THERE HAS been substantial interest within the Australian sugar industry in product diversification as a means to reduce its exposure to fluctuating raw sugar prices and in order to increase its commercial viability. In particular, the industry is looking at fibrous residues from sugarcane harvesting (trash) and from sugarcane milling (bagasse) for cogeneration and the production of biocommodit...

Molasses is a significant by-product of sugar beet or sugar cane refining industry. In this work, the effects of storage temperature and packaging on the contents of free amino acids (AAs) in sugar beet and sugar cane molasses after freeze drying were inquired. The effect of different variables such as, temperature (4 and 25˚C) and light (Metallized polypropylene container and Normal polypropyl...

scheduling arrangements can potentially enhance whole An important question for sugar industries worldwide is, "What opportunities exist for modified cane supply and harvest scheduling arrangements to enhance whole industry profitability and competitiveness?" This is a complex issue, especially with vertical and horizontal expansion in production where consideration of crushing capacity and har...

Steam injection for power and efficiency augmentation in aeroderivative gas turbines has been commercially established for natural gas-fired cogeneration since 1980. Steam-injected gas turbines fired with coal and biomass are being developed. A performance and economic assessment of biomass integratedgasifier steam-injected gas turbine (BIGISTIG) cogeneration systems is carried out here. A deta...

VP mills require significantly larger volumes of cane supply, than Open Pan (OP) mills (Tribe 1987). The amalgamation of larger cane supply volumes means greater transport distances; which in turn sees pressure being brought on the infrastructure (zones, roads, bridges etc.) supporting the command areas of these mills. LDAs in the sugar industry occur as a general rule on the periphery of Large...

The sugar cane industry represents one of the most important economic sectors in Brazil. It produces sugar and ethanol for the internal and external markets. Also, thermal and electric energy are produced for the own factory consumption, using sugar cane bagasse as fuel in cogeneration plants. Almost all the sugar cane factories in Brazil are self-sufficient in terms of energy supply and in the...

Deteriorated sugarcane can lead to processing difficulties in the factory and to high levels of unwanted compounds in the raw sugar, with some extending to refined sugar. A high level of dextran is one of the more serious processing problems in a sugar factory that is associated with deteriorated cane. The development of a rapid test to measure an indicator of the ‘amount of deterioration’ coul...

This paper analyses the technological advances which have taken place on both the field and factory sides of sugar production in the past 30 years. It focuses on three leading sugar producers; Australia, France and South Africa. It finds that the greatest technological gains have been made in the beet sector (France). All three countries have improved the efficiency of their factory operations ...

INTRODUCTION. The method of computing payment for cane in the South African sugar industry, based as it is upon the value of the Java ratio, does not always yield results which are regarded as satisfactory by the cane grower. The j ava ratio is influenced by several factors, notably dirty cane, rainfall and the fibre content, but it is only on the effect of the latter that we are concerned here...

This paper analyses the technological advances which have taken place on both the field and factory sides of sugar production in the past 30 years. It focuses on three leading sugar producers; Australia, France and South Africa. It finds that the greatest technological gains have been made in the beet sector (France). All three countries have improved the efficiency of their factory operations ...