Sugar cane production in Brazil is one of the most competitive segments of the national economy, producing sugar and ethanol for internal and external markets. Sugar production is done basically in several steps: juice extraction, juice clarification and evaporation, syrup treatment and sugar boiling, crystallization, centrifugation and drying. Much heat exchange equipment is used in this proce...

During the 19th century the cultivation of grass and root crops for the production of raw sugars was associated with some of the most important developments in the international economy. The burgeoning demand for cheap foodstuffs from the industrial centres of Western Europe and the United States led to an enormous increase in demand for cheap sugm along with other wicultural and industrial com...

to determinate the most proper n.p.k. fertilizer level  for increasing the quality and quantity of polygerm seeds of sugar beet , an experiment was conducted in randomized complete block design with three replications in 1998-2000 at research farm of faculty of agriculture, azad university of ardabil (hassan barog). fertilizer treatments were: n30p60k60, n90p90k90, n0p0k0, n90p150k150, n90p120k...

Defoliation produced by abiotic factors and the subsequent re-growth can reduce sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) sucrose content and final sugar yield. Field experiments were conducted during 2003 and 2004 growing seasons in the farm of Hellenic Sugar Industry SA, Larissa factory, central Greece. Three sugar beet cultivars (Rival, Europa and Corsica) were ordinary irrigated till the beginning of J...

the alginate was extracted with six different methods from iran south seacoast algae, sargassum sp, and the percentage yield of alginate was determined. we divided our methods to two groups including acidic extraction and non-acidic. in acidic methods, hcl and h 2 so 4 were used as a detergent in extraction process and cacl 2 was exerted in non-acidic treatments. all treatments compared with ea...

Sugar extraction from cane requires shredding and crushing, both of which are energy intensive activities. Cane shredders account for almost 30% of the total power requirements for the juice extraction train in a sugar mill with four mills. Shredder hammers also wear quickly during the crushing season and need to be regularly maintained or replaced. Microwave pre-treatment of other plant based ...