Jack Frost Sugar Refinery

Al Khaleej Sugar - an Energy Efficient Refinery

Energy Efficiency Improvements to Huletts Sugar Refinery

The central Tongaat-Hulett Sugar Refinery in Rossburgh generates steam and part of its electrical power requirement from burning coal, with the balance of electricity being purchased from the Durban Corporation grid. Energy is one of the Refinery's major cost components. The efficient use of this commodity is therefore important to its financial viability. Outside consultants examined the energ...

Jack Frost Nips at Alabama: Severe Frostbite in the Deep South

Frost tolerance and bud dormancy of container-grown yellow birch, red oak and sugar maple seedlings.

Container-grown seedlings of red oak (Quercus rubra L.), sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton) in their first year of growth were overwintered outdoors. Tolerance of roots and stems to freezing was compared from late summer to the following spring. Mitotic activity in the apical bud was related more closely to air temperature than to bud dormancy a...

Evaluation of the Saccharoflex 2000 Reflectance Measuring Instrument for Refined Sugar Colour Estimation at Huletts Refinery

Due to the successful use of the Saccharoflex 2000 reflectance measurement instrument on the estimation of refined sugar colour elsewhere in the world, it was decided by Tongaat-Hulett Sugar to evaluate the instrument at the refinery in Durban. Tests were carried out on first, second, third and fourth refined sugars, the results of which showed a good correlation between the ICUMSA colour measu...