur in fuel have been widely studied and recommendations have been made on the position of economizer-heater arrangement, minimum temperatures of air, water and gases and others.