In all major industries increasing importance is placed on the use of instruments that analyse process streams effectively and efficiently for long periods of practically unattended operation. This helps the process operator to keep an inventory of the materials leaving the process, and check the operating efficiency. In the field of pollution, it helps to confirm that the process is operated w...

In the present study, prediction of Alumina recovery efficiency (A.R.E), the amount of produced red mud (A.P.R), red mud settling rate (R.S.R) and bound-soda losses (B.S.L) in Bayer process red mud has been carried out for the first time in the field. These predictions are based on Lime to bauxite ratio and chemical analyses of bauxite and lime as Bayer process feed materials. Radial basis func...

Chinese liquor aroma components were characterized during the aging process using gas chromatography (GC). Principal component and cluster analysis (PCA, CA) were used to discriminate the Chinese liquor age which has a great economic value. Of a total of 21 major aroma components identified and quantified, 13 components which included several acids, alcohols, esters, aldehydes and furans decrea...

The deficiency in existing sugar cane crystallization automatic control system is difficult to measure some key parameters on line, such as mother liquor supersaturation, mother liquor purity, crystal content and crystal size distribution. Controlling brix with PID can only reflect the massecuite concentration of sugar cane crystallization process, but it is hard to guarantee the crystal qualit...

With the goal of demonstrating the advantages of supercomputer simulations for process design and operations, Bayer AG recently teamed up with Cray Research to perform plantwide dynamic simulations of an entire Bayer production facility in Leverkusen. This paper presents project results and benefits from both a computational standpoint and a Bayer company perspective. Regarding computational as...

Kraft mills have the potential to pre-extract hemicellulose from wood as another value added product. The impacts of pre-extracting xylan on pulp and handsheet properties, sodium and sulfur balances, and chemical make-ups in the kraft pulping process of Eucalyptus grandis were assessed. Xylan extractions using white liquor, green liquor, and NaOH were done under varying extraction times, temper...